Acorn Labels has invested in an e-Flex 430mm narrow web press with full servo drive technology from Focus Label Machinery.
The press, installed in April 2018, was purchased to increase productivity. Built on a modular construction to allow growth as and when required the press also supports longer runs and heavy-duty card, offering future proofing for the company to expand its core business.
Sam Heneker, production manager, said, ‘The press so far has been a game changer for us and we have been able to up production speeds quite easily by over 20%. This will grow as we bed the press in further. The e-Flex is a quality peace of engineering that we can utilise to increase our capacity and growth.
This press now has the widest capability of all our presses enabling us to get more labels across the web
David Bullen and Paul Stearns are the press operators in charge of the new press and are very happy with the results so far. Set up times and the speed of the press have been very impressive along with the finished print quality.
We have also purchased a Matho Waste extraction system that takes away the waste trim and cuts it up and bags it so our down time is minimal.
Sam Heneker and James Thomas of Focus Label Machinery
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