ProPrint raises productivity with Martin Automatic technology

When the global pandemic prompted a nationwide lockdown in the UK, manufacturers of printed packaging found themselves under immediate pressure from customers to increase their output. With all restaurants, cafes, staff canteens, and other food outlets being forced to close almost overnight, the pressure of increased demand at food retailers created a massive problem in the supply chain. ProPrint Group, based in Wellingborough, responded quickly to the situation and timely installated Martin Automatic technology on its latest Edale FL3 narrow web press. The FL3, which joins eight other Edale lines at the company, is a 430mm 10-color flexo press devoted entirely to linerless labels and is currently working a double day shift pattern. With increased demand on the newest Edale, the use of automation seemed a natural process to follow, and after a visit to Labelexpo Europe in 2019 and a factory tour at Desmedt Labels, near Brussels, which is one of Martin Automatic’s best European showcase installations, ProPrint decided to place an order. Bob Green, operations manager for ProPrint Group, said, “We were seriously…

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