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First Evolution Press in Ireland

IMEC Media became the first converter in Ireland to install an Evolution flexo press, which is built for conventional labels and scalable for flexible film.

The 8-color 17” press at IMEC is the first Mark Andy Evolution to be installed in Ireland . Shown here are Production Manager James Williams (left) and Production Supervisor John Scully
The 8-color 17” press at IMEC is the first Mark Andy Evolution to be installed in Ireland . Shown here are Production Manager James Williams (left) and Production Supervisor John Scully

Mark Andy is the developer of the Evolution press. IMEC, which began with four people in a small unit in Bray, County Wicklow, has grown into a modern 6,000 sq-ft facility in Rathcoole, near Dublin and employs a staff of 15. CEO Simon Burke explained the background: We started by building a customer base in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors that were booming at the time and moved into food labels when the production equipment was enhanced to allow us to serve that sector more efficiently. Now we have an extensive portfolio of customers in pharma, medical, food manufacturing and service, and general retail.”

A visit to Labelexpo in Brussels last September, which happened to coincide with the launch of the new Evolution series of presses, was enough to whet the appetite of IMEC. Knowing of Mark Andy’s reputation in the label printing sector and appreciating the quality of workmanship that goes into the design and functionality of its presses, a close evaluation of what the new Evolution series had to offer was a must. What they discovered was a press that featured an all-servo platform derived from the P7E Performance Series line, and the ability to spec the press to fit current requirements, safe in the knowledge that it can be upgraded as needs change.

The new Evolution installed in the company’s Rathcoole factory is an 8-colour flexo line with a 17” (431mm) web width. The servo control and automatic register allow for high-accuracy second pass printing, if needed, with no loss of quality, which opens a whole new area of business opportunity. 

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