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Following last week's announcement that, on the back of receiving its first Australian order, a Screen digital label press will be shipped in for PrintEx; Jet Technologies is pleased to announce that DS Labels of Marrickville, Sydney, Australia is the first customer for the Truepress Jet L350UV in the region, with the installation to be completed this week.
D.S. Labels was established in July 1990 and is a medium sized family owned self-adhesive label printer situated in the industrial hub of Marrickville. Its origins go back further to when it was the self-adhesive Label section of D.S Printing, who was at the very start of the self-adhesive label revolution in the 1960's when Avery Denison was brought to Australia. The company employs twelve people with an average service time of 15 years.
Managing director Deane Sproule (pictured above) describes a lengthy research phase that led to his decision to go with the Screen L350UV: ‘Our company has always specialised in the production of labels requiring high quality with short lead times and in short runs if needed. Our short run work has been produced either on one of our letterpress machines or a small benchtop Rapid inkjet printer which, although very good, is limited where stocks are concerned.’
35 self-adhesive stocks and counting
Sproule continued, ‘Over a year of research, we identified more than forty digital label presses from around twenty manufacturers, but were able to narrow this down to just a few over issues such as speed, local service, image quality and ability to print durable scuff-resistant labels on a wide range of self-adhesive stocks. After Jet Technologies put in the first Screen L350UV into its Demonstration Centre, we were able to see real label production on 35 locally-available stocks. This machine was in daily use and, as it settled in and the white ink option was added, it became clear to us that this was the best way forward in our digital strategy.’
Jack Malki, director of Jet Technologies, added, ‘We have a long association with DS Labels through our inks and consumables division and are extremely proud to be part of Deane's digital strategy going forward. This has been a close collaboration of running tests, printing small live jobs for them, addressing questions and helping with the business model.
We are confident that he has made the right decision and will see many new avenues for short and medium run label work emerge as a result.’
DS Labels has also installed a Smag E-Cut finishing line supplied by Gulmen Engineering.
‘We received tremendous support from Screen GP Australia managing director Peter Scott and his team. The partnership enables us to deliver the latest technology with Screen's support / service network around Australia and New Zealand. That is something we could not have achieved alone and provides tangible benefits to clients’.
Jet Technologies and Screen have partnered in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia with success marketing Screen’s range of PlateRite FX series of Computer to Plate equipment for the production of Flexographic, Letterpress and Offset plate materials.
To find out more, visit: www.jet-ap.com or www.screenaust.com.au.
© Graphic Repro On-line, 20 April 2015.
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