Family owned Intergrafipak (IGP) has installed a Mark Andy Evolution Series E5 at its production facility in Nieuw-Vennep in the Netherlands. The installation is intended to boost the company’s label work, which currently contributes 10% of the total business and is showing the most potential for growth.

Established in 1938 as a printing house, production at Intergrafipak’s plant is currently split into three divisions: folding cartons; insert leaflets; and labels. The first two are printed sheet-fed offset and finished/converted on a variety of offline equipment.

Although Intergrafipak has been delivering labels for many years, it had a whole new learning curve to climb with a modern flexo line. “With quality and accuracy at the top of our shopping list, we ran multiple print trials with all the leading press manufacturers, but Mark Andy was the clear winner – and its superior ergonomics made it the operator’s preferred choice too,” explained managing director of Intergrafipak Klaas Kruiswijk.

The Mark Andy press which the company chose is an 8-colour Evolution Series E5. It has a 430mm (17”) web width and is fitted with a double-sided Vetaphone corona treater and Teknek web cleaner. To facilitate the use of filmic substrates it has chilled impression rolls, and full GEW Aero LED/Arc curing, making it a hybrid UV system. Fitted with an overhead rail that includes web turn bars and Mark Andy’s own web translator (Gizmo) for multi-layer label production, the E5 has the QCDC die cutting station for easy die changeover through the side frame, advanced wind-up of waste and a K&B GapMaster adjustable anvil system.

The press was supplied with SmartLink production monitoring (now called ProWorkz Analytics), two rewinds, a double peel-off rail, and BST TubeScan 100% inspection. All of which makes it a specified machine best suited to the demanding market segments that IGP serves – pharma, health care and cosmetics.

“We are very proud of our installed base of technology from brand leaders in their own rights,” said Mr Kruiswijk. “We invest heavily in the machinery that keeps us up to date, efficient and competitive.”

Looking ahead, Mr Kruiswijk wants to continue investing, especially in the label sector, which he is keen to grow. “Our investments will be made to realise the strategic growth we have planned,” he stated. “These investments will be in machinery, people, and the image of the company. We are a family business and do not focus on the short term, but on a sustainable future.”