Superfast Labels is an apt name for the
family-owned label printer in Sittingbourne, Kent. Although only 6 months since
the company installed the UK’s first Epson SurePress L-4033A digital label
press, the machine has just printed its 6 millionth label. Superfast Labels (www.superfast-labels.co.uk)
offers high-quality, self-adhesive printed labels with an incredibly fast
turnaround time – often in 24 hours. The addition of the SurePress L-4033A has
allowed the company, previously solely a flexo house, to broaden its services
into digital printing which is an ideal solution for many applications.
Andrew Miller, managing director at Superfast
Labels couldn’t be happier with his investment. “In just six months since its
installation, the SurePress L-4033A has printed 6 million labels for almost
1,000 jobs, with an average run length a shade under 10,000 labels per job. The
press is already at 70 per cent utilisation, another milestone reached earlier
than we expected.”
The addition of the six-colour SurePress
L-4033A has not only added high-quality, affordable digital print to
Superfast’s capabilities. It has allowed the company to expand into lucrative
new markets such as short-run jobs, and offering high quality, cost-effective
print services to local small businesses. As well as being able to print on
standard labelling substrates without resorting to pre-treatments or special
coatings, the ability for the SurePress L-4033A to print on textured substrates
has opened-up new commercial opportunities with small-volume artisanal food and
drink producers looking for a quality, bespoke-looking result.
“As jobs continue to become more complex to
produce and run lengths reduce, the SurePress L-4033A is the perfect solution
to cost-effective, short-run label printing,” says Marc Tinkler, senior
business development manager, Industrial Printing at Epson Europe. “The combination of outstanding print
quality, production efficiency and substrate flexibility make it a compelling
solution to meet today’s demanding label printing requirements.”
