Versatile UK-Made Flexo Press Helps Label Growth

A KDO six-colour flexographic printing machine, manufactured by K2, is helping a UK label company to further improve its productivity and boost its capability to handle more contracts.

A KDO six-colour flexographic printing machine, manufactured by K2, is helping a UK label company to further improve its productivity and boost its capability to handle more contracts.

Willowbridge Labels, based at Rougham Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and part of the Denny Bros Group, has enhanced its job quality and turn-around times, thanks to the purchase of a KDO 3 Series press.

The 3 Series, the second KDO machine in use at Willowbridge's factory, is being used to produce a variety of labels for customers that include companies in the food retail and pharmaceutical sectors.

The KDO 3 Series, made at K2's factory in Worcestershire has a range of features, such as fully automatic web tension control, large capacity die unit, a pair of 2,000-metre product roll capacity rewinders and an end-of-roll detection facility with auto press stop.

It also includes anilox rollers, produced in-house by K2 on computerised machine tools, and custom-made print cylinders, which incorporate the KDO quick release and change-over features.

In addition, the KDO machine contains a laminate and cold foil station for specialist label applications, which is a growing market for Willowbridge, in addition to its established core business of bespoke plain and printed self-adhesive labels.

"We chose a KDO machine not only because K2 produce quality presses at competitive prices but also for its excellent levels of customer service and technical support.

It is also very compact in size for such a versatile and full specification machine," explained Karl Seeley, Willowbridge's managing director.

"The new press not only means Willowbridge has extra capacity for more contracts but also ensures faster job turn-around times and an even higher quality of labels.

The installation and commissioning process went smoothly and I'm extremely pleased with every aspect of the service from K2," he added.

K2, established by managing director Russell Oddy last autumn, has already completed a number of orders for its KDO presses for customers in the UK and Europe.

The company has also just appointed Alan Sugden as its service engineer and Barry Topliss as international sales director.

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