Industry News Dantex Group aims to emerge stronger post pandemic
Following the phased opening up of the economy, Dantex Group is currently channelling its activities into preparing for the next step back to operating normally. The specialist supplier of water wash photopolymer plates, processing equipment and digital presses, is eager to reassure its customers that it is ready to open the doors and invite visitors to see their equipment and conduct live demos in person once again.
In advance of being able to do so, Dantex will shortly be opening its newly-overhauled demonstration facility at its UK headquarters. The open-plan space will accommodate a broad range of equipment. Dantex, like many other businesses, has increased its use of digital tools to maintain productivity, harnessed technology and new ways of working, in order to sustain its operations and maintain a competitive advantage. For the future, the company aims to embrace the innovations that have been adopted during the pandemic and make them available as options moving forward. According to the company, virtual showcases worked well during lockdown and, whilst Dantex is embracing a return to freedom, it explained that these digital options will remain part of the sales process, should customers prefer them.
“Ultimately, we want to let our customers know that we are ready when they are to return to a sense of normality,” said Dantex Group CEO Ben Danon. “We
will be bringing our staff back to office-based working conditions, our sales team will soon be resuming normal activities, our technical team is operating at 100% and our engineers are available to travel. As a global business, similar practices are being implemented across our Group members. “Clearly, we are proud of how our team has adapted over the last year; it’s given us the opportunity to take a hard look at how we do things and to introduce new methods of customer engagement into our operation. Now the focus is on coming out of this stronger and more agile than ever before and providing our customers with the outstanding levels of service and support that they can expect from us.”
Jiménez Godoy acquires second Comexi Offset CI8 press for facility in Murcia
Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, and Jiménez Godoy, a company specialising in the printing of labels, magazines, catalogues, brochures, and flexible packaging, have reached an agreement for the Spanish company to acquire a Comexi Offset CI8. This is the second
Comexi offset press purchased by Jiménez Godoy, and will be installed at the company’s facilities in Murcia. “In recent years we have experienced significant growth, partly due to the purchase of our first Comexi Offset CI8. The acquisition of a second offset press will allow us to increase production volume and offer our clients productive security, which will simultaneously attract other companies,” explained Jiménez Godoy managing director, Francisco Jiménez.
Jiménez Godoy is a Spanish family business with more than 50 years of experience in the printing and graphic arts sector. The company is dedicated to printing a vast range of plastic and paper products, such as labels, catalogues, leaflets, and flexible packaging for various industries, which includes food, pharmaceutical, and entertainment.
Paramount Labels extends digital print capabilities with Konica Minolta
Paramount Labels has expanded its portfolio of flexographic, UV inkjet and dry toner presses with the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 (AL230). The new digital toner press has enabled the company to speed up turnaround and offer shorter and higher quality runs on a much wider range of materials.
Paramount Labels was planning to invest in another digital inkjet machine at its factory in Cannock, Staffordshire. However, it was also keen to explore opportunities to produce higher quality work and bring work that they previously needed to outsource in-house. The company now has the capability, capacity, and agility to deliver against the evolving labelling needs of its customers, today and tomorrow. Managing director Phil Wright explained: “Many of our customers are demanding fast turnaround, shorter and more frequent runs, high-quality and low prices.” He also points to the need to be able to respond to new style trends. “Right now, there is a preference for having a matte finish on an uncoated textured substrate. The AL230 enables us to achieve this finish without the need for priming or varnishing. As a result, we can now serve new markets.”
Presses at the Cannock factory are running for 10 hours a day, seven days a week, and the AL230 is enabling Paramount Labels to bring production times down to as little as five working days, for runs where time is of the essence. Konica Minolta production print specialist at Business Solutions (UK) Ltd said: “Productivity is not just about how fast a press runs, it is also about reliability and consistency, and that is what the AccurioLabel 230 delivers.”
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