First Omet JetPlus makes mark for commercial printer

Eticont-Cattaneo Paolo Grafiche provides a perfect example of a commercial printer moving into the more profitable business of label converting.

The company started life as a printer of high quality books – a business that continues to this day. Ten years ago, turnover in the books market was falling, and company owner Paolo Cattaneo started looking at new opportunities.

It was a suggestion from a fellow entrepreneur, Omet founder Angelo Bartesaghi, which made him look at labels. When L&L last visited in 2005 it was to see the first Omet press installation in a brand new building dedicated to self-adhesive labels production, managed by Paolo’s son Marco. Marco has full management control over the EtiCont Srl division.

EtiCont was already printing business forms and continuous stationary, but today is fully dedicated to self-adhesive label conversion. It is accredited to the ISO 22000 food grade standard.