MD Labels invests in second hybrid press from Mark Andy

Digital Series HD became a response to the current needs of this rapidly growing company: increasing number of customers, bigger jobs diversity (incl. numerous versions of the same label) as well as faster delivery and higher quality of the labels. The new press joins the Digital Series installed five years ago. 

‘Our first investment in Mark Andy’s press, just after starting our operations, boosted our growth. It was one of the first digital/hybrid presses in Poland at that time and after purchasing it we had a real “avalanche” of orders,’ commented says Marcin Jasinski, co-owner of MD Labels. 

The company has grown dynamically since its foundation in 2016. After installing the first Mark Andy’s press, it almost doubled customers base and increased the number of employees by 500 percent. MD Labels is currently expanding its facility, doubling a production and administration area. 

One of the factors of investing in a second Mark Andy press was a business relationship with the manufacturer and its representatives. 

‘We really appreciate work of Mark Andy’s service team. It has been operating very reliably and supported us during training, after buying each press, as well as during the post-sales period, during a daily work with our hybrids,’ added Jasinksi. ‘Considering a new press, we focused on higher efficiency, quality and profitability that are inevitable for every printing house. We also wanted to manufacture very attractive and distinguishing labels – therefore we wanted embellishment, die-cutting or laminating processes to be realized in one pass. Digital Series HD met all these expectations.’

Digital Series HD combines wider color gamut (CMYK + OVG) and appropriate formulation of high pigmented white ink, enabling effects similar to rotary screen printing. MD Labels owners point out that applying white doesn’t affect speed of a press. 

According to Mark Andy, its white ink offers tripled opacity comparing to a typical flexo ink (measured in 80 percent coverage). Printhead technology implemented in Digital Series HD enables 1,200 DPI printing.

The press can include between five and eight digital inkjet units and be upgraded with in-line (or near-line) finishing and embellishment modules. Digital units allow for efficient printing of even very short runs as well as full variable data applying.

MD Labels ordered a press with five digital units (W + CMYK), six flexo stations, two cold foil and lamination units and printing on adhesive side. The press enables producing multilayer labels (peel-off) and is equipped with QCDC die-cutting module. 

‘It significantly increased flexibility of the entire solution and upgraded our production capacity, while shortening delivery-to-market time,’ said Dominik Glowacki, co-owner at MD Labels. ‘Considering all these aspects, after buying Digital Series HD we got rid off many problems and we can manufacture our labels more calmly, offering twice shortened time of delivery, with no compromise in quality.’

‘We’re always very happy about our customers’ successes,’ said Lukasz Chruslinski, European sales manager at Mark Andy. ‘MD Labels is yet another company from our country that decided to invest in Digital Series HD. It’s also the only one having two Mark Andy hybrid presses in a production hall in Poland. Its fast development and relationship with Mark Andy are reasons of big satisfaction for us. As a total solutions vendor, we’re happy with our customers when they win on a difficult market. Our press and its opportunities stand behind it, being one of the factors enabling them win. MD Labels understands the market and its needs. On the other hand, Mark Andy has been committed to meet its demands and expectations, enabling MD Labels realizing its owners’ plans.’