01.20.15
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RDP digital and Northern Graphic Solutions have announced the first sale of an IPT digital print conversion system to the Canadian label printing market. The JFlex870 is engineered and manufactured by RDP digital – a division of RDP Marathon in Montreal.The system will be installed in February at The Label Factory, one of Canada’s leading trade only label providers. Once operational, the IPT digital system will turn the customer’s traditional press into a high-speed digital printing platform with Memjet inkjet technology.
“We’ve been keeping an eye on developing digital label processes for some time, and when we saw the speed and resolution of the JFlex870, we knew for sure digital print had a place in our operation,” says Alex Medd, partner at The Label Factory.
The JFlex870 will allow The Label Factory to enter the short run digital label market and increase overall capacity.
“We knew The Label Factory had a huge inventory of die tooling, and the beauty of the JFlex870 is that it will be mounted on the customer’s existing press, so additional tooling costs will be minimal,” says Jerry Wynia, president of Northern Graphic Solutions.
Northern Graphic Solutions supplies presses and converting equipment to the narrow web printing markets. The company has agreed to play a strategic role in product development with The Label Factory.
“We are also pleased to announce that The Label Factory will allow demonstrations of the JFlex870 in action at its plant in Georgetown, Ontario,” says Eric Short, president of RDP Marathon.