Drorys Packlist, an Italian label converter, has installed a Mark Andy P5 Performance Series flexo press. The Turin-based company operated in conjunction with Mark Andy’s Italian distributor, Franchini, which promoted the benefits of the Performance Series line of flexo presses.

Having graduated from rotary letterpress to flexo via the same Swiss manufacturer, Gabriele Bròcani, owner of Drorys Packlist, decided that he needed to update his company’s production capabilities, and he opted for the Mark ANdy P5. “Because I’ve had such a long and trusted working relationship with Franchini, I ordered the Mark Andy from the brochure – I didn’t even have a machine demonstration. And I can honestly say that it has met and exceeded all our production expectations and allowed us to switch work from gravure and offset because of its ability to produce high quality at high speed.”

Straight after being commissioned, the new Mark Andy went onto two-shift production using low migration inks. Seeing the extra productivity of the P5, Bròcani decided to invest in new inspection rewind technology too, and having been a long time Rotoflex user, the company installed three new VSI 430 models soon after the press was in commercial production.

Press specification of the film-capable 17″ (430mm) P5 includes a corona treater and web cleaner to go along with eight UV-flexo print stations, web turn bars and a cold foil facility with a standard diecutting unit. Drorys Packlist is currently working on runs of typically 20,000 linear meters, with a very low level of waste, thanks to its short web path and the pre-register and auto-register technology fitted. 

Bròcani has cited the need to meet market demand in a wide range of areas, and he anticipates maximizing the flexible production capability of the P5.

With EN ISO 9001, as well as FSC and PEFC accreditation, and 14001 environmental certification and BRC Food Compliance in its plants, Drorys Packlist sees its future as combining enhanced R&D with its inherent environmental ethos. As he works on developing the export side of the business by forging strategic partnerships with market leaders, Bròcani has committed to investing in the latest technology in order to succeed in a competitive marketplace, with Mark Andy’s P5 press emblematic of that philosophy.