Konica Minolta has announced the installation of its AccurioLabel 400 digital label press at Holly Tag & Label in Mount Holly, NC, USA. Holly Tag & Label is a family-run business offering customized, pressure sensitive labels, tags and label design services for a variety of applications and industries. The company has been in the digital printing business for more than 19 years and prides itself on using state-of-the-art printing equipment on-site.

Holly Tag & Label first engaged with Konica Minolta in 2016 when it purchased the company’s first generation label press – the C71CF – and then again in 2021 when it upgraded to an AccurioLabel 230 digital toner press. In 2023, when Holly Tag & Label’s second label press from another manufacturer was approaching end of life, its positive experiences with Konica Minolta inspired it to reach back out to the company. After learning about Konica Minolta’s latest label press with quick and easy set-up, increased speeds and a fifth station for white toner to expand creative label applications, the printer knew it was the right fit, and became one of the early adopters of the AccurioLabel 400.

The team at Holly Tag and Label say they have always been pleased by how easy the Konica Minolta presses were to run and maintain compared to its other digital label press. However, it thoroughly evaluated other suppliers and provided sample files to each to test the quality of print. Holly Tag & Label was highly impressed by the single hit of white toner on the AccurioLbel 400, which the company says was far better and brighter than two to three hits of its current digital label press solution. Upon seeing the sample results, Scott Harris, vice president of Holly Tag & Label, said, “Wow, I think those results just sold me the press.”

Holly Tag & Label was able to eliminate the 15 to 30 minutes a day spent cleaning the priming station needed to print on standard flexo stocks on the competitive press. In addition to time savings, the company has experienced a 20 to 30 percent reduction in spending due to the low running costs of the new machine. Additionally, the AccurioLabel 400 provides environmental benefits as the prints are de-inkable and the press releases zero volatile organic compounds (VOC).

“The AccurioLabel was exactly what we needed to transition away from our other label press, and has become an invaluable asset to us,” says Harris. “Konica Minolta has a lot of advantages for small-to-medium print businesses. It’s perfect for short runs, and the white toner makes it superior to other equipment. The cost of entry is lower than other digital machines we have seen.”

“There is no greater endorsement than a client coming back for a third device. Our label presses are designed to manage and deliver an increasing number of small-to-medium print jobs in ever-shorter processing times, and Holly Tag & Label is the perfect example of the type of client for whom our systems are developed,” comments Frank Mallozzi, president, IPP, Konica Minolta. “It was an extremely rewarding experience to be able to help Holly Tag & Label transition from something that wasn’t working for them, and allow them to be more efficient and profitable in an ever-increasingly competitive marketplace.”