KONICA Minolta Business Solutions (UK) has announced further enhancement of its partnership with Production Print Direct to include its range of digital label and packaging press solutions.
The firm said that offering the enhanced range of industrial print solutions reflects its commitment to supporting customers across the north of England and Scotland.
The inclusion of Konica Minolta’s industrial print solutions is designed to meet growing demand for digital print solutions. Production Print Direct’s MD, Mike Ashforth, said, “In the past many commercial printers have outsourced their labels requirements believing that it is too expensive or complicated to do in-house. However, Konica Minolta’s range of digital label and packaging press solutions addresses this by delivering the flexibility of short run jobs with predictable and affordable costs.
“Working together with Konica Minolta, we are able to provide highly cost-effective Industrial Print solutions that open up these opportunities to embrace label printing, enabling our customers to deliver a more diverse offering with attractive margins, with the flexibility and certainty of completing jobs in-house.”
Along with the digital presses Konica Minolta also offers full workflow solutions which are designed to enable label printers to optimise operations, accurately estimate job requirements/costs, and manage workloads more efficiently. These systems also facilitate the introduction of variable data printing, QR codes, and the ability to combine other processes with digital label printing.
Mike added, “The AccurioLabel portfolio delivers highly versatile and low-cost digital alternatives to flexo, with a cost per linear metre and options for web-to-print which work exceptionally well for flexible quick turnaround jobs that our customers need. Working in close partnership with Konica Minolta, we offer the collaborative benefits of a respected manufacturer and local expert supplier to deliver market-leading label equipment and a fully tailored end-to-end solution.”
Jon Hiscock, head of production & industrial print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK), added, “As print service providers look to see the potential and add digital labels capabilities to their portfolio, we have the perfect partnership to support them – from the powerful flexibility of our AccurioLabel range, to the exceptional embellishment potential of the AccurioShine 3600, and the packaging capabilities of the PKG 1300 Automated Digital Corrugated Press. This is perfect timing to further build upon our existing market penetration together by delivering digital labelling excellence.”
