French company Étiquettes Pierre Foucher (EPF) invested in the SCREEN L350 SAI S. digital label printer.
‘The SAI S is quick and easy to operate, and between two jobs you lose no time in getting the printer ready. Speed is important, because some customers almost no longer manage physical stock. Instead, they order new labels when they need them,’ said EPF’s managing director Nicolas Lavalette.
‘With the seven colours of the SCREEN L350 SAI S, we can print all the Pantone colours we need. This allows us to digitally print exactly the same labels as on our flexo printers, but in smaller runs. The difference between the digital and flexo colours can only be seen by a trained eye and under a magnifying glass.’ Also, the seven colours allow using less ink compared to a digital four-colour printer, as less ink has to be mixed to get to the exactly right colour.’
With the installation of a SCREEN L350 SAI S, its second digital label printer, EPF is further expanding its offering. With a history dating back to 1920, EPF is probably one of the oldest label printers in France. The traditional company with about 20 employees was in dire straits a decade ago, but with the support of Groupe Aixor, the business group that EPF acquired in 2011, EPF changed its gun.
Despite the pandemic having a significant impact on EPF’s customers, over the past three years the French company has invested in modernising and diversifying its machine park. ‘You have to invest in good equipment first in order to attract new customers,’ said Lavalette.
The SCREEN L350 SAI S is the provisional culmination of that investment round. ‘For handling the large print runs of our national and local customers, we had already invested in analogue flexographic printers. But for local customers, where responsiveness and service are very important, for example within 48 or 72 hours, we needed a second digital printer to serve them in a cost-effective and qualitative way.’
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