Andrew Southern, owner of Windmill Tapes & Labels
To increase its digital label production capabilities, improve quality and migrate work from conventional printing, Windmill Tapes & Labels, of Stockport, has bought an HP Indigo WS6600 digital press.
The company produced adhesive tapes exclusively from its foundation in 1980 until 2005 when it moved into label production. It chose the seven colour model of the Indigo WS6600 and the SmartStream labels and packaging print server, powered by Esko front-end. It also has two Digicon Series 2 finishing lines from AB Graphic International.
‘Label production has driven virtually all our growth and today accounts for roughly 60% of our business. This steady growth has accelerated the need for additional production capacity in order to meet increasing demand for high-quality labels,’ said Andrew Southern, owner. ‘The HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press gives us the print quality, power and speed needed for a first-class digital label printing operation.’
The press will be installed in September at the company’s new facility in Stockport, which will bring together its original operation with those of Commercial Label Products Ltd, which it acquired in 2010.
Mr Southern added, ‘Part of our reason for acquiring Commercial Label Products was to gain a digital printing capability. We were very impressed with its HP Indigo press ws4050, and that led us to make this latest investment in HP Indigo technology. The HP Indigo digital presses have better print quality, higher speeds and lower running costs that the dry toner press we also acquired from Commercial Label Products.’
