US converter installs Martin Automatic splicer

Trebnick Systems, a flexo printer based in Springboro, Ohio, USA, recently installed an automatic splicer from Martin Automatic. The MBSF butt splicer was put into service on a Mark Andy P-7 flexographic press running supported and unsupported film and other products. Gregg Trebnick reports that the splicer has reduced the company’s material waste in several ways. ‘Before the Martin, we’d lose at least 300 feet of web at a manual splice getting back into register; the non-stop splice doesn’t affect auto registration at all,’ he said. ‘In terms of core waste, with the Martin, we’re able to run down