Flexo for Short Runs

The scope of process improvements via the P7 brought powerfully clear visibility to flexo's overall place within GENflex's service offering. "We took a look at our legacy business and looked for gains with wider width, more efficient setup, and more efficient throughput," Florence recalls. "We conducted total cost standpoint comparisons with our more conventional press assets and the numbers were pretty staggering." For instance, the company determined that a flexo flex-pack job that had been run for years in a four-across configuration at 300 fpm, could be run on the P7 in a five-across configuration at double the speed, accomplishing a 250 percent improvement in throughput.