Farnell Packaging to Install W&H Flexographic Press

LINCOLN, R.I.—Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation announces the sale of a 52˝ (1,320 mm) 8-color PRIMAFLEX CM printing press to Farnell Packaging Ltd. of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The press will be installed at the company’s Dartmouth facility in June of this year. This will be Farnell’s second W&H flexographic press, after the installation of an 8-color NOVOFLEX in 2003.

Farnell Packaging made the decision to invest in the new press to expand current capacity levels and to take on new business that it previously could not support. According to Farnell’s V.P. of Operations, Danny Christianson, the business is high-end process printing. “The PRIMAFLEX will give us the capacity to efficiently manage this new business.”

“Our main reason for again choosing W&H equipment has been our positive experience with the existing W&H equipment,” explains Christianson. “The quality, service and support offered with the NOVOFLEX has enabled us to improve our print quality. We are looking forward to continued growth with this press addition.”

Farnell Packaging Ltd. has been in business for over forty years as a custom manufacturer and distributor of packaging to the food industry with focus in the frozen food, bakery, fish, and fruit and vegetable markets. Farnell offers its customers mono and coextruded film extrusion, biodegradable film extrusion, wide and narrow web flexographic printing, as well as slitting and converting. The company manufactures blown film, roll stock, bags, sheets and pressure-sensitive labels and is a supplier of shrink films, tissue overwrap, and heavy gauge sacks and pouches. As a distributor for Sealed Air Corp, Cryovac Films, Pliant and more, Farnell is able to offer complete packaging solutions to its customers.

The PRIMAFLEX CM purchased by Farnell Packaging, Ltd. features 8 color decks, a maximum material width of 52˝ (1,320 mm) and a maximum printing width of 50˝ (1,270 mm). Production speeds measure up to 1000 fpm (300 m/min) and print repeats range from 14.5˝ – 31.5˝ (370 – 800 mm). The press also features W&H’s EASY-SET fully automatic impression setting system.

Windmoeller & Hoelscher is a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown and cast film extrusion systems, multiwall equipment, plastic sack and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the converting and packaging industry.