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Aztec Label Invests in Fujifilm’s Activ LED UV Curing System to Achieve Lower Energy Costs and More Sustainable Production

UK-based Aztec Label is a family-run business that has supplied high quality self-adhesive label products to a huge range of customers for nearly 30 years. Company owner, Colin Le Gresley, founded the company in 1993, in his garage, and since then the business has grown rapidly. Following recent investments in Fujifilm’s Flenex water-washable flexo plates and Sericol JJ LED UV

Managing director Colin Le Gresley said: ‘Sustainability is truly becoming a key differentiator for businesses and a core demand from end customers. We were quick to identify the importance of investing in the sustainability ethos a few years ago, installing 360 solar panels to generate electricity to power our facility and striving to increase efficiencies to drive down waste.

Industrial labels might lack the glamour and design efforts that go into customer-focused, attention-grabbing primary labels. However, they are an essential ingredient in keeping the wheels of global industry turning. In most cases, industrial labels must be machine-readable and be adapted to industrial processes. Industrial labels are also a vital component of a

Aztec Label managing director Colin Le Gresley says that being sustainable must be a top focus for the labels industry and is now not only a key trend but an essential part of doing business.

As a long-standing customer, Aztec Label currently operates three ABG turret rewinders. Increasing this number to five will provide the company with the flexibility to run any job on any available machine and ensure that it can continue to meet challenging lead times. ABG’s entry-level ECTR is available in 330mm, 410mm, or 510mm web widths and has been developed for increasing

The Benford UV drying system has been installed onto a refurbished Rotopress printer Just before Christmas, the Kidderminster-based business had a Benford UV drying system retrofitted to its refurbished 250mm-wide two-colour Rotopress printer. Aztec Label managing director Colin Le Gresley said: “As a provider of high quality, fast turnaround label solutions to the trade, we are always seeking to invest in the latest technology that provides competitive advantage and improved quality and sust...

Having initially invested in Packz from Hybrid Software in 2016, Aztec Label invested in a second license for the native pdf editing software due to accelerating growth. Offering a range of label and tag production capabilities, Aztec has announced several new press and equipment investments in recent months, including a 4,000 sqft extension of the facility, to boost its capacity, quality, and performance. ‘Adding an extra seat to our pre-press department ensures we are eliminating any potent...

Aztec Label, a UK-based manufacturer of self-adhesive labels and tags, has invested in a RotoMetrics Versa-Cut dual-adjust anvil, making it the first company in Europe to operate four of these machines. RotoMetrics, a Maxcess brand, is one of the global leaders in rotary die and engineered tooling. Its Versa-Cut is a dual-adjust anvil that gives the press operator control of liner strike. With both parallel and single-side adjustability, it is designed to overcome the challenges associated with...

UK-based Aztec Label has confirmed an investment in a Nilpeter FB3300 4-color label printing press to expand production capacity at its Kidderminster facility. With four Nilpeter flexo presses now on site, Aztec Label has extensive label converting capabilities printing up to 10 colors in both UV flexo and water-based inks alongside laminating, cold foiling, perforation, slot punching, and undercutting, backed by four other presses, including a plain label machine and a digital Trojan T4. ‘D...