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German label converter, Barthel Group, has installed Martin Automatic MBS non-stop unwind/splicer and LRD automatic transfer rewinder fitted to a Nilpeter FA5 flexo press at its production facility in Essen.   Last year, Barthel also installed Martin MBS machines on two Mark Andy Evolution 5 presses at its atb plant in nearby Herne.   Group managing director, Mischa Barthel, said: ‘Non-stop operation of narrow web technology is the only way to maximize productivity – there is no future here for a label press without automatic roll handling.’  

Adhesivas IBI has been supplying labels to the Spanish market since 1980 and currently employs 42 people at its 4,300 sqm facilities near Alicante. The Evolution press the converter invested in has a 330mm (13in) web width, eight flexo printing stations and is equipped with UV curing. It incorporates Mark Andy’s QCDC (quick-change die cassette), automatic registration and