Odyssey Expo 2025 Travels To Atlanta
Orpington, SE London. The new six-color UV flexo line will provide extra print capacity to coincide with Prima’s newly attained BRCGS Grade A rating, achieved at the first at- tempt, said the company. Established in Beckenham by Sam Lee in 1966 as a supplier of various types of adhesive tapes principally to the London and Kent market, the company saw moves to Crystal Palace and then Clapham, South London, before settling in its current location in 1996. Now under third generation family ownership and management, with Da- vid Lee and Mark Lee succeeding their respective fathers Julian and Martin Lee, the company began to expand its business in the early 1980s. Next Generation The move into label production came with the instal- lation of a Mark Andy 2200 press in 1994. This 254mm six-color machine sits alongside two other 2200 flexo lines, of which one has both water-based and UV ink capability. The new servo driven E5 at Prima is a full UV press, ca- pable of 230 m/min on substrates from 12 to 300-micron. It has a print repeat of 140 – 610mm and a standard un- wind and rewind capacity of 1016mm. In addition, it has an overhead rail system to accommodate pressure sensitive lamination and foil wind-up for cold foil application. The E5 is fitted with a vertical die station, a sheeting die station, and a dual rewind.
Odyssey Expo 2025, an event for diecutters, diemakers, foil stampers, finishers, embossers and their equipment and supply vendors, hosted every two years by the Inter- national Association of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD), will be held May 7-9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Education remains a top priority for the programming committee, with a continued focus on providing topics for a variety of substrates, tooling and processes, with in- depth and hands-on experiences. Technical sessions will include both fundamental and new concepts for the fold- ing carton, corrugated, print finishing and specialty mar- kets. Some educational programs will take place in the Techshop™\, Odyssey’s simulation of a working production shop floor, offering attendees an experience with live, op- erating equipment for show-and-tell learning. More information on Odyssey Expo 2025 is available at www.OdysseyExpo.org . Prima Tapes & Labels Installs Mark Andy Evolution UK tape and label converter Prima has installed a 340mm Mark Andy Evolution E5 flexo press at its headquarters in
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