Mark Hyde, Product Manager at A B Graphic International Ltd. comments. "Our contact with Pricemarc-it Products started at the Pacprint, Melbourne exhibition last year. Until then they had been unsuccessful in realising a solution for producing small diameter rolls with the degree of automation they required and provided us with samples to run trials with. We subsequently carried out successful trials together with Curries Pty., our newly appointed Distributor for Australia and were able to provide a solution. The degree of automation provided by the Vectra will mean that certain jobs can now be sourced in Australia rather than imported".

Pricemarc-it Products manufacturer plain or printed self-adhesive labels in both roll and sheet format. In addition to labels, the company are a leading supplier of hand labeling products with an extensive range of pricing guns, date coders and label applicators serving all of Australia. Rodney Boyle, MD comments. "The performance of the Vectra ECTR330 during trials closely met our requirements and we intend using the machine to rewind a range of various label sizes. We chose the Vectra because of its ability to successfully rewind narrow web labels at high speed and hope to significantly increase our rewinding efficiency as a result".

Hyde concludes. "Our commitment to the Australian market is reflected in the appointment of Curries as our Distributor for the region who will in turn, shortly be appointing a new Product Manager to support local equipment sales.

The company's growth is also reflected in the recent addition of a new 35,000 sq. ft. (3200 sq. mt.) purpose built factory extension close to the two sites it has occupied in Bridlington, East Yorkshire for the last 30 years. Adds Burton, "Because of the growing demand for our products, we reached a point where we were forced to spread our operations over multiple sites. The new structure provides the space needed to bring the company's engineering and assembly departments under one roof and will house manufacturing of the companies Digicon and Omega product lines".

A B Graphic International Ltd has been supplying the label industry with converting solutions since the 1950's and comprises locations in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Mid West and Western United States and Distributors worldwide. The company's portfolio includes specialist turret rewinders, inspection slitter/rewinders, label converting systems and specialist equipment for digitally printed webs such as laser label cutting (die cutting). Its range of semi-rotary converters meets the increasing demand for digital technology and has resulted in the Digicon concept and the introduction of new products such as RFID converting for both entry level and high performance applications.