The label printing industry is rapidly evolving in response to changing consumer preferences and technological innovations. Brands that wish to stay relevant need to understand and adapt to the key shifts happening in label printing. Some of the major trends include the growth of digital printing, more creative label shapes and substrates, interactive or smart labels, clean label designs, and special finishes.

Specialist label printer Secura Labels Ltd, based in Derbyshire UK, has taken delivery of the very latest LED UV equipped Proflex 330E flexo press, manufactured & supplied by UK manufacturer, Focus Label Machinery Ltd. The new press joins three more Focus supplied machines and will increase production capacity and efficiency of high-quality self-adhesive labels.

Focus are pleased to announce they have taken delivery of the ‘Accurio Label 230’ for its showroom facility in Nottingham. The 330mm wide digital toner equipment is supplied as a turn key package with ‘Flux Label Impose’ software optimising the use of media by automating jobs via impositioning, step-and-repeat as well as support for variable data printing. Its simple drag & drop menu software from a one up PDF file, and the software does the rest. Colours can be profiled & calibrated with the auto scan Spectrophotometer included in the press package.

We are pleased to announce that Swedish Company Rudholm Group has just added another brand-new Focus LX printing press to its print facility which produces labels for the retail and garments sectors.

Modern label production is a complex, multilevel process, with plenty of room for waste to develop, and equally as much scope for improvements in efficiency and reducing waste. Modern print equipment aims to increase productivity, usually measured in faster, smarter print cycles, higher product volumes, and the number of printing tasks that can be carried out by each press. But productivity is only one side of the equation. On the other sits efficiency, which is measured in how much (or how little) time, money, and resources are needed to carry out each task.

Back in April, Focus Label were proud to announce that we would be the official suppliers and service partners for the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 label printing press in the UK market.