Delhi-based Prateek Metal Industries has invested in the AccurioLabel 190 digital label press. Installed in April 2019, the label solution from Konica Minolta is the first-of-its-kind to feature the new winder system from Brotech Graphics that Konica Minolta announced during Labelexpo India in September 2018.
Started about 25 years ago, Prateek Metal Industries’ primary business was to print on metal sheets on manually-fed offset presses. However, with time Prateek invested in screen printing machines and diversified to label printing under the name Prateek Graphics. Today 95% of the company’s revenue comes from labels while the contribution from its metal printing business is only 5%. Prateek provides labels to the home appliances sector. Usha and Bajaj are two of its regular customers.
Manoj Arora, proprietor, Prateek Metal Industries, said, “Most of our jobs are limited to CMYK and hence a 4-color press is a perfect fit for our jobs. The Konica Minolta brand has been driving a major transformation in the digital printing space through its range of innovative print and printing solutions. This is why, when we were looking for a label and package printing solution, the AccurioLabel 190 was our top consideration. The improvement in productivity and efficiency since the installation has been impressive and validates our decision to choose this Konica Minolta product. Being able to cater to new-age print jobs has also helped us drastically improve our profitability.”
Vijay Kamat, national product manager – industrial print, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, said, “Brands and manufacturers are moving towards short-run print jobs that offer greater personalization and customization. These requirements are driving the demand for innovative label and packaging solutions. The AccurioLabel 190 is specifically designed to cater to such new-age print jobs. The installation shall help Prateek Metal Industries increase the scale of its business operations while driving higher productivity and profitability. We are delighted with Prateek Metal Industries’s decision to select Konica Minolta solutions and will be looking forward to helping more businesses across the country to prepare themselves for the era of digital printing.”
A future-ready product designed for dynamically-evolving market demands, the AccurioLabel 190 reduces time-to-print and is capable of printing on different media including paper, non-tack paper, tack paper, synthetic paper, PP, and PET of variable thickness. Its compact size also allows it to deliver a better space economy and more efficient utilization of workspace as compared to other digital printers in the same category. All of this combines to deliver superior productivity and improved profitability while allowing printing businesses to expand their business operations by catering to a much wider range of new-age print jobs.
