Roberts Mart, a leading independent company in the British market for packaging printing, has invested in Comexi S1 DT slitter. The purchase is Roberts Mart’s sixth Comexi slitter, and the second one of this model.

Roberts Mart, founded in 1852, is a 6th generation family business supplying a wide range of collation shrink wrap, laminated films, and high quality printed flexible packaging to customers in the food and beverage, confectionery and pet food markets. It has also developed SpectRM, a flexographic print comparable to that of gravure. SpectRM has won over 40 awards worldwide for its color consistency and ultra-high definition of print.

“Roberts Mart has been a very important customer for many years. At Comexi we have always had the most innovative solution for their requirements, which are extremely high, and that has meant that the synergy between the two companies to be uninterrupted,” says Ramon Jonama, Comexi area manager for this area.

“Following another record turnover year, Roberts Mart has further strengthened its converting department with the purchase of a second Comexi S1 DT. It is a market leading slitter in terms of productivity, with a high level of automation, including automatic knife and core positioning, and automatic core taping systems,” says Tim Hilton, a Comexi UK/Ireland agent who works on location at Pack Support, which believes the British company, with this investment, “remains at the forefront of the flexible packaging marketplace.”