Managing director Colin Le Gresley said: ‘Sustainability is truly becoming a key differentiator for businesses and a core demand from end customers. We were quick to identify the importance of investing in the sustainability ethos a few years ago, installing 360 solar panels to generate electricity to power our facility and striving to increase efficiencies to drive down waste.
The Benford UV drying system has been installed onto a refurbished Rotopress printer
Just before Christmas, the Kidderminster-based business had a Benford UV drying system retrofitted to its refurbished 250mm-wide two-colour Rotopress printer.
Aztec Label managing director Colin Le Gresley said: “As a provider of high quality, fast turnaround label solutions to the trade, we are always seeking to invest in the latest technology that provides competitive advantage and improved quality and sustainability performance for our customers.
“Over the past five years [Benford UV] have developed a new robust and high-tech LED UV dryer design that offers a number of benefits to us in narrow web printing.
UK-headquartered label printer Aztec Labels has installed a Benford LED UV drying system on a 2-color press, with plans to implement this technology across the factory to boost its sustainability performance further.
‘As a provider of high quality, fast turnaround label solutions to the trade, we are always seeking to invest in the latest technology that provides a competitive advantage and improved quality and sustainability performance for our customers,’ commented Colin Le Gresley, managing director of Aztec Label. ‘Benford UV is renowned in the wide-format sheetfed printing industry for excellence in LED drying systems. Over the past five years, they have developed a new robust and high-tech LED UV dryer design that offers a number of benefits to us in narrow web printing. The advantages include improved consistency in print results, low operating costs, and importantly, the technology aligns to our overall sustainability objectives in optimizing our energy use.’