18 | Label News Avery Dennison opens distribution center in Romania Avery Dennison has opened a new distribution center for its Fasson-brand self-adhesive labelstock in Timisoara, Romania. Serving customers in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia as well as Romania, the facility will ‘greatly enhance’ speed of delivery to the growing base of label converters in the region, says the company. Most converters in this region will enjoy next-day delivery services, which means, depending on country, up to three days' reduction in order lead times. This will help label converters increase their flexibility in responding to customer requests, and smaller labelstock inventories become an option. The 3,750 square meter Timisoara facility is equipped with the latest slitting, core cutting, rewinding, and automated packaging equipment. It also makes custom roll slitting via the Fasson Exact and Exact Plus 'no waste' service programs locally available for the first Flint Group has implemented a new organizational structure aimed at enabling customers to have full access to Flint Group’s product portfolio through a single sales contact, supported by in-depth technical support. Flint Group has formed a global Packaging and Narrow Web division, comprising the Packaging Inks business activities of Flint Group in Europe and North America and the global Flint Group Narrow Web business. The division is headed by Dr Dirk Aulbert, who formerly held the position president Inks Europe Labels&Labeling time. These services enable printers to order exactly the slit widths of Fasson material they require, without any unusable additional offcut rolls. Georges Gravanis, vice president, sales and customer service, Avery Dennison Roll Materials, commented: ‘In a region where, even in today's economic environment, there is real and growing demand for labeled goods, it is a logical focus for us to intensify our ability to be closer to our customers, understand their local needs, and enhance the speed of service we are able to give them.' Flint Group realigns global organization in Flint Group. The Packaging and Narrow Web division manufactures and markets a wide range of printing inks and coatings for the packaging and label markets worldwide. ‘The global reach of the new business unit and its clear focus on the packaging and label market will enable us to provide tailored products and services to international packaging and label printers across all regions and providing global consultancy services to brand owners,’ said Aulbert. Charles Knott, CEO of Flint Group, Flint is first supplier for ‘smartGPS’ from F&K Flint Group Flexographic Products is the first sleeve supplier to be qualified to manufacture sleeves for the ‘smartGPS’ system from Fischer & Krecke (F&K), of Bielefeld, Germany. Flint Group Flexographic Products can rely on many years of experience with RFID – for more than ten years rotec sleeves have been available with this technology. As all rotec sleeves for the ‘smartGPS’ system are equipped with a RFID chip and a register sensor, relevant data like the actual print diameter, the actual job design as well as the used materials can be recorded and stored already during plate mounting. The data is then recalled in the printing unit, where the printing sleeves are moved fully automatically into the exact register and impression setting. As the traditional press proof is no longer required, material usage and set-up times are significantly reduced with extremely high register. The challenge for the sleeve production is to insert the sensor very precisely within tight tolerances. Extensive tests at F&K with rotec Blue Light Sleeves reportedly demonstrate that they are below the specified tolerances. As the sensor and the chip are inserted during the sleeve production process, both are located with exact positioning and protected from being damaged. The modification of the sleeve has no effect on the print result and the complete surface can be utilized for plate mounting. rotec Sleeves with ‘smartGPS’ are obtainable in wall thicknesses up to 100 mm, in all lengths up to 4000 mm and with a guaranteed diameter tolerance of 0.02 mm (measured on carrier cylinder at TIR < 0.005 mm). They are optionally available in a conductive version with rotec Omega-Surface Technology and with a stainless steel register ring. said: ‘After the major acquisitions between 2004 and 2007 we focused our efforts on the physical integration of the various companies that formed Flint Group as it is today. However, to foster growth we proactively want to pick up our customers in their places by adapting our organization to fit to the markets our customers operate in. So while the decision to reorganize was taken as a proactive step long before the economic crisis became apparent, I would consider it the right move at the right time.’
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