Mepco Label Systems has expanded its digital labels and packaging production capacity with the installation of an HP Indigo 20000 digital press. The new HP Indigo will allow Mepco to expand its services into digital flexible packaging, with the 30" format capturing a vast array of applications such as stand-up pouches, zipper pouches and flexible packaging. The company will enter this growing marketplace of 360-degree design. The installation of the HP Indigo 20000 adds to Mepco’s portfolio of digital presses, expanding capacity and allowing for quick turnarounds of high-quality products. Installation was only completed a few weeks ago and is already producing large volumes of emergency orders, in wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. “We are doing all that we can to help produce essential products for our customers in order to help in any way we can,” says Jennifer Tracy, president of Mepco Labels. From two sites in the US – one 174,000 square foot facility in the heart of the central valley of California in Lodi and the other 17,000 square foot facility in Horn Lake, MS – Mepco serves a range of agricultural, food and home care products. The converter is primarily focused on producing pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging. “Our digital presses have taken our production to the next level, allowing for us to produce beautiful quality products at exceptional fast turnarounds,” adds Tracy. Mepco plans to utilize the HP Indigo 20000 to differentiate its business services. “The press will enable our company to offer small and medium brands flexible packaging products at an economical price to test out the market and get on the shelves fast. In addition, the press will improve our company’s economics by cutting out setup and setting us a part from our competitors,” Tracy states. The HP Indigo will also enable Mepco to offer its customers improved sustainability. as they will see more options of recyclable and compostable materials. The 30" press can print virtually any sized flexible packaging application with unlimited variation and support demand for growing SKUs. The product provides converters the freedom to produce nearly any flexible packaging application, labels, and shrink sleeves on film or paper with the proven quality to meet strict brand color requirements.

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Mepco Label Systems, Lodi, CA-based manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels, flexible packaging, and shrink sleeves, has expanded its capabilities and production with a HP Indigo 6800. “With the addition of the HP Indigo 6600 with 6800 upgrade, this will be our second digital press, our first being a UV Inkjet Jetrion 4000. Having both the 6800 and 4000 will allow us to have a complete digital offering for our customers,” says Jennifer Tracy, president of Mepco Label Systems. “The HP Indigo will ensure our continued growth in the shrink sleeve market by allowing short run high quality shrink sleeves. With the upgrade, we will be one of the first in the Western US to use the 680 DigiPrime for inline priming, which allows for effortless seaming of digitally printed shrink sleeves.” Tracy adds, “With the Indigo’s substrate printing capabilities ranging from .5 mil to 18 pt cardstock, this will allow for expansion in all our product offerings, including labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging. To compliment the HP Indigo, we’ve also added a new finisher – the BOSS 130 by CEI – and it has the ability to perform semi-rotary diecutting, rotary diecutting, sheeting, as well as UV flexo and hot air printing,” she explains. The new press is Mepco’s second press purchase in less than a year, and the new CEI is the company’s fourth finishing machine in that time frame. “We look forward to continued growth and expansion,” concludes Tracy.