Dantex has launched the PicoColour II high-speed UV inkjet digital label press, which has been developed together with JF Machines Limited, now a part of the Dantex Group.
The PicoColour II UV Digital Press offers a printing width of 210 mm and runs up to 35 m/min. It is available with CMYK + White with the ability to use the white in a single-pass application. Used in conjunction with optional Corona treatment, the press can be used for paper as well as filmic based media.
J F Machines was established 25 years ago in Kettering by John and Joanna Furley and manufactured narrow width digital label printing presses under the PicoColour name. Mr Furley, who is a mechanical and electronic systems engineer, will act as product designer and continue to advance the development of the range.
Mr Furley, commented, ‘Dantex’s extensive knowledge of the label industry together with their considerable customer base and sales and service infrastructure is what JFM needed in order to market our already very popular product portfolio, as well as to accelerate our research and development efforts to make ever more advanced machines. I am confident that our long-standing customers, as well as our staff, will enjoy working together with the Dantex team.’
Richard Danon, Dantex Group chairman, added, ‘We are really delighted with our new partnership with JFM, and very much look forward to working together. This acquisition has brought Dantex the expertise necessary to be able to build state of the art label printing presses using high-speed UV inkjet technology. The PicoColour II at 210 mm will be our first offering, which will be launched at Labelexpo 2015. Press manufacturing will be based at our premises in the Leeds/Bradford area, which has a long history of working with the printing industry. We are very excited about the prospects ahead, as we blend the considerable talents and technology of Dantex with those of JFM.’
