Label House Invests in EFI Matan Superwide Format Printer

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) reported that the Branding Division of Trinidad and Tobago-based packaging company Label House Group Ltd. is installing an EFI Matan iQ 5.2m-wide superwide format roll-to-roll inkjet printer with the flatbed option. Label House’s purchase makes the company among the first in the Americas to add this high-productivity print product since EFI acquired Matan Digital Printers to establish the EFI Matan product line.
 
Label House, which is located in Caroni on the island of Trinidad, has served the Caribbean market for nearly 40 years with print and packaging. The new hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll printer will help the company meet growing demand for billboards and other display graphics applications.
 
The printer operates at production-level speeds up to 3,800 square feet (353 square meters) per hour, and offers fast billboard production and has additional features that drive value and productivity for point-of-purchase graphics, wraps, banners, flags, wall graphics and window clings, including the ability to print on 5’x10’ sheets. Slitting and roll-to-sheet cutting equipment on the printer save time and increase yields while helping to prevent finishing errors.
 
“The EFI Matan printer will bring the number of superwide format printers we have to five, but it will more than double our production capacity,” said Mark Lewis, director of Label House’s Branding Division. “This is especially critical for our billboard work since brands will roll out campaigns to billboard owners in a variety of Caribbean locations, and the billboard owners then send assets to us for production practically simultaneously.”