Dallas-based TQL Packaging Solutions, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020, is now a full complement print service provider, offering digital and flexo technologies for conventional labels up to complex packaging applications like pouches, shrink sleeves, and extended-content labels.
TQL Packaging Solutions said it is poised for 20% growth over 2019.
This growth pushed the converter to purchase and install a Rotoflex VLI 700.
The VLI is a 28.5-inch-wide inspection, slitting and rewind system that complements advanced applications and high-volume production.
Rotoflex VLI is a necessary workflow addition for finishing film labels and wraps, flexible packaging and excels at handling tension-sensitive materials.
“We needed enough speed to keep up with our newly acquired 26-inch flexo press, which was installed over the summer,” said company president Scott Smith.
According to Smith, his VLI runs two daily shifts at an average of 1,000 fpm. Upon installation, TQL Packaging Solutions had 3 million linear feet ready for the machine to slit, and Smith estimates that the machine was able to slit 20 million feet in the first weeks.