WH Celebrates 100th Astraflex On-Stream

Published: June 16, 2003, By PRESS RELEASE

LENGERICH, GERMANY—Windmöller & Hölscher announce the 100th installation of its Astraflex central impression (CI) flexographic printing press. According to the Germany-based converting equipment manufacturer, the 100th Astraflex came on stream at Papier Mettler, Morbach, Germany, a converter/manufacturer of paper and plastic carriers as well as paper bags.

"The new ten-color Astraflex will not only expand our production capacity, but also add to flexibility and print quality," say Papier Mettler owner Michael Mettler and plant manager Kurt Wesoly.

For more information about the Astraflex, visit Windmö ller & Hölscher at wuh-lengerich.de or at whcorp.com. For a case history about a recent Astraflex installation in North America, check out Splash and Pop at pffc-online in June 2003.