Dar es Salaam-based label printer Tanzania Printers has acquired its first Nilpeter flexo press, an FA-4. Tanzania Printers, which has operated for more than four decades, is known for high quality value-adding labels, said General Manager Mark Harvey.
“The backbone of our company is to strive for excellence and to extend our portfolio of products,” he said.
“We only invest in innovative, state-of-the-art printing equipment to maintain our growth curve.”
Tanzania Printers’ main market is wet-glue labels for multinational corporations such as SABMiller, Diageo, Pepsi and Distell for brands including Guinness, Tusker, Castle and Peroni.
Printers in East Africa have to be versatile but have tremendous potential for growth, according to Tanzania Printers.
For instance, while South Africa’s annual per-capita beer consumption totals 57 litres across its 50 million people, Tanzania’s consumption currently runs at 7 litres across a population of 45 million.
Tanzania Printers acquired a Nilpeter FA-4 with UV and hot air drying, hot foil, cold foil, three die-cutting stations, sheeting, de-/relamination, web turn bar, auto register and gravure to boost its production of wine and spirits labels with value-adding embossing.
The press supports multi-substrates, including unsupported film and cardboard.
“The next step for us is to move into pressure-sensitive labels,” said Harvey.
“Our customers are standing by with the business, but we need a press to handle the high-end quality labels.”
Tanzania Printers had been on the lookout for a combination press with multi-substrate capabilities and value-adding features.
“We are convinced that our new Nilpeter press can do everything we need it to do,” said Harvey.