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GRAFOTRONIC REPORTS RECORD GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA

Grafotronic has confirmed that 2012 marked the most successful year in Latin America so far. The sale of finishing equipment saw a steady growth and Grafotronic can now add multiple companies in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chile to the customer list.

Mattias Malmquist, Vice President of Sales at Grafotronic stated: “Grafotronic has focused on building finishing machines with the highest quality and best of industry components which, coupled with great value and reliability, has resulted in an attractive offering to our customers. ProFlexo’s sales and service expertize in its market has proven to be a decisive factor to our success in Latin America and the Caribbean. We look forward to our continued progress in the region.”

Jaime Dagnino, President at ProFlexo International Inc., mentioned: “With over 40 successful installations in the region during the last three years it is evident that our customers are realizing the excellent balance between high quality, affordability and expert local service. We are proud of the fact that over one third of our sales are to repeat customers”.

The Swedish company Grafotronic is a leading supplier of finishing solutions to the converting and packaging markets. With over 40 years of experience in the market, Grafotronic manufactures machines in joint-venture with Lesko Engineering in Poland since 2004. Today they are offering a wide range of flexible and cost effective solutions to the label printing companies and to narrow web flexible packaging converters.

Grafotronic equipment consists of high speed diecutting machines, slitter rewinders up to 530 mm web width, customized converting lines (both rotary and semi-rotary) and reverse solutions for ink-jet printing and 100% inspection.

With offices in Miami, Santiago and Mexico City, ProFlexo International Inc. is a Sales and Service Company that offers focused high end productivity solutions to the label, converting and packaging industries in Latin America and he Caribbean.

October 16-18, 2012

Well-attended open house in France

G.P.S., the representative of Grafotronic in France, recently held an open house at their facilities in Vendome. Customers from about 30 french printing companies attended this rewarding and enjoyable event.

Grafotronic displayed 3 different machines during the event. The new 440HI equipped with a 100% inspection system from NIKKA, a 380DC high speed die cutting machine with the Grafotronic semi automatic turret rewinder and a TT250 bi-directional table top rewinder for smaller jobs. Gabriele Gerbella, Area Sales Manager at Grafotronic, says “this was an important event for us and we are happy for all the new contacts we got during these days. G.P.S. has a very good name in France and the sales the last years shows that we now are established on this market ”

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Poland May 3 - 4, 2012

Grafotronic agent meeting Warsaw

We were pleased to celebrate the official opening of our new factory with our partner Lesko in Warsaw May 3rd. We also took the the opportunity to meet our worldwide distributors and to have the Distributor Training event. Under a two days meeting in Warsaw, information about our latest developments was presented and demonstration of our different machines models was also done. A session on how to transfer the costumers' special needs into new machine lines was furthermore arranged. Our belief is that by understanding of our customers' needs and combining it with our technical expertise and engineering, is the way forward to provide great solutions now and in the future.

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Landskrona , Sweden 2012-04-04

Grafotronic appoints VAN ZALINGE Benelux B.V. as new agent in the Benelux

Grafotronic, manufacturer of finishing equipment has signed a new agent agreement with VAN ZALINGE Benelux B.V. for the sales and service of the Grafotronic machines in the Benelux.

VAN ZALINGE Benelux B.V. with head office in Rotterdam is a well known company with many years of experience in representing only the top brands in the Label Industry.

"VAN ZALINGE is the perfect partner for Grafotronic and I am convinced that this agreement will strengthen our position on this important market. We have a lot of installations in the area and with our new partner we can guarantee full support and service for our existing and new customers" said Mattias Malmqvist, Vice President Sales at Grafotronic.

"I have followed Grafotronic for quite a long time and I am very impressed about the fast developments that have taken the brand to the highest level in quality and customer friendly design. We are very excited to join the Grafotronic team", said Henk Ockerse, owner of VAN ZALINGE Benelux B.V.

Henk Ockerse can be reached directly on +31 (0)6 51806083

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Landskrona, Sweden 2011-10-06

Grafotronic 440HI success at Labelexpo

"The new Grafotronic 440HI – with 100% Inspection was the right machine at the right time" summarizes Mattias Malmqvist VP Sales at Grafotronic. It was fantastic to see how well the audience appreciated the new design, the compact footprint and the easy operation of the machine. The 440HI is a high speed fully servo driven machine with new features like an integrated roll lift, slide control panel and a quick-change knife package. Grafotronic believes that this new way of building inspection machines will set a new standard in the industry and reports several orders straight from the stand.

Landskrona, Sweden 2011-07-13

Lots of news from Grafotronic at Labelexpo, Brussels

The new Converting Line 380 CL in modular design including 2 flexo units, die cutting and the new automatic turret rewinder will be shown at Labelexpo.

Each module is servo driven and works independently and it is easy to add extra units later on for new products such as lamination, inkjet, labeling, 100% inspection, hotfoil and varnishing. The converting line is a heavy duty and high quality machine concept at a reasonable price.

The world premier of the new high speed slitter with a Nikka 100% inspection system will bring integrated vision inspection to a new level of productivity and user friendliness.

The new Servo automatic turret rewinder with core and tail glue systems will be introduced during the show. The system can be installed either after your printing press or inline with our converting line.

Also being shown, on the largest ever Grafotronic both number 11P70, will be the 550 wide die cutting machine, the 280 wide printing and die cutting machine with IR/UV dryers equipped with semi-turret, and much more.

Grafotronic is a Swedish company with a new 1500 sq. metre factory just outside Warsaw for production of converting machinery for the narrow web industry. Working together with our partner Lesko Engineering, more than 350 Grafotronic machines have been supplied to satisfied customers around the world.

Landskrona, Sweden 2009-03-18

Fourth grafotronic installed at Ettiketto Labeling Systems AB, Sweden

Ettiketto Labeling Systems AB, one of Sweden's leading producers of self-adhesive labels has successfully installed their fourth Grafotronic machine. The latest installation is the new Grafotronic 530 which is a combination machine equipped with servo for slitting of mono-film materials and a 20" die cutting unit for label production. The new model is equipped with the latest "Grafotronic unwind lifting system" a new invention from the Swedish manufacturer of slitter / rewinders.
Peter Glückman, the Managing Director of Ettiketto Labeling Systems AB explains the decision to install another machine from Grafotronic. 'Our co-operation with Grafotronic during the last years has been successful and we are very satisfied with the overall quality, support and performance supplied by our partner.

Mattias Malmqvist, Grafotronic Vice President Sales, adds, 'I am very proud to have Ettiketto Labeling Systems, as our valued partner. We have worked close together to find new solutions to constantly improve the machines and it has shown to be vital in the success we have had the last years.

Peter Glückman continues 'This spectrum of machine widths, together with the new servo rewinders, gives us the possibility to run all the different types of applications from mono-film to cardboard. And this possibility in combination with the price/performance ratio of the machines creates a quick return of investment through a more efficient production.

The product range from Grafotronic now includes slitter rewinder inspection and die cutting machines in the range from 10" to 20".

Ettiketto Labeling Systems AB was founded in 1977 and is one of the companies in GSS – Glückman, Silwer & Skog AB. For more information please visit www.ettiketto.se

Landskrona, Sweden 2008-01-16

Grafotronic open New factory

Grafotronic, the Swedish manufacturer of slitter rewinders and die cutting machines is growing rapidly. A new and modern assembly facility was opened in December to handle the demand from the market.
"Now we can assemble and test 10 Grafotronic machines at the same time in a modern and efficient working environment" says Mattias Malmqvist, Vice President Sales at Grafotronic and continuing to say that " at LabelExpo in Brussels and shortly their after we sold more than 20 machines in Europe alone and now we have the capacity to meet our increasing business also from other areas such as South America, Asia and Africa.