EPAC MAKES MONSTER HP INDIGO ORDER

Digital packaging print operation ePac has made the biggest HP Indigo order ever taken, specifying 50 new presses, which will be installed at new and existing plants around the world.

At least two of them are bound for this part of the world, with ePac set to build a second plant in ANZ, following the success of the first which opened just a year ago. Location of the new plant has yet to be decided. HP Indigo is supplied and supported by Currie Group in ANZ.

The ePac Melbourne plant officially opened six months ago with two HP Indigo 25Ks and a pouchmaking line, and has since added a second pouchmaking line. Its managing director, Jason Brown, is one of the speakers at the upcoming Print21+PKN LIVE event on 9 November, which is focused on digitally printed packaging. Click here for further details and tickets.

The innovative US-based ePac business began operations in 2016 with one plant, and since then has been on a turbo charged growth mode. It has 25 plants already in operation, including the one in Melbourne, and will open another 11 in the next three years.

It specialises in printing short and medium run flexible pouches, promising its clients, who are typically entrepreneurial, foods, petfoods, lollies, snacks, nutritionals, coffee manufacturers and the like, ‘big brand marketing presence for small brand budget.’ It has used the HP Indigo digital flexible printer from the start, initially the HP 20000, and then its successor, the HP Indigo 25K.

Virag Patel, COO of ePac, said, "Our goal is to accelerate our growth and strengthen our global presence. The commissioning of the 50 presses will enable us to further enhance our record-breaking production of flexible packaging on HP Indigo digital presses. In addition, we are strengthening our long-standing relationship with HP. Crucial to this is our vast market experience, together with HP's digital printing technology.”

Haim Levit, general manager of HP's Industrial Print Business, said, “ePac Flexible Packaging is one of the leading digital flexible packaging manufacturers, and continues its HP Indigo-based business model in new locations around the world. The ePac vision to support small and mid-sized brands with digital printing, and revitalise local communities, is a testament to our shared values and demonstrates that digital printing has a significant global impact.”