R Linda Trebnick

Trebnick Systems has installed a new Nilpeter FA-17 to handle increasing customer demands for RFID-application. “With a major outlay of capital, we wanted the quickest response time, and Nilpeter has proven many times over the years that they are always ready.”

Trebnick Systems, a flexo printer based in Springboro, Ohio, USA, recently installed an automatic splicer from Martin Automatic. The MBSF butt splicer was put into service on a Mark Andy P-7 flexographic press running supported and unsupported film and other products. Gregg Trebnick reports that the splicer has reduced the company’s material waste in several ways. ‘Before the Martin, we’d lose at least 300 feet of web at a manual splice getting back into register; the non-stop splice doesn’t affect auto registration at all,’ he said. ‘In terms of core waste, with the Martin, we’re able to run down