Keller Crescent Improves Printing Capabilities with High-tech Press

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, January 21, 2011. Keller-Crescent Co., Inc., a Clondalkin Group Company, has installed a new four-color offset printing press in its Greensboro, NC plant thereby greatly enhancing the company's capabilities at the facility.

The new press allows for sheeting up to 44" making Keller Crescent the first company in the industry with the ability to sheet to that size. In addition, the press features UV curing, a "Butler Splicer", and a 100% web vision system to aid in the identification of print defects.

"Keller Crescent chose Muller Martini's Alprinta 74 web press because they are the leaders in web press technology for printing on light weight pharmaceutical papers," said David Brown, Vice President of Technology at Keller Crescent, "The four-color Alprinta 74 is customized to print a web width of 30" and a length of 40" giving Keller Crescent the added capability over our competitors to produce larger size outserts more economically."

In addition to the ability to print in four colors, the new press allows Keller Crescent to print with Benzophenone-free UV inks which offer greater clarity and print quality than conventional inks. Since they also cure more quickly than their conventional counterparts, the new inks allow for an increase in production speed because materials flow to subsequent processes faster.

"Keller Crescent is pleased to announce the addition of a new four-color web press to our literature department," said Ernie Chaplin, Vice President of Marketing at Keller Crescent, "The press represents our continued commitment of capital investments to improve our processes, expand our capability, and increase our capacity."

The new press was installed during the first week of January, 2011 and is the second of three Alprinta presses purchased from Muller Martini in the last two years. The new press with the large sheeting capabilities will allow Keller Crescent to run so-called "large format" inserts on a roll press. The new method is more efficient and is by far the fastest growing segment within the folded literature sector.

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Keller Crescent is a leading supplier of secondary packaging products in North America for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, supplying printed pharmaceutical folding cartons, inserts and outserts, pharmaceutical labels, patient booklets, IV hanger labels, and several patented specialty products - including the latest in track-n-trace and e-pedigree technologies. Strategic locations combine with industry expertise in converting various styles of cartons, inserts and labels to make Keller Crescent the source where quality, creativity and compliance connect for the pharmaceutical industry. For more information, please visit http://www.kellercrescent.com

Clondalkin Group is an internationally diversified specialist packaging group with over 40 separate manufacturing locations throughout North America and in 10 European countries and annual sales in excess of $1.2 billion. The Clondalkin Group pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses operate from 13 accredited production sites in the United States in North Carolina, Indiana, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico as well as in Europe, in Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom and Poland. For more information, please visit http://www.clondalkin-group.com

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For further information, contact Ernie Chaplin at +1 508 473 1516.

Editor's Notes:

• Clondalkin Group is an international producer of high value added packaging products and services with over 40 production locations in 10 different countries throughout Europe and North America and annual sales in excess of $1.2 billion.
• Clondalkin comprises of two divisions, the Flexible Packaging Division and Specialist Packaging Division, employing more than 4,000 people
• The Flexible Packaging Division, which represents 70% of sales, includes our foil and laminate businesses and plastic and polymer businesses
• The Flexible Packaging Division specializes in coated and laminated waxed papers and foils, pre-cut lids, polymer-based sheets, rolls, sleeves and bags with more than 20 production locations throughout Europe and North America including, Vaassen Flexible Packaging, Nyco, Chadwicks, AP Burt, LPF Packaging, Wentus, Van Der Windt Group, Cats-Hänsel, Accutech Films, Direct Plastics and Fortune Plastics
• The Specialist Packaging Division, which represents 30% of sales, includes our folding cartons, labels, leaflets, literature and inserts / outserts businesses and paper packaging and printing businesses
• The Specialist Packaging Division specializes in cartons, labels, leaflets and inserts, and has approximately 20 manufacturing sites in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, the United States and Puerto Rico and Ireland. These include well-known brands such as Boxes, Harlands, Ditone, Pharmagraphics Guy, Kenilworth Products, Cartonplex and Keller Crescent
• Clondalkin Group occupies leading positions in the following markets
  • Pharmaceutical & Healthcare;
  • Cosmetics & Toiletries;
  • Food & Beverage;
  • Biodegradable Packaging;
  • Confectionery & Bakery;
  • Dairy;
  • Tobacco;
  • Industrial;
  • Agricultural & Horticultural; and
  • Services & Leisure.

Clondalkin Group has extensive experience in all packaging converting technologies including extrusion, metalizing, laminating, lacquering, printing and finishing and works with all the major packaging substrates including paper, board, plastics, foils and laminates.