Ess Kay Enterprises installs second Mark Andy flexo press

Delhi-based Ess Kay Enterprises has installed second Mark Andy flexo press to expand its labeling operations in new segments including cosmetics, pharmaceutical and beverage. 

The company provides packaging and labeling products in the agricultural sector dealing with a string of agro-based products such as pesticides, fertilizers. The company forayed into label printing with Mark Andy flexo label presses from Flexo Image Graphics (FIG), one of the distributors and service providers of flexo presses and associated equipment in the Indian sub-continent.  

Established in 1985, Ess Kay Group has four companies – Ess Kay Enterprises, Ess Kay Propack, Mittal Enterprises, and National Print & Pack. The four-decade-old family-owned business was established by the late Prem Chand Mittal, Ram Chander Mittal and Shiv Kumar Mittal. The group serves the agro-chemical industry and around 95 percent of its production is dedicated to this segment. The group produces complete packaging for the agro-chemical industry, including HDPE bottles, caps and closures, literature, shrink sleeves, mono cartons and labels. Shiv Kumar Mittal and Aman Mittal are responsible for Ess Kay Enterprises. Shiv Kumar Mittal takes care of laminated pouches and Aman Mittal looks after label business. Ess Kay Group is growing at double digit CAGR year-on-year.  

Aman Mittal, partner, Ess Kay Enterprises, said: ‘Ours is very much a family-owned business with close involvement of a big family tree. We are looking forward to expanding our label printing & packaging business into other sectors like cosmetics, pharmaceutical and beverage. Mamaearth from the cosmetic domain has already been in our client list.’  

Shelf-adhesive paper stickers, chromo paper labels, pesticide bottle labels, pharmaceutical labels, laminated pouches, HDP bags are some of the key products in the current portfolio of Ess Kay Enterprises. The company offers around 25 packaging items. ‘We forayed into label printing business to fulfil the sheer labelling requirement of products of some agro companies which have been associated with us for years,’ Aman Mittal added.  

He continued that had it not been Mark Andy label presses, the company would have delayed its label printing venture which we started in 2018. It was on a mission to hunt for the right label press for its new venture before it banked on the Mark Andy Evolution Series E3 label press from FIG. The label press ticked all the boxes of the converter’s requirement.  

‘In addition, we were quite convinced and happy with the way the after-sales support team of FIG guided us about the new label press and its technicalities,’ he said.  ‘The second Mark Andy label press from FIG, Mark Andy Evolution Series E5, is a mark of our continuing relationship with FIG. This is really an amazing label press.’  

Mark Andy Evolution Series E5 is capable to run at the maximum speed of 750 fpm taking on a broad range of substrates from 12–305 microns. The press has the features for repeat printing ranging from 140-610mm and maximum die repetition up to 610mm.  

‘Apart from the machine’s advanced features, user-friendliness, and being economical among others in its class, we are thankful for the dedicated support of the after-sales team of FIG,’ Aman Mittal added. The FIG team swiftly attends to the converter whenever needed.  

In addition to Mark Andy, FIG is an authorized dealer of other machines from brands such as Rhyguan, Rotoflex, Luster, Kluge, KDS Quantum efficiency system and Presstek through its wide network of branches in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai with a centralized Customer Support Department for after-sales service.