Aztec invests in Packz pre-press tool

Packaging Solutions

Having originally invested in Packz from Hybrid Software in 2016, Aztec Label has confirmed it is investing in a second license for the native pdf editing software due to accelerating growth of the Kidderminster based company.

Offering a range of label and tag production capabilities, Aztec has announced a number of new press and equipment investments in recent months, including a 4000 square foot extension of the facility, to boost the company’s capacity, quality and performance.

Colin Le Gresley, managing director, said of the latest investment: ‘Adding an extra seat to our pre-press department ensures we are eliminating any potential bottlenecks as the company grows. I am delighted that my eldest son, Oliver, who is currently completing his degree at Birmingham University, will be taking on this work. We desperately need new pre-press capacity as we have had record sales over the last twelve months, despite the pandemic, and 2021 is looking like another exciting year for the business.

‘Packz acts like a prepress one stop shop for us. With such a broad array of customers, we need the ability to deal with lots of files, coming from multiple sources, in a simple way. There are no file conversions needed, it is universal, secure and self-contained. Packz offers the ability to check font issues and embedded information and deals with trapping, editing, and full step and repeat, all in one file that can go straight to platemaking. Making the decision to invest again, securing the prepress advantages we already have, was simple.’