Colne, Lancashire, UK – 25 February, 2015 – Tharstern, the pioneering specialist software house with over 550 worldwide installations, has ramped up efficiencies for OPM customers in a new deal – announced today to coincide with the Packaging Innovations show – with the multi-award winning flexible print packaging and labelling specialist.
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OPM (Labels and Packaging Group), which has invested more than £2million in new premises and equipment over the past 18 months, has now halved production time for its studio and other departments after integrating Tharstern PRIMO MIS directly into an Esko Automation Engine.
Customers have welcomed the move to automation that brings the sales, customer and studio teams together on one workflow platform, which avoids a previous requirement to re-input data.
At the heart of the deal is Tharstern’s advanced PRIMO software that effectively enables £11 million-turnover company OPM to have complete work-time running in-time across products lines. These include print flexible packaging, sachets, films, laminates and self-adhesive labels within the food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, health, beauty, automotive and dietary markets.
OPM Director Chris Ellison, who runs the business with his wife Sue, said: “As a brand custodian, we have to be in a position where we can manage the print and be in total control of what we are doing. Integrating the Esko Automation Engine with Tharstern has enabled us to overcome one of the bottlenecks that could be really challenging to a lean-efficient business.
“The time it takes from getting initial artwork in through to an approved PDF has been halved. We are creating a complete workflow to run in time, which gives us the ability to scale our business accordingly. The Tharstern solution has been a revelation.”
Details of the deal have been unveiled at this week’s Packaging Innovations at the NEC, Birmingham, on February 25-26. At the show Tharstern on Stand G26 will be explaining to customers and other show visitors how PRIMO helps businesses such as OPM manage sales, production, procurement and fulfilment efficiently by providing a ‘joined up’ workflow including integrations to other vendors’ workflow solutions.
Lee Ward, Sales Director of Tharstern, which has had its most successful year to date since a management buyout last July, said: “OPM has been a long-standing customer of ours and is a perfect example of how companies are streamlining their processes though integration and automation through investing in our market-leading PRIMO system, which, in this case is being used with an Esko Automation Engine.
“At the Packaging Innovations show we are proud to be showing some of the latest features now released for the packaging sector, which will include the ease of integrating MIS into other workflows such as those, for example, used by other market-leaders that include Heidelberg, Esko and manroland.”