This is the company’s second investment in Mark Andy. The first machine, a Mark Andy Evolution Series E3, was installed in 2018. 

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% of its production is dedicated to this segment. It produces complete packaging solutions for the agro-chemical industry, including HDPE bottles, caps and closures, literature, shrink sleeves, mono cartons, labels and others. 

Shiv Kumar Mittal and Aman Mittal are responsible for Ess Kay Enterprises, in which Shiv takes care of laminated pouches and Aman for the label. 

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 and packaging business into other sectors, such as cosmetics, pharmaceutical and beverage. Mamaearth from the cosmetic domain has already been on our client list.”

The company offers around 25 packaging items. Shelf-adhesive paper stickers, chromo paper labels, pesticide bottle labels, pharmaceutical labels, laminated pouches, HDP bags, etc are some of the key products in the current portfolio of Ess Kay Enterprises. 

“We forayed into label printing business to fulfil the labelling requirement of products of some agro companies which have been associated with us for years,” Mittal said.

He added, “Had it not been for the Mark Andy label presses, we would have delayed our label printing venture, which we started in 2018. We were in a mission to hunt for the right label press for our new venture before we banked on the Mark Andy Evolution Series E3 label press at FIG. It  ticked all the boxes of our requirements. 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.”

On their second investment in Mark Andy, he said, “The Mark Andy Evolution Series E5 is a mark of our continuing relationship with FIG. This is an amazing label press.” 

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

“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,” Mittal said.