A printing capability for nonwoven materials that creates multiple repeat designs in same print run is now available from Personal & Home Care business unit of Web Industries. Field-tested variance-in-repeat printing gives production advantages to manufacturers of personal care items such as adult incontinence wear, feminine care products and diapers.  

The printing capability empowers brands to bring a variety of designs to market, rather than a single uniform design. For example, design images of flowers can be varied by location instead of appearing in the same place every time. Variations in images, colours or text are available.

“Our variance-in-repeat capability is an outgrowth of Web’s ingenuity and determination to enhance our customers’ product offering,” said business development manager Courtney Robinson.

Variance-in-repeat printing streamlines manufacturers’ production by incorporating multiple different repeating designs on a single roll of nonwoven material. The printed roll can run on one personal care product manufacturing line, offering variety and simplicity.

With conventional nonwoven material printing and formatting services, product manufacturers seeking variations in design need to order several different rolls, each carrying a repetitive and uniform design, process the rolls on separate lines and then collate them.

“We recently brought our print engineering services into play to craft a design solution for a personal care product manufacturing customer, Robinson said. 

“The company turned to Web Industries for help in producing a more attractive feminine undergarment’s waistband. Web succeeded in printing three slightly different repeating designs on a single roll of extensible nonwoven material.” 

Robinson added that the variance-in-repeat capability enabled the manufacturer to package the three designs on the same production line. This eliminated the need to use three different lines and then later sort the designs. The result was greater manufacturing efficiency and a more appealing garment for consumers. 

Web Industries' variance-in-repeat printing streamlines manufacturers’ production by incorporating multiple different repeating designs onto a single roll of printed flexible material.

A 100 per cent employee-owned company, Web Industries is a precision formatter of flexible materials and outsource manufacturing. It helps customers in the aerospace, medical, personal & home care, and industrial markets bridge their capability gaps and accelerate their go-to-market success by leveraging close, trust-based relationships to develop ingenious solutions precisely tailored to their needs. From project inception through commercialisation, Web offers creative problem-solving backed by deep technical and operational expertise.