Reganta | 85Unstoppable forcePolish label innovator Reganta impresses with signifcant investments, innovative equipment and ambitious expansion plans. Piotr Wnuk reports on the unstoppable force that is the company’s founder eganta is based in Lód , the third-largest city in Poland and a former industrial center. The company currently employs a team of 75 and has signifcantly expanded its production Rcapacity and fexibility to accommodate an enormous spike in market demand. Two new Mark Andy fexo presses, a Performance Series P7 and Evolution Series E5, have just arrived at Reganta, joining an already impressive line-up of a 17in (430mm) Performance Series P7 purchased in 2019, a 13in (330mm) Performance Series P5 model, a Performance Series P3 and a Scout.Reganta specializes in fexo-printed labels and packaging and has continually chosen international brands as its business partners. Mark Andy is one of the critical contributors to the company’s success. Its narrow web fexo presses have been the production base at Reganta since the company’s foundation. Reganta’s current plans are ambitious and include creating 60 Igor Szlaski founded Reganta when he was only 25new full-time positions and a state-of-the-art label and packaging design studio to accelerate expansion beyond Poland’s borders.“The printer is no longer covered ‘We’re one of the most innovative printing companies in Poland, supplying over 120 major local and international brands,’ says Igor in paint but is a highly specialized Szlaski, owner of Reganta, who founded the company when he was only 25. ‘Having carefully watched the market trends, we now operator of sophisticated, offer out-of-the-box technologies supported by some of the most modern equipment available on the market.’ automated equipment”P5 success routeIt is an impressive statement from a young entrepreneur who, eight years ago, started the company on his own, working tirelessly to get the business off the ground. ‘I graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics. I stayed in the capital to work in a typical big corporate environment. I quickly realized it wasn’t really for me, so I decided to make a few changes, I resigned and moved back to my hometown Lód to open the business there,’ states Szlaski. ‘This is how Reganta was founded. I started it completely from zero. I managed to employ one printer, Robert. I was helping with the production; I was selling our services, was responsible for accounts and invoicing – simply doing everything that needed to be done. My ambitious approach and Reganta’s production potential impressed a few clients who placed Szlaski says that Mark Andy has been a close partner the frst orders almost instantly.’in the company’s development over the yearsThe frst machine on Reganta’s production foor was the 8-color 13in Mark Andy Performance Series P5 press that put Szlaski’s where we are today, thanks to its potential, versatility, and the business on the Polish printing scene. ability to deliver a very diverse product range,’ notes Marcin Janicki, Despite its small size, the business attracted big, strategic general manager of Reganta. ‘This machine has opened our doors to customers, including Coca-Cola, which ordered a limited series frst customers from automotive, cosmetics, alcohol, household and of shrink sleeve labels to commemorate the anniversary of food industries. The second machine, the older Performance Series Solidarno , the Polish trade union which played a central role P3, acted as its perfect extension of the equipment, signifcantly in the end of communist rule in the country. increasing our production capacity.’‘This was a real roller-coaster but extremely fun project to work on for a small business like us. The bottles with shrink sleeve Growth partnerslabels printed at Reganta were held by famous politicians such The company soon gained more strategic clients such as Procter & as Barak Obama and the German chancellor,’ says Szlaski, smiling Gamble and Lotos, and before long the P5 and P3 were unable to at the recollection. meet the growing demand for capacity. The company’s growth was so dynamic that after just two years Szlaski found the solution with a wider 17-inch, 10-color Mark Reganta placed its second order with Mark Andy, this time opting Andy Performance Series P7 with multi-layer label capability. The for a Performance Series P3 press, also ftted with lamination and press is equipped with a web reversal system, automatic register double die-cutting capabilities. and preregister, cylinder cooling, and QCDC die-cutting, two screen ‘Without Performance Series P5, we certainly would not be printing units, a cold foil stamping module and a laminator. Jan - Mar 2022