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Hart Print expands to US east coast with Elkton facility
Hart Print, an aluminum can digital printing company in Montréal and a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP), is bringing more printing power to the U.S. East Coast with the opening of its third production facility in Elkton.
Hart Print is aiming to increase its annual printing capacity by at least 100 million cans, or 66% of its current capacity, with the addition of the Elkton site.
The Elkton site was built from the ground up to accommodate three Hinterkopf D360 digital printers with room to grow. These cutting-edge machines produce 1800 dpi magazine photo quality graphics directly on aluminum cans, offering a printing range of more than 95 percent of the color spectrum.
With an increased print capacity comes more flexibility for the company, giving it the freedom to accept larger orders quickly while also respecting Hart Print’s traditional smaller-scale customer base, company officials said.
Hart Print, founded in 2018, has actively prepared for the opening of its Elkton site for months. Production, design and tech specialists were trained at the company’s Montréal and Chicago facilities since last summer.
Ardagh Metal Packaging is a global supplier of recyclable, sustainable, metal beverage cans and ends to brand owners. A subsidiary of Ardagh Group, AMP operates 23 production facilities in nine countries, employing 6,300 employees and having sales of $4.8 billion in 2023.
