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Exhibitions
Wayne Robinson
Labelexpo Review
Durst launches new platform Tau 420 RSCi
Biggest ever Labelexpo for ABG with Digicon
Converting solutions developer ABG
– supplied in ANZ by Currie Group – had some 20 solutions on its booth. Among the kit on display was the Jetfx digital embellishment module for the Digicon Series 3 converting line. The offline, fully-digital system includes two inkjet heads with UV pinning and curing; automated cold foil throw-off; shuttle system for inspection and waste reduction; chill rollers for sensitive materials; prepress software; and food- compliant fluids. According to ABG, it allows for multiple processes in one pass including tactile spot varnishing and cold foiling.
Wayne Quayle, BDM, Currie Group said, “The ABG solutions offer printers and converters a tremendous range of cost-effective options. The Jetfx, for instance, has digital spot foiling and varnishing with no dies.”
In the Digicon range, ABG was exhibiting a high-spec machine for top- end beverage, and a new entry-level Digicon Lite with semi-rotary flexo.
Tremendous range: Wayne Quayle, Currie Group
Direct from Brussels, Wayne Robinson, Print21 editor, reviews the highlights of Labelexpo.
Future proof: Paul Sanelli, Durst
Durst is launching its first new label platform in seven years – the scalable Tau 420 RSCi – with local sales manager Paul Sanelli saying it changes the rules of label print production.
The new press comes with field upgradable web widths and four or eight colours – again upgradable, and it prints at 1200x1200dpi using Fuji Samba heads at 100 metres a minute print speed. The three web width options are 330mm, 420mm and 510mm, the colours CMYK plus orange, violet, green and white. Sanelli says, “Durst has future proofed the investment for label printers, and created a press that offers those label printers multiple new opportunities. It will print from 20 micron film up to 500 micron board.”
Epson shows SurePress with inline finishing
Epson showed its new SurePress L-6534VW with inline finishing on its stand, which also included the L-4533 SurePress and a new range of inhouse label printers.
Marc Tinkler, head of product marketing, Commercial and Industrial
at Epson Europe, told Print21 that the new SurePress L-6534VW would
be appealing to printers looking for durability, quality, consistency, and performance. “With a 50 metre per minute print speed, and a central drum system rather than the more usual camber plate, the press is able to produce the highest quality print at high speeds,” he said. The SurePress L-6534VW uses low migration CMYK inks with a high opacity white as standard, and includes an innovative inline digital varnish.
Performance: Marc Tinkler, Epson
Avery Dennison gets strong
with rough surfaces
Avery Dennison used Labelexpo to launch 12 new innovations, including what it says is a breakthrough adhesive for rough surfaces like cardboard boxes.
It showed off its store of the future, saying collaboration is key to its product development. One innovation on display, the new Surfas adhesive, is designed to give better adhesion for labels to cartonboard and other rough surfaces, in the era surging parcels thanks to internet shopping. Speaking to Print21 at the show Eric Bartholomew, global R&D director, said that Avery Dennison has cracked the code for labelling irregular surfaces.
“The technology’s stronger initial tack and higher adhesion make it a solution you can count on across the life of the label,” he said.
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Bobst claims new era with
non-stop hybrid Master DM5
Bobst has launched a new a hybrid digital and flexo label press, the Master DM5, which it says is the industry’s first non-stop digital label press.
The Master DM5 has the company’s Mouvent inkjet digital technology inside, and is designed for flexibility for high added value labels, with short job setup and fast return on investment.
Carsten Wendler, managing director of the Bobst ANZ distributor Print & Pack said, “This is a fully integrated digital and flexo label press. Its digital printing is based on the Bobst Cluster technology.
New era: Carsten Wendler,
Print & Pack, with the Master DM5
“Two of the greatest benefits of the Master
DM5 are its productivity and reliability. It represents a total flexo-digital-converting integration, with non-stop productivity, and the highest press uptime in the industry.”
It prints at speeds of up to 100 m/min at 1200 x 1200 dpi. Full digital automation means that only one press operator is needed to print high added value label jobs in short and medium runs. Job changes on-the-fly, without stopping the press, are possible for flexo, digital, die-cutting, and stripping processes.