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Labels & Flexibles
Flint Flexographic Group and Xeikon Prepress: Now XSYS
Flint combines flexo and Xeikon prepress into XSYS for prepress, plates, and sleeves
Flint Group, one of the largest suppliers to the printing and packaging industry worldwide, has launched a new division for the flexo and letterpress sectors, combining Flint Group Flexographic with Xeikon Prepress to create XSYS.
XSYS has three subdivisions: plates, sleeves, and pre-press equipment, and is branded with the tagline 'Be Brilliant'. The company says the new division will work with its customers to honour its claim of 'Print Solid. Stay Flexible'.
The two groups have been working closely for some time – Flint bought Xeikon five years ago – in support of the flexographic and letterpress markets. Flint says this formal alignment will “bring even more collaboration and innovation to the group and to its customers”.
The existing products and brands that will be incorporated into XSYS to include nyloflex flexographic solvent and thermal plates and equipment, nyloprint letterpress plates and equipment, nylosolv, rotec sleeves
and adapters, ThermoFlexX TfxX Imagers, ThermoFlexX Catena Plate Processing equipment, and surface screening solutions. All will operate under the divisional brand XSYS, keeping in place all existing brands.
“With the integration of Xeikon Prepress with Flint Group Flexographic, we are now connecting the dots and are implementing an important step of our strategy to become a full solution provider for the flexographic prepress industry,” says Dagmar Schmidt, president of XSYS.
“In forming this new division, we bring together what belongs together: plates, processing equipment – solvent-and solvent-free – imagers, sleeves, and adapters. And with this move, we expand our expertise towards our customers. The name derives from ThermoFlexX, nyloflex, Xpress, and other brands that feature the X, combined with Systems to form the name XSYS.”
“Our division is primarily focusing on the prepress part of the value- chain complemented by sleeves, which gives us excellent access to the printing press room. We are organised in three subdivisions, which will all work closely together: prepress, plates and sleeves,” Schmidt says.
Friedrich von Rechteren, global commercial vice president of XSYS, says, “With a complete portfolio and a distinctive name, we want to inspire. Understanding, flexibility, and consistency are our core values and our promise to customers and partners. Our values are what set us apart as a proactive, future-oriented player in the flexographic industry.
“Our customers can count on us and on the quality of our products and services. At the same time, we are able to offer our customers flexibility and freedom in their decision-making – a key requirement in today’s world and even more so in the future.”
XSYS will operate from 37 locations around the world, including in Australia and New Zealand. 21
Accuracy of colour reproduction over time and between presses is guaranteed by an integrated on- press inline spectrometer. Xeikon’s X-800 workflow holds variable data capabilities which it says are “unseen in the current market”, allowing the label printer and converter to explore a variety of high value applications with a basic press investment.
Filip Weymans concludes, “With Xeikon’s long standing expertise,
we have developed the deeper understanding that can help label printers and converters with all aspects of running a successful digital business, from choice of equipment
– 10 label presses – and choice of technology – dry toner and UV inkjet – to workflow integration and expert colour management services.
“A successful and cost-effective investment in a digital production solution works best when it is based on expected, realistic print volumes.” — Filip Weymans
“We are recognised as a go-to trusted advisor and solutions provider. Xeikon wants to help
the label printer and converter transform from label manufacturing into digital label manufacturing – not just digitising the printing aspect but also the other aspects of the manufacturing processes inspired by digital printing.
“With the introduction of the Xeikon CX30 and Xeikon CX50, we continue to build and structure our comprehensive portfolio so that our customers can find everything they need with Xeikon.” 21
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