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Digital surge
Wagner Prestige Labels is now producing a third of its labels on its new digital LDurst Tau 330 RSC E inkjet label press just six months after installing it.
OCATED in Sydney’s industrial drawn back and printed. Waste is a heartland, family-owned Wagner big issue for label printers, espe- Prestige Labels has an enviable cially with multiple versions, so reputation for producing high- anything we can do to reduce it is quality labels, mainly on its good for the environment.”
flexo and letterpress machines. The Durst Tau 330 RSC E is the
However, the company decided beating heart of Wagner Prestige digital offered growth opportuni- Labels’ one-stop solutions business,
LEFT: Wagner: Ramping up digital colour capacity with Durst technology.
label with embossing, foiling, spot varnishing, fancy die-cutting, we have the equipment,” Galea says.
“You have to keep up with changes – change enables growth and diver- sity, but you also have to make sure the right job goes on the right machine.
“Before the investment in Durst’s RSC technology we were falling short on digital capacity. Our cus- tomers – trade, print brokers and end-user – are tending to order shorter runs, more frequently, so we carefully researched all the avail- able options. The Durst has proved to be the ideal choice.”
Helmuth Munter, segment man- ager, labels and package printing at Durst says, “The Durst Tau 330 RSC E was originally launched to bring affordable digital production to increasing numbers of small converters. It sets the base for the future of industrial digital inkjet printing in the label industry.
“In line with our ‘We Keep You Printing’ strategy, it’s also proving to be a real attractive prospect for forward-thinking companies like Wagner Prestige Labels that need variable, versatile, adjustable and configurable digital printing sys- tems to expand their business reach, while enjoying other bene- fits such as waste reduction and a significant jump in production capacity,” Munter says.
Matt Ashman, managing direc- tor of Durst Oceania said, “It is a pleasure to welcome Wagner Prestige Labels to the Durst fam- ily. Wagner has a reputation for excellence in quality and service, which allies with Durst. It is pleas- ing to see how the new Durst ink- jet is helping to drive growth at the business.” ■
ties, and six months ago invested in a new Durst Tau RSC E.
Wagner’s choice of Durst RSC technology was driven by speed, quality and environmental consid- erations. “We decided to ramp up digital colour capacity to the highest we could, and the Durst Tau 330 RSC E came up trumps,” says John Galea, managing director of Wagner Prestige Labels, of Wetherill Park, Sydney.
“In only six months it has really proved itself, to the point that digi- tal is now between 30 and 35 per cent of our business. The quality of the labels is right up there with flexo and letterpress.
“Another important benefit is that waste is greatly reduced, with the threaded meterage on the Durst Tau 330 RSC E even being able to be
which has diversified into new areas and is also part of the JV Group that brings together label, printing and embroidery companies to pro- vide customers with a complete pro- motional service.
“We do everything in-house. If a customer wants a fully embellished
AFFORDABLE DIGITAL PRODUCTION FOR CONVERTERS
Durst launched the Tau 330 RSC E UV inkjet single-pass press to bring affordable digital production to more label and packaging converters. The company is targeting small and medium converters in the mid-tier market with this budget-priced version of the RSC press model.
The new RSC E press, though, is field-upgradable to the Tau RSC high-speed version. All options from the Tau 330 RSC can be fitted to the new model. The RSC E is available in 330 and 244mm print widths, printing in CMYK or CMYK+W in full-speed mode at 52 metres a minute. It produces a native resolution of 1200 x 1200dpi, with drop sizes down to 2pl.
Production capability of 1020sqm/hr is achievable in full colour including white.