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PACK & LABEL PRINTING
MJ Goods invests in Trimatt printing system
Food packaging supplier MJ Goods has built a thriving business. The company has just invested in a Trimatt ColourStar AQ digital inkjet printing system, to help it expand into new areas.
AS BRANDS NEW and old pivot away from plastic packaging, the innovative Australian developer Trimatt is producing new systems for fibre-based packaging printing.
Among them is the Trimatt ColourStar AQ, a digital colour printer for sustainable paper and cardboard packaging. It provides a complete automated solution with its integrated feeder, conveyor and adjustable receiv- ing tray vacuum.
It can print on flat or erected car- tons and thick cardboard up to heights of 100mm – which the company says, makes it ideal for food packs, and it can print on boxes, padded envelopes, papers bags and serviettes. Its versatil- ity is key for SMEs.
“With single-use plastic bans now in place and the sustainable mindset of consumers looking for custom branded sustainable packaging, the Trimatt
ColourStar AQ is delivering perfect prints quickly and economically,” says Matt Johnson, Trimatt’s CEO.
“The Trimatt ColourStar AQ is designed so that anyone can operate with ease – from a pizza box manufac- turer to a bag importer, to an online packaging company wanting to reduce lead times and win more business.
“The HP print engine produces vibrant images using aqueous, organic and pigmented CMYK inks. It is waterproof and scratch resistant, and lightning-fast prints are produced
at speeds of up to 27m/minute.” Among the growing number of
companies installing the Trimatt ColourStar AQ is MJ Goods, whose owners, Matt and Julie Merchese, say the addition of the specialist system means they can support the expand-
ing requests of their customers.
Above: The Trimatt ColourStar AQ can print on a wide range of paper-based packaging, including paper bags.
Below: The HP print engine produces vibrant images using aqueous, organic and pigmented CMYK inks.
MJ Goods provides a broad range of products and services, including food packaging, coffee cups, bags, bottles, shop suppliers and catering boxes.
“We have customers in varied fields that would definitely like to customise products they use,” says Matt Merchese.
“With the capabilities the press gives us, we can greatly expand what we can do for our customers. I’m really excited about the possibilities this gives us. In fact, I’m almost certainly looking at adding another system.”
Johnson says the Trimatt ColourStar AQ has been “exceptionally well received” by packaging and labels spe- cialists in ANZ and beyond.
“We are so happy to be partnering with progressive, sustainability-focused, packaging companies,” says Johnson. “We are proud to be able to offer solutions that work, helping these com- panies profit and minimise waste.” ■
New force in flexible packaging print
Leading printing operations QLM, Luminar and Read have joined forces to create qlmflexibles.
QLM LABEL MAKERS is creating a new division, qlmflexibles, with inno- vative print businesses Luminar and Read Labels & Packaging, and will target both the digital and FMCG flex- ible packaging markets under the new brand name.
The new business will offer flexible packaging, premium labels, folded car- tons, and barcode and label printers. It will also look to enter the long run analogue flexo market.
Luminar also gives QLM a manufac- turing site in Sydney, to add to those it has in Brisbane, Melbourne (acquired through its purchase last year of label print business Elna Press) and the four overseas facilities in Bangladesh,
Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Simon Pugh, CEO of the QLM Group, says, “We are incredibly humbled to combine these three great and innova- tive companies to provide Australian companies with truly Australian- owned manufacturing. We constantly strive for excellence in order to enable businesses and start-ups to compete, and differentiate their products and
shelf presence.”
Both Read and Luminar run HP
Indigo 20000 digital flexibles presses, and Luminar also has a Screen digital inkjet label press. Read has invested in a third pouchmaking line, and is on the point of ordering a fourth, for installa- tion in the second quarter this year. ■
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Above: New flexibles force: (l-r) Ross Read, Matt Ellis and Simon Pugh at qlmflexibles 36 ❙ JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2023