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manager, Sustainable Packaging expanded on why going green is so beneficial for print and packaging businesses, and shared some of the materials Ball & Doggett had brought to the show, such as its packaging swatch, newly-launched Formakote and exten- sive range of labels. “Labels are a key part of our business,” she said.
Spicers said its PacPrint stand was the ‘ultimate pit stop for sig- nage, print and packaging’, where it launched Environs, the new Spicers Sustainability Pack, and introduced new brands, products and hardware, to showcase its full portfolio includ- ing coated, uncoated, specialty, self-adhesive and synthetic stocks for commercial print and digital media.
Spicers MD David Martin provided a walk-through of the stand, high- lighting the Green Spotlights, a range of sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions, selected from the entire Spicers portfolio, which show- cased important environmental product features and benefits.
TECH OUT THE BOX
On show at the Graffica stand was the latest modular Kolbus Autobox Boxer automatic boxmaker, which company owner Neil Southerington said is effi- cient and simple to use, and “is great for any in-house or industrial operation”.
“The particular model at PacPrint caters to operations from bigger end of the scale, all the way to smaller businesses that have enough volume to warrant buying their own machine for box making,” he said.
Print businesses looking at pro- viding labels were on the OKI stand, with Steven Richards, channel man- ager, Label Solutions at OKI showing the company’s entry label digital colour label print system, the Pro 1050. OKI was on the stand of one of
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its distributors, Gulmen Engineering, which was also demonstrating a con- verting unit built for the OKI Pro 1050.
Live on the Xeikon stand at PacPrint was the Panther PX3300 UV inkjet label press, which Trevor Crowley, GM sales at Xeikon, explained is designed to address the industrial, chemical and household markets, as well as the premium beer, spirits, beverages, and luxury health and beauty sectors.
Jet Technologies showcased the new Screen L350UV SAI digital labels and flexibles press, which comes with longer-run capability, and is target- ing flexo jobs, with company director Jack Malki providing a walk-through on stand.
Malki says that with productivity improvements of between 20-67 per cent on the previous model, the SAI will “absolutely chew through the most complex print jobs”. He says additional colours ensure the high- est colour gamut is achieved, and a major software redesign “makes this a dream” for operators to run.
Other features include improved quality and stability, easy application and board application, and advanced registration accuracy for micro-drop- let support security printing.
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10. Trevor Crowley, GM sales at Xeikon with the new Xeikon Panther PX3300.
11. Steve Richards with the OKI Pro1050 digital label press.
12. Jack Malki, director, Jet Technologies
13. The eProductivity team on stand (r-l): Mark Staffieri, Daniel Aloi, Brad Hall, Albert Schriever, Nick Benkovich and Christopher Diffey.
eProductivity Software Solutions, which provides purpose-built busi- ness and production workflow technology for packaging and print, showcased a range of its end-to-end offerings for print, packaging, mailing and e-commerce, at PacPrint.
Automated scheduling was of par- ticular interest to visitors to the stand, Daniel Aloi, senior regional man- ager, Sales (APAC) at eProductivity told PKN, emphasising that this is particularly as a result of the delays with material and stocks due to the current global supply chain problem.
“Prior to Covid, everyone was talk- ing about just in time, so managing that was a key benefit for our technology.
“Today it’s less about just in time, and more about when the material will arrive and when the supply shortages will be experienced. That’s a different challenge, but our system is capable of dealing with this as well,” he added.
Trade shows provide a crucial sales and marketing platform for suppliers, and PacPrint was no exception. Based on visitor and exhibitor feedback, clearly this year’s event was worth the wait, and the general consensus was that face-to-face attendance beats the virtual experience hands down. ■