The BOBST M6 press offers a combination of in-line UV Flexo, REVO DigiFlexo and the revolutionary V-Flower print unit for the highest print quality, productivity and health safety for food packaging. Up to 95% press uptime on all substrates with on-the-fly job changeovers completed in one minute while the machine is running. The M6 will also feature the BOBST DigiMountTM fully automated flexo plate mounting system, which features advanced electronics for improved speed and accuracy of plate mounting.

Xeikon pouch solution, including full color printing and lamination, has been designed to further build upon the strong values digital printing offers, fast turnaround time, enabling short and medium run lengths and personalization.  The lamination process, Xeikon LCoat, is designed to have “Zero” AfterCure time supporting the fast turnaround and the flexibility to support a multitude of pouch constructions. The printing press, Xeikon CX500, comes with a +20” web width, full color and white capability and the most food safe digital print technology available on the market.

UVFoodSafe is an industry-wide group managed by FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry, that brings together converting industry supply chain members to promote the safety of UV inks and varnishes for indirect food contact packaging.

The groups aim is “To create confidence within end user and converter communities in the use of UV printing in food packaging and labels through education and the provision of application specific best practice, enabling the consistent delivery of compliant print to the market”
 

HP Indigo will showcase print on demand pouches and shrink sleeves using the HP Indigo 20000 digital printing and partner finishing solutions.  At the HP Hall, visitors can experience a new way of producing pouches with live demonstrations of the “HP Indigo digital pouch factory”  which leverages the HP Indigo 20000 digital press, Pack Ready Lamination, and the Karlville pouch-making machine to reach unprecedented turnaround times for delivering pouches.

Apex International, global leader of anilox, glue set, and metering products and print maintenance solutions. With five production facilities on four continents, clients in over 80 countries and a high-performance continuous improvement culture, Apex’s value proposition is founded on developing solutions to satisfy the complex challenges our customers face every day.

AVT, the world leader in print inspection, process control, and quality assurance solutions, will present the Helios Turbo HD automatic inspection system designed for exacting quality assurance of fine details, barcodes and variable data, and for supporting wider-web platforms ( 445-670mm), without compromising on resolution performance.  Together with the SpectraLab in-line spectral color measurement and monitoring module, AVT will demonstrate how packaging converters can raise the bar on production process control, significantly reduce waste and create cross-plant quality standards. 

DuPont™ Cyrel® FAST solvent-free thermal plate processing technology helps reduce total plate-production time, greenhouse gas generation and non-renewable energy consumption by up to 75%, 53% and 63% respectively. Together with Cyrel® EASY EFX plate, printing high quality, complex colors consistently in a simple workflow is now easy as pie.

Esko – Solutions for packaging specification, design, pre-press, color management and workflow automation, combined with CDI Crystal XPS flexo platemaking integrating and automating consistent high-quality digital imaging and LED UV exposure in one go. 

Flint Group Flexocure© ANCORA will be running in the Flexible Packaging Arena! Representing the latest Food Packaging Compliant UV ink technology, Flexocure©ANCORA provides converters with maximum press performance, universal end-application suitability, and full compliance to stringent specifications covering the widest range of brand owner demands. Flexocure©ANCORA is available globally in press ready high colour strength process sets as well as Pantone base colours with a full range of varnishes, primers and additives.
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GEW’s multi-point UV monitor (mUVm) is a set of one or up to five calibrated UV sensors which are positioned along the lamp to give continuous monitoring of UV output. A simple user interface displays the output level and alarms warn when the output gets too low or too high, meaning that unprecedented control can be achieved.  A highly reliable, cost-effective solution for production monitoring of UV intensity, mUVm is designed to comply with European legislation on food contact packaging.

The ColorCert Suite simplifies color communication across internal and external stakeholders from prepress and the inkroom to production process control. ColorCert enables digital communication of exact color and print requirements, producing near-real-time data for each and every press run in an easy-to-understand dashboard. ColorCert allows converters to provide their brand owner customers with real-time Scorecard data that confirms compliance with brand owner specifications including G7 and PSO guidelines, speeding approval processes and eliminating the need for expensive and time-consuming onsite press checks.