Goss International will exhibit at Labelexpo
Americas on 9-11 September, presenting unique offset opportunities on booth
#1824 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois. Addressing
the trend towards shorter run lengths, Goss will illustrate how flexible
configurations featuring Sunday Vpak press technology can deliver a compelling
proposition for high-quality label and flexible packaging applications.
"With the rise in SKUs, print runs that
are too long for digital, but too short for profitability are putting pressure
on printers and converters," explains Peter Walczak, Goss International
director of product management for packaging presses. "Our web offset
solution can turn marginal short-run jobs into sustainable, profitable ones,
with the advantage of plate and imaging costs that are a fraction of those
associated with flexo and gravure. Web offset also ensures far greater
flexibility and control, and allows converters to offer their customers later
artwork deadlines."
Other capabilities that reinforce the
argument, according to Goss, include: premium print quality, greater color
control and the standardized, repeatable web offset process, as well as the
ability to handle a wide variety of substrates, including films as low as nine
microns, at high speeds.
The Goss commitment to the packaging and
label sector was underlined earlier this year with the launch in April of its
Packaging Technology Center at the Company headquarters in Durham, NH, USA.
Featuring a Sunday Vpak 500 press with seven web offset units, EB and UV
curing, and flexo coating, the Center provides demonstrations, testing and
educational programs for customers and prospective customers. To date, it has
been used in a variety of configurations and sequences printing substrates for
in-mold and shrink labels as well as cut-and-stack labels and stand-up pouches.
Precision Press (USA) installed the first
Vpak 500 press system for label and flexible packaging applications last year
and Goss has since shipped the wider format Vpak 3000 press to an undisclosed
customer for board printing.
Goss Vpak 500 and Vpak 3000 web offset press
models for folding carton, flexible packaging, pre-print and label applications
are available in web widths from 520 mm to 1905 mm (20.5 to 75 inches) and
print at speeds of up to 457 meters (1,500 feet) per minute. Key features
include quick-change sleeve adapter technology for efficient, cost-effective
size changes, and advanced offset inking, tension and control systems.
"With options for integrating flexo,
gravure and digital stations into a Vpak press configuration to form a hybrid
production line, this technology delivers flexibility without compromise,"
continues Walczak. "Any converters or brand owners feeling the pressure on
lead times and price for short to medium run lengths should come and see us at
Labelexpo Americas to find out more about the game-changing capabilities of
Sunday Vpak technology," he concludes.
