“We saw visitors on our show
floor really wanting to take advantage of the automation on these presses”,
said Paul Teachout, Vice President of Sales & Marketing in North America.
“We presented a flexografic solution to meet the digital challenge and affect
the cross-over point between flexo and digital. Now with a simple recall of a
job, fast change of plate cylinders, with full automation resetting the job, we
are back into impression and register with zero waste, and that is highly
competitive.”
The company also experienced
strong interest in the inline QC-Die, Nilpeter’s value-adding magnetic die
unit. This module allows operators to ergonomically change cylinders in less
than 10 seconds. “The guards come up, the new die slides in, the guards come
down, and the automation does the rest. People were really pleased to see that,
because the converting is at the same LEAN level as the rest of the press”,
Paul Teachout explained.
Other attractions was the
Expanded Gamut process demonstrated on the FB-3 UV-flexo press, which produced
impeccable labels for the health and beauty sector, as well as Juice Label
shrink sleeves. Also the FP-4 flatbed unit for hot foil and embossing on the
FA-4* created much interest among premium-quality wine label converters.
The FA-4* is now offered in 17”
for the North American flexible packaging market, and with all the automation
benefits, this press becomes very attractive to the segment. Nilpeter has invited many of the
exhibition visitors into its Technology Centers in Slagelse, Denmark, and in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will be given the opportunity to design their very
own demo day
