Comex, a leading printer in
Poland for highly processed, technologically advanced self-adhesive labels has
invested in a Xeikon 3030 digital label press designed with variable web widths
and dry toner technology. The company states the investment strategy is to
expand its business through increased production capabilities and continue to
provide exceptional customer service in the region and beyond. Founded over 30
years ago as a commercial printer, Comex can now combine its unique and
innovative RFID technologies with Xeikon’s latest dry toner technology to
produce a broad range of complex multi-layer, peel-off labels and personalised
designs for the pharmaceutical, flexible packaging, food, beverage and
cosmetics industries as well as mass event tickets with varying levels of
security for sporting and cultural events.
Marzena Kostrzewa, Comex Vice
President says, “This is our second investment in Xeikon technology. We have
had many benefits from our existing Xeikon 330 bought a few years ago. In the
last year we have seen a constant rise in the number and variety of orders for
jobs. This has led to a requirement to broaden our production portfolio. That
is why Comex decided to invest in the proven dry toner technology from Xeikon.
We are known throughout Poland as specialists using our advanced and innovative
solutions to combine printing with the latest RFID technologies. We had to find
the right press to meet our needs and the demand.”
Comex has a variety of customers
with different requirements. For example for the wine industry the company
needed to take into consideration the raw materials they use to make their
products stand out. Kostrzewa continues, “We found Xeikon’s dry toner
technology irreplaceable when overprinting on highly absorbent materials. When
we recognised the stability, the intensity of colour and the smoothness of
overprint achieved we knew we had to have this technology in our portfolio to
be able to serve the needs of all of our customers.”
Combining print with other innovative technologies
Comex has an advanced factory
floor with a diversity of equipment where they design and produce RFID tags and
labels, with among others EPC Gen2, Mifare and NFC standards. These are
necessary for the logistic and inventory labels, libraries and special labels,
vignettes and electronic seals. Each design is adapted according to the
printing technology in order to obtain the best effect. The company is unique
in delivering innovative solutions that combine print with the latest
technologies such as RFID. With its dedicated in-house department dealing with
automatic identification technology, Comex is the only company in Poland to
produce RFID labels from scratch. Comex is constantly developing and expanding
its range of innovative solutions for its hundreds of clients in Poland and
abroad. The company follows the trends and is renowned for creating solutions
previously unavailable.
Kostrzewa is keen to emphasise
that that the installation of the new Xeikon equipment has already been well
received by customers and has already brought many tangible benefits. The
solutions offered by the Xeikon 3030 including the software allow not only the
printing of the above mentioned highly absorbent structural substrates for
customers from the wine industry but also the efficient production of labels
using variable databases. Today Comex is able to print any order, hitherto
impossible to perform on any other digital machine. Kostrzewa concludes,
“Thanks to the Xeikon 3030 digital label press we have achieved a higher level
of label production in terms of quality, repeatability and conformance with the
ISO Coated profiles. This is very important to us. What is also important is
the new Xeikon software has significantly streamlined the preparation and
production of complex and personalised jobs and made key time-savings
especially when changing the raw materials on the machine. We would also like
to highlight the excellent technical preparation and the extremely reliable and
fast response from Xeikon’s Polish service team. The professionalism displayed
by their staff was a significant factor in our decision to purchase from Xeikon
again.”
Founded over 30 years ago as a
commercial printer, today PPU Comex Sp z.o.o is regarded as the leading printer
in Poland for highly processed, technologically advanced, multi-layer,
self-adhesive labels for multiple sectors including the pharmaceutical,
flexible packaging, food, beverage and cosmetics industries. Comex is not only
a printing house. It also has an RFID department dealing with automatic
identification technologies. Comex is the only company in Poland that makes
labels from scratch using this technology printing a variety of tickets with
different levels of security including those for sporting and cultural events.
Their broad portfolio combines a wide range of printing from holograms and
personalised labels to logistic and inventory labels, also library tickets and
special labels with electronic seals. The company also produces booklets with
texts written in Braille. Comex has received many awards over the years and
this year is proud to have been awarded the Business Gazette Award for the
ninth time. This prestigious award honours the most dynamic and growing company
in Poland. Also the Solidna Firma product certificate and the MTP Gold Medal as
well as the XSYS print Solution statuette for the highest quality printing. The
company actively participates in the life of its local community supporting many
charitable organisations.
Xeikon, a division of Flint
Group, is a long-standing leader and innovator in digital printing technology.
Grounded in the principles of quality, flexibility and sustainability, Xeikon
designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital colour presses for label and
packaging applications, document printing, and commercial printing. These
presses utilise different imaging technologies, open workflow software and
application-specific consumables.
