The Goal is the Perfect More and Nothing Less

Schattdecor, a family-owned international manufacturer of surface decors, has responded markets by upgrading its printing machines with latest-generation BST inspection and

A pilot system tailored to the conditions of gravure printing proved so successful that the company decided to acquire 12 iPQ-Check inspection systems and 12 iPQ-View web monitoring systems from BST. Eight of each of these systems have been integrated at locations in Germany.

Schattdecor, based in the town of Thansau in Bavaria, is a leader in the global market for decor printing, and its modern surface decors have become quite popular. These surfaces, which are produced with gravurerotary and digital printing techniques, are used on furniture and for laminate floors. Increasingly, they are also playing an important role in travel trailer interiors and in public spaces. Visually, the decors appear identical to natural materials such as wood or stone. Customers around the world are impressed by the authentic feel, brilliant colors and designs of the company’s latest developments, which are based on textiles, sand, concrete and pure fantasy decors.

Gravure printing, especially – a highspeed print method for premium products like decorative papers and films – requires maximum precision and continuous, comprehensive quality control. At the same time, the costs for material and energy must be kept low, and material waste must be avoided as much as possible. The aim, in other words, is to achieve nothing less than the perfect print result, to make printing processes as profitable as they can be and every customer one hundred percent satisfied.

The challenge of gravure printing Schattdecor has been working successfully with BST for many years. Recently, in response to increased demands in gravure printing, the