Converting Acimga Technology at Drupa

Acimga Technology at Drupa

Italian Manufacturers Association of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting and Paper Industry

MADE «BY» ITALY FOR PRINTING ACIMGA PROMOTES

Fiera Milano Rho 29 May - 1 June 2018

ISSN: 2037-2213

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Acimga at Drupa Suppl. 2/2016 aprile-giugno Coordinamento editoriale Elena Piccinelli

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IN THIS ISSUE WE DEAL WITH 4MRefai Srl.............................................10 ACE Di Barbui Srl ...................................11 Acima .......................................... 3 - IV cop Argi ..........................................................46 APR Solutions Srl ..................................12 Bacciottini Group Srl ............................13 Bimec Srl.................................................14 Brofind SpA............................................15 Camis Srl .................................................16 Cason SpA ..............................................17 Cerutti Packaging Equip. SpA......18- 40 Converting magazine ............................8

Emmeci SpA ...........................................19 Erhardt + Leimer Srl .............................20 Europrogetti Srl ....................................21

Petratto Srl ............................................32 Prati Srl ...................................................33 Print4All ...........................................III cop

Ferrarini & Benelli Srl............................22

Re SpA.....................................................34 Reprochem Srl.......................................35 Rossini SpA.............................................37

Gama Srl .................................................23 Grafikontrol SpA ............................24- 25 ICE-Agenzia ............................................36 Imaf SpA .................................................26 Ims Deltamatic SpA ..............................27 KBA Flexotecnica SpA ..........................28 Kris Srl .....................................................29 Omet Srl ...........................................30-31

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Sam Europe Srl ................................38-39 Simec Group ..........................................41 Sitma Machinery SpA ...........................42 Solema Srl ..............................................43 Uteco Converting SpA ...................44-45

Sales Representatives Germany P.Keppler Verlag GmbH & Co KG (VerpackungsRundschau) Industriestrasse 2 - 63150 Heusenstamm Tel.+49/6104/606322 - Fax +49/6104/606323 USA and Canada Summit Publishing Company (Packaging World) Joe Angel One IBM Plaza/Suite 2401 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 Tel. +1 312/222-1010 - Fax +1 312/222-1310TN9 1RW SOCIO EFFETTIVO

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The association

… ITS MEMBERS Since 1947 Acimga is representing Italian manufacturers of machines for the graphic, paper and converting industry member of Confindustria. Currently formed by 45 companies that constitute the leading edge of Italian industry in the sector, Acimga has been setting the standard in the industry both in Italy and internationally. Reformed recently in the light of principles of efficiency and service, the organization is currently evolving, featuring a period of lively growth supported by ambitious programmes. ... ITS NETWORK Acimga is part of a national and international network designed to ensure a wide variety of services as well as adequate worldwide promotion of the industry for its members.

Confindustria (the General Confederation of the Italian Industry) together with political institutions and national and international economic, social and cultural organizations, contributes to the economic growth and social progress of the country.

It represents the needs and proposals of the Italian economic system with the main political and administrative institutions, labour unions and other social organizations (www.confindustria.it).

Federmacchine (Acimac, Acimall, Acimga, Acimit, Amafond, Assiot, Assocomaplast, Assofluid, Assomac, Confindustria Marmomacchine, Gimav, Ucima, Ucimu Sistemi per produrre) is one of Europe’s largest federations in the sector of instrumental mechanics dealing with issues connected to machinery manufacturing. The goal: lobbying actions with the government and company-oriented initiatives supporting production, technical and regulatory compliance and corporate management (www.federmacchine.it).

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Paper Industry Group (Tavolo Filiera della Carta - Acimga, Aie, Anes, Argi, Asig, Assocarta, Assografici, Fieg) groups eight associations in the paper industry.

Objective: propose specific actions supporting the sectors of the industry.

Italian Packaging Institute (Istituto Italiano Imballaggio) groups packaging manufacturers and users, trade associations, technology producers. Objective: promote packaging innovation through training and informative meetings (www. istitutoimballaggio.it).

Eumaprint (Acimga, Italy; AG Graphispack, Spain; Picon, UK; Symop, France; Swissmem, Switzerland; Vdma, Germany) is a European organization representing trade associations in the industry (www. eumaprint.com).

GlobalPrint (Acimga, Italy; AG Graphispack, Spain; Picon, UK; Symop, France; Swissmem, Switzerland; Vdma, Germany; Npes, USA; Ipama, India; Jpma, Japan; Peiac, China) is a global organization repre-

senting trade associations in the industry.

Objective: exchanging data, statistical, economic and technical information (www.global-print.org). … ITS COMMITTEES In parallel with Acimga’s institutional network, two active committees are in place open to all members: Marketing & Communication and Technical-Regulatory.

Their goal is to involve members in finding solutions and actionable proposals in areas of common interest for the industry. … ITS SERVICES The main service areas where Acimga’s structures are involved are: • networking: Ice desk, supporting members; • communication: news, press, smart catalogue; • international events: events/exhibitions; • training: packaging, marketing & communication, technical, specialized training; • marketing intelligence: marketing research, industry data.

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Federation of the Paper and Graphic Industry (Federazione della Filiera della Carta e della Grafica - Acimga, Assografici,

Assocarta, Comieco) is the first marketoriented industry federation and has the goal of promoting the protection of the specific interests of its represented sectors and carrying out integrated activities to the benefit of member companies (www. federazionecartagrafica.it).

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The association

Acimga does... shows to promote the industry and collect requests for machinery, requests of potential agents, helpful information for interested companies active in that market, etc.; • the market research aimed at supporting member companies’ internationalization activities such as industry studies, target market studies, agent searches, competition analysis. For further information: www.acimga.it/eventi.

ACIMGA DOES...

Acimga provides member companies with multiple network services through Confindustria and also ITA-Italian Trade Agency: Acimga has its own desk at the ITA Rome headquarters, responsible for coordinating the promotional activities funded with public money and resulting from agreements between the association, ITA and the MISE-Ministry of Economic Development.

Another important service section directly involves the supporting members that include any business supporting the ordinary and extraordinary activity of the companies in the industry represented by Acimga: consulting companies, exhibition companies, publishing +38% on the Italian market, second on the world scale From Acimga’s interim balance for 2015 come the first positive data for the sector Italian graphics industry, papermaking and converting machine builders’ association. Turnover has increased by 5% compared to 2014, reaching a value of 2.2 billion euro, of which 78% comes from exports: in the ranking of world exporters, the sector represented by Acimga is in fact second only to Germany. Domestic sales have increased a full 38%, going from 360 to 500 million euros, a level not seen since 2000. The recovery in domestic investment is also evident from + 19% in imports.

These data are reflected on the employment front, with workforce that has increased by 150 units, reaching a level of 7,100 employees.

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houses, stand building and equipment companies etc. … COMMUNICATION Today communicating has a high strategic value in terms of brand positioning and the promotion of core products.

For this reason, Acimga offers its members a platform website with an intensive publishing activity connected to all major social networks through dedicated channels: LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter.

An extensive press campaign both in and outside of Italy ensures maximum visibility for the association and its member companies, both on the web and on paper.

A periodical newsletter provides members with information and data of interest, even on mobile devices. … INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Acimga is constantly involved in organizing national and international events in partnership with major industry associations and stakeholders.

The basic idea is to create “content transfer” events that do not just involve prospect clients of printing technology manufacturers, but also downstream stakeholders down to final consumers.

Not only shows. Acimga puts in place a variety of tools for the internationalization of its member companies and the promotion of made-in-Italy products, first of all: • the participation in international trade

The next Italian “big event”. Acimga is also intensely active in participating in international trade fairs, both to support the internationalization of its member companies and to promote its own event, Print4All (Grafitalia, Converflex, Inprinting) held in cooperation with ARGI and Fiera Milano from May 30 to June 2 2018, RhoPero (www.argi.it) Print4All is part of the “The innovation Alliance” project together with Plast, IpackIma, Meat-Tech and Intralogistica: a unique event providing visitors with a comprehensive overview of the entire processingpackaging-printing technology chain (www.fieramilano.it/en/node/22579). … TRAINING Acimga carries out an intensive training activity through a full suite of courses spanning several specific areas: • packaging in cooperation, with the Italian Packaging Institute; • marketing & communication, in cooperation with Cegos; • technical, in cooperation with Festo; • specialized training/certification, in cooperation with Probest). … MARKETING INTELLIGENCE A selection of market research reports, an agent/distributor database, a worldwide trade magazine database including contact persons, industry data and market trend information are available to member companies to support their internationalization effort and the development of effective marketing strategies.

A handbook is also available detailing all UNI, CEN, ISO, ATEX technical regulations and amending provisions.

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Projects for the Future

Alliances, events, fairs: a community project ACIMGA Italian manufacturers of machinery for the graphic, converting and paperboard-converting industry are relaunching globally and strengthening their association with projects of strategic scope, a policy of industry alliances and community synergies, laying the groundwork for a new fair that is sure to be much talked about. E.P.

Industrial printing shows growth FLAT GLASS

TEXTILES

66 billion dollars

32 billion mq 3.2 billion digitally

in 2019

prints in 2019

WALLPAPER

CERAMICS

12 billion mq

52 billion mq in 2014

3D

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new headquarters, a new logo, a new calendar of wide-ranging events organized jointly with other industry institutions and a radical realignment of B2B fairs for printing and converting. Acimga, it’s safe to say, is always active. This is also true from a logistical standpoint: after an initial relocation, two years ago, to the Assocomaplast headquarters, the association has moved once more, this time north of Milan, at the Ucimu building, home to Federmacchine. In fact, Acimga shares with the instrumental mechanics federation the outlook of the “Pesenti reform”, its leadership (Marco Calcagni is vice-president of Federmacchine as well as president of Acimga) and a series of important services, first and foremost in technical/ regulatory and economic/statistical areas.

This dynamism propels the association’s remarkable orientation towards service and a pragmatic farsightedness that leads it to pursue ambitious goals, all coordinated to serve the ultimate aim of industrial development in the sector.

This industry is made up for the most part of small enterprises which enjoy national and international success in spite of major deficiencies in the national economic system.

The latest numbers on the sector confirm this: according to initial end of year data for 2015, the sector’s turnover amounted to 2.2 billion Euro, with 5% growth and 78% exports (Italy is the world’s second largest supplier, second only to Germany, with a total share of 13.5%). Furthermore, last year saw the highly anticipated resurgence of domestic investments, which generated growth in imports (+19%) and, most importantly, gave an advantage to Italian manufacturing, whose sales went up by 38%, from 360 to 500 million Euro (a level that had not been reached since 2000, observers have noted).

The importance and further potential

of this sector are therefore the target of a dynamic and ambitious association policy which has changed everything in record time - including the logo, which has just been reinvented with new graphics and pay off (from the historic Made “in” Italy to the globalized Made “by” Italy). Now Acimga is fleshing out some concrete initiatives, discussed here by Acimga director Andrea Briganti.

After changing the organizational structure and implementing a strong orientation towards service in its work as a representative of the industry, Acimga is now engaged in a policy of alliances to multiply the forces at play.

What is happening?

What is happening is that we are beginning to see the results of intensive relations work through which we have engaged certain institutions with which we share many interests and objectives. In particular, we have developed a series of initiatives that will see the manufacturers of machinery for the graphics, printing and paper industry represented by Acimga, whose traditions and knowhow have secured them a preeminent position in roto and flexo printing, allied with representatives of foreign enterprises represented by Argi, who have historically been oriented towards offset and digital technologies, as well as with the

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

PACKAGING & LABELLING

300 billion mq

2019 > 5.6

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What do you mean by “presenting ourselves as a united front”?

It means many different things, among which figures the most visible and certainly most recent, the creation of Print4All: a joint brand with shared organization of a totally new fair to represent the sectors previously “covered” by Converflex, Grafitalia and InPrinting.

Print4All, then, brings together and replaces three historic fair events for converting, packaging printing and labeling technologies; book and commercial publishing and graphic communication; and industrial printing, especially decorative and functional types.

These are technologies which impact the paper, plastic and industrial supports industries, among others, and which cut across various industrial markets. Hence the name Print4All: printing

DECORATIVE

Carta

Carta/Supporti Plastici Etichette Packaging flessibile Cartonato Corrugato

FUNCTIONAL

Stampa industriale

Inchiostri & Toner

Commerciale Publishing Marketing Collateral Transazionale

billion

4IT Group, which represents Xplor Italia and Fespa Italia, a point of reference for electronic documentation, pad printing, screenprinting, etc. As you can see, together we cover all printing technologies, and presenting ourselves to the market as a united front undoubtedly lends us a much greater appeal.

Industria Grafica

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units 2016 > 500,000

Materiali Supporti industriali Ceramica Vetro Architettura Automotive

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Projects for the Future Print figures per segment Other

THE “MACHINES” THAT MOVE THE COUNTRY €19.1 billion of the total turnover, 70.302 total employees

Publishing

Plastics & Rubber

Photographic

19% 3%

Packaging & Processing

19,5%

Turnover:

Employees: % Export:

26,5

19%

7.9 billion € (food machines + packaging machines) 34,067 77%

Direct Mail and Business Communication

A complex project, then, interweaving vertical supply chain alliances with crosscutting community agreements to put in contact supply and demand in a vast and evolving market... Certainly no easy thing to orchestrate…

Indeed, it has required the development of a new business model, focussed on the concept of “disintermediation”. That is to say the elimination, at each fair, of the traditional intermediary between exhibitor and fair center: the organizer that answered to the sector association that owned the brand (in the case of Converflex, for example, the old Centrexpo). The basic idea is that entrusting the sale of spaces and services directly to the fair, in this case FieraMilano, enables offering exhibitor concerns enhanced services at a lower cost. At the same time, it enables the associations like us to focus on strategic marketing, where we can employ our specific knowhow. FieraMilano, for its part, manages promotion, sales and administration directly, relying on the advantage of its direct relationship with the visitor, which has always been its expertise, and the opportunity to also have a firsthand dialog with the market.

And so Print4All takes shape as the result of an alliance under the umbrella

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YEARLY SURVEY FOR 2014 Source: Assocomaplast

Printing & Converting

Packaging

in the service of all applications. The potential of such a platform, which brings the entire printing community onto the field, are clearly enormous.

And there’s more: Print4All is a centerpiece of the “Innovation Alliance”, through which we will coordinate in 2018 with Ipack-Ima and Meat Tech, Plast and Intralogistica, to round out the complete supply chain offer.

4 billion € 13,500 67%

YEARLY SURVEY FOR 2014 Source: Ipack-Ima, Anima, Ucima

13%

Marketing and collateral

Turnover: Employees: % Export:

Logistics & Material Handling Turnover: Employees: % Export:

4 billion € 14,435 31%

Turnover: Employees: % Export:

3.2 billion € 8,300 56%

YEARLY SURVEY FOR 2014 Source: Acimga, Argi, Federation of the Paper and Graphic Industry

YEARLY SURVEY FOR 2014 Source: Anima

of the broader Innovation Alliance, the mega event which in 2018 will bring together representatives from the entire packaging industry.

Yes, from raw materials to in-house logistics, including plastics converting and the grain-based food of Ipack-Ima and its offshoot Meat Tech... The Innovation Alliance is projected to occupy the entire fair center at Rho, covering a total of 210,000 m2, with FieraMilano acting as director and coordinator. And this will certainly represent a unique promotional opportunity for enterprises, if for no other reason than that it will bring to the fair an unparalleled variety of complementary technologies.

So, the new fair is not the only outstanding new project by Acimga…

Print4All is not our only fair. Acimga continues to organize Upak Italia in Moscow, where once again this year - in spite of the troubling economic climate and a lack of public funding of any kind - Italian industry was the second most well-represented in terms of numbers and prestige. Now, post-Centrexpo, Upak Italia is run by CPA, Acimga’s service center, which operates on the free market as a private entity for all intents and purposes, with the criteria and organization of an enterprise.

The 2018 Innovation Alliance Print4All will be held from 29 May to 1 June at Fiera Milano Rho, alongside Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech and Intralogistica Italia, creating a singular event called “The Innovation Alliance”: an innovative format inspired by an international growth project and a system logic that leverages supply chain synergies to respond to the demands of the market, A to Z. Visitors will have access to an impressive wealth of knowhow and market - one need only consider, to take one example, that the machinery industry alone represented here is valued at a total of 19.1 billion Euro, presenting affinities and links both in terms of technology and of market.

The Innovation Alliance will involve the participation of two major European fair organizers, Fiera Milano and Deutsche Messe, as well as national sector associations: two of them belonging to Federmacchine (Acimga and Assocomaplast, the Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Molds Manufacturers’ Association), alongside Ucima (which represents packaging machinery manufacturers) and Argi (the Graphic Industry Suppliers Association) The event will feature an unprecedented variety and completeness of products and technologies divided among the five fair brands: - Ipack-Ima: technologies for processing and packaging; - Meat-Tech: processing and packaging for the meat industry; - Plast: technologies for the plastics and rubber industries; - Print4All: printing and converting; - Intralogistica Italia: integrated systems for industrial handling and storage.

Last year you also unveiled a series of community events, based on an original concept that moves beyond the traditional B2B meeting. How was the response? Are you planning more such events?

The response has been more than positive, already with the first meeting organized in 2014 in partnership with Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. This suc-

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IL QUADRO EUROPEO

I dati della federazione europea degli etichettifici, relativi al periodo 2013-14 e forniti da una settantina di associati Finat su un totale di 300, delineano un settore in sviluppo, con performance miglio-

ri a Nord (che nel 2014 è cresciuto di oltre l’8% sul 2013), in UK e a Est (+10,1%), un’ottima redditività (fra un minimo del 4,2% e un massimo del 12,2% a Est), un costo del lavoro che aumenta in relazione alla crescita (ma non ovunque: in Italia nel 2014 è rimasto stabile), e che presenta uno sviluppo particolarmente vivace nel settore dei trasporti-logistica e nel beverage.

Le informazioni sulle tecnologie adottate testimoniano l’avanzata del digitale, soprattutto nel farmaceutico e nei settori dominati dai piccoli lotti, ma al riguardo va precisato che, fatto 10 il fatturato di un etichettificio, il contributo della stampa convenzionale è pari a 9 e al digitale resta un modesto 1 (per “convenzionali”, sottolinea Brambilla, si intendono ormai quasi sempre macchine combinate).

Non sorprende, dunque, che i progetti di investimento formulati nel periodo in esame - e dunque operativi successivamente, nei primi 6 mesi del 2015 - si dividessero più o meno equamente fra macchine digitali (31%) e convenzionali (33%), oltre che attrezzature ausiliarie, finalizzate a progetti di razionalizzazione e saving (38%) e

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Ma il digitale… Cos’è?

But what actually is digital printing? (Gipea)

La principale manifestazione B2B del labeling ha portato “in chiaro” le grandi tendenze che orientano la R&S dei fornitori di macchine, attrezzature e materiali.

A partire dall’ibridazione delle tecnologie, per creare linee dalla flessibilità e produttività mai viste prima.

10 La community e il futuro del food packaging

The community and the future of food packaging (Acimga)

12 Dialogo e alleanze: intervista a Sante Conselvan

Dialogue and alliances: interview with Sante Conselvan

15 Mercati da esplorare: Malaysia Markets to explore: Malaysia

(ICE-Agenzia)

18 Strategia e tecnica per la flexo

Strategy and technologies for flexo (Atif)

24 BestInFlexo: ecco i vincitori

BestInFlexo: here are the winners

28 Digital ink-jet: da bobina a cartone ondulato

Digital inkjet: from reel to corrugated cardboard (HP, KBA)

32 Web offset? Convenienza e qualità

Web offset? Convenienza e qualità

(Goss)

39 Montare in automatico nastro e fotopolimeri

Automatically mounting tape and photopolymers (BiesSse)

41 Laureati in “problemi difficili” Majored in “difficult problems”

(De Rossi Vittoriano)

45 Exhibitions and congresses

in collaborazione con

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abelexpo Europe festeggia il trentacinquesimo anniversario (Bruxelles, 29 settembre-2 ottobre 2015) con un record assoluto di presenze, registrando 35.739 visitatori, in aumento del 12,4% rispetto alla precedente edizione del 2013, e 650 espositori, contro i 600 di due anni fa, su una superficie totale di 34.566 mq, anch’essa in crescita (+11,65%). A ciò si aggiunga che gli operatori esteri rappresentano il 19,6% del totale, provenienti da 146 Paesi soprattutto Germania, Francia, Italia, Belgio e UK, ma anche da Asia, Americhe e Africa - segnando dunque un tasso di internazionalità molto alto. Il principale appuntamento del labeling (organizzato da Tarsus insieme alle altre Labelexpo promosse in tutto il mondo), che sembrava iniziato un po’ al ralenti, dopo un primo giorno interlocutorio ha infatti ripreso l’abituale vivacità e, stando ai primi commenti, ha dato vita alla consueta kermesse di incontri, dimostrazioni, contratti (sì, qui si vende in fiera). Ma, seppure positiva, non è questa “la” notizia legata all’evento che serve un comparto, quello dell’etichettatura appunto, in crescita costante. Labelexpo

Europe 2015 è stata ancor più interessante come vetrina di tendenze: intendiamoci, nulla di sorprendente, ma così chiaro come accade solo quando le cose, dopo un lungo periodo preparatorio, vengono a maturazione (e allora quel sabato al mercato tutti, ma proprio tutti, portano a vendere i propri meloni). In questo caso non c’era stand in cui non si parlasse di digitale, macchie ibride o packaging.

Nomi e cognomi. Gli organizzatori elencano le principali novità (ma l’elenco, chiaramente, è parziale).

La macchina da stampa per etichette e imballaggi Optima 820 di Soma Engineering e il sistema di trasformazione digitale modulare Gallus DCS 340: modulo da stampa inkjet integrato in una Gallus che combina così lo stato dell’arte della stampa digitale con i benefici della stampa convenzionale. La lista ufficiale delle soluzioni significative include poi le nuove macchine da stampa digitali dei grandi

costruttori, come EFI, Epson e Screen, le HP Indigo 20000 e WS6800, la Digital Series di Mark Andy (insieme alla Performace Series P4), nonché il debutto di MPS e Nilpeter nel convenzionale ibrido e, ancora una volta, nella stampa digitale. Un collega britannico ha fatto il conto: almeno una ventina di costruttori di macchine narrow web hanno lavorato su questi due filoni tecnologici - e sarà poi interessante fare il gioco “trovare le differenze” (che ci sono) in termini di risoluzione di stampa e velocità di set-up, tipologia di teste di stampa e razionalità dei lay out, ingegnosità delle attrezzature e dei complementi ed efficacia dei workflow...

In questa prima lista ci permettiamo di inserire la Omet - che a sua volta ha presentato una serie di macchine ibride e digitali di sicuro interesse - e, per altri motivi, un’altra vivace azienda italiana, da poco acquisita da un grande gruppo svizzero come “testa di ponte” nel narrow web (parliamo naturalmente di Nuova Gidue e del suo grande stand “rosso Bobst” all’ingresso del padiglione 11).

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Filiera: incontro con il food del Mediterraneo Industry: meeting with the food of the Mediterranean (Acimga)

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Astucci: ma lo sapete quanto sono utili?

Boxes: do you know how useful they can be? (Gifasp)

13 10 in Tecnica, con lode in Mercato 10 out of ten in Technology, with honours in market economics (Ferrarini & Benelli) 17 Largo al packaging dei sensi Make way for the packaging of the senses (Sun Chemical) 22 Macchingraf e Scodix: demo continua Macchingraf and Scodix: an ongoing demo (Heidelberg, Scodix) 25 Macchine: perché scegliere prodotti ausiliari di qualità Machines: why choose quality auxiliary products (Rossini SpA) 28 Storia di sviluppo in salsa digitale History of development in digital sauce (HP, Tech:Art) 33 Flexo Day: un’anteprima per la prestampa Flexo Day: a preview for preprinting (BiesSse) 39 Stampa: prodotti e servizi per la pulizia Printing: products and services for cleaning (Ditom) in collaborazione con

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ACIMGA I costruttori italiani di macchine per il printing e il converting rilanciano a livello globale e potenziano la loro associazione con progetti di respiro strategico, una politica di alleanze di filiera e sinergie di community. Alla base di una nuova fiera che farà parlare di sé. E.P.

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uova sede operativa, nuovo logo, un calendario di eventi di ampio respiro organizzati insieme alle altre istituzioni di filiera e un radicale riassetto delle fiere B2B del printing e del converting. Acimga, è il caso di dirlo, non sta mai ferma. Neppure dal punto di vista logistico: dopo il primo trasloco, circa due anni fa, presso la sede di Assocomaplast, ora si è trasferita a Nord di Milano, nel palazzo Ucimu che ospita Federmacchine. Con la federazione della meccanica strumentale, l’associazione dei costruttori di macchine per il printing, il converting e la cartotecnica condivide infatti le prospettive della “riforma Pesenti “, la leadership (Marco

Calcagni è vice presidente Federmacchine e presidente di Acimga) e una serie di servizi importanti, anzitutto di area tecniconormativa ed economico-statistica.

Questo dinamismo dà le gambe al marcato spirito di servizio e alla lungimiranza concreta che orien-

Drupa, packaging e innovazione Il packaging rappresenta senza dubbio uno degli argomenti principe di questa Drupa 2016, che gli dedica addirittura, nel padiglione 12, una sorta di mostra nella mostra denominata Packaging Touchpoint. I motivi sono molti. Carte dall’incredibile appeal sensoriale associate a tecniche di finissaggio sofisticate trasformano la confezione in un medium pubblicitario di classe; display elettronici e sensori la rendono intelligente; la stampa digitale ne permette la personalizzazione e l’adattamento.

Ne consegue, dicono le previsioni, che il mercato dell’imballaggio crescerà da qui al 2018 a 975 miliardi di euro: un mondo che va seguito e compreso.

«Con Packaging Touchpoint - spiega Sabine Geldermann, direttore di Drupa - vogliamo identificare le potenzialità inespresse in fase di progettazione e di produzione di imballaggio, in relazione con i grandi mercati verti-

ta verso obiettivi ambiziosi, coerentemente finalizzati allo sviluppo dell’industria di settore.

Un’industria fatta perlopiù di aziende piccole, vincenti a livello nazionale e internazionale a dispetto delle fin troppo note carenze del nostro Sistema Paese.

Gli ultimi dati lo confermano: secondo il preconsuntivo 2015, il fatturato di settore ha raggiunto il valore di 2,2 miliardi di euro, con una crescita del 5% e un’incidenza dell’export del 78% (siamo i secondi fornitori del mondo, dopo i tedeschi, con una quota globale del 13,5%). Inoltre, lo scorso anno si è avverato il tanto atteso risveglio degli investimenti interni, che Segue alla pag. 4

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21 R&D: una “borsa” Rossini-FFTA per la flexo

R&D: Rossini/FFTA flexography scholarship (Rossini North America) 25 Inchiostri per inkjet: novità a base acqua Inks for inkjet: waterbased new features (Sun Chemical) 31 Tecnologia custiom per stampa e converting

Custom technology for printing and converting (Cerutti) 32

Digitale in Drupa: le sorprese di HP Digital at Drupa: HP surprises

37 Flessografia alla ribalta

Flexography to the fore (KBA-Flexotecnica) 38

Una nuova “ibrida” per il packaging A new packaging “hybrid” (Omet)

40 Stampa digitale a toner liquido Liquid toner for digital printing (Xeikon, Miyakoshi) 43 Cercavo una nicchia e ho trovato un trend We were looking for a niche and we found a trend (Durst)

cali». Il forum è organizzato in collaborazione con l’associazione europea di packaging design (epda), la cui project manager, Claudia Josephs, precisa «ci occuperemo di packaging a 360°: esigenze tecnicofunzionali, considerazioni culturali ed etiche, efficienza ed economicità, l’intera gamma dei substsrati in relazione alle tecnologie impiegate...».

L’innovation park e il drupa cube. Altre aree e momenti speciali sono dedicati all’innovazione, che costituisce il filo rosso di questa edizione della mostra e trova la sua incarnazione “geografica” nel cosiddetto “innovation park”. Nel padiglione 7.0 circa 130 espositori suddivisi in sei aree tematiche porteranno in fiera le ultime frontiere in materia di flussi di lavoro, automazione e tecnologie di stampa.

E il padiglione 6, allo spazio D03, ospita gli incontri del drupa cube. Qui le nuove tecnologie, come l’elettronica stampata e il 3D printing, le applicazioni multicanale più creative e la stampa digitale applicata al packaging e non solo vengono illustrati con un approccio interdisciplinare che ha anche l’ambizione di colmare il gap di conoscenza fra tecnici,

15 Carta-grafica stop and go Stop and go for paper/graphics (Federazione carta-grafica)

47 Cilindri: evoluzione di un’offerta

Cylinders: an evolving offer (ICR) 48 Compleanni, bussole e tecnologia Anniversaries, compasses and tech (Bobst) 53 Grafica e converting, un service completo Graphics and converting, a complete service (Automation Systems) 58 Controlli a 360° per la Total Quality All-round 360° Controls for Total Quality (Graphicontrol)

43.4 In 2017 the label market will be worth 43.4 billion dollars

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Vailati (rispettivamente presidente e segretario del Gipea): Federico Visconti, fresco di nomina a rettore della Liuc, e Gianluca Cinti (Partners SpA), hanno riportato dati e tendenze incoraggianti e sono entrati nel merito di obiettivi, strumenti e investimenti degli etichettifici. Li ha introdotti l’interessante relazione sul contesto europeo, tenuta da Elisabetta Brambilla (Eurolabel, vice presidente Gipea) sulla base di una sintesi ragionata dell’ultima indagine Finat.

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n anno fa, nel tradizionale convegno organizzato da Gipea per fare il punto sull’industria italiana delle etichette autoadesive, i due economisti che lavorano all’Osservatorio dei trend di settore avevano impostato in termini faceti un quesito serio: «Se lo zio d’America volesse acquistare un’impresa in Italia, gli converrebbe investire in un etichettificio?». Analizzati i dati generali di settore e gli indicatori sulla salute delle imprese aderenti all’indagine, la risposta era stata senz’altro positiva: lo zio avrebbe fatto un buon affare.

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cess was reaffirmed at the other meetings held at Converflex, ICE Europe and Expo. We designed them in order to foster direct dialog between packaging producers and users, in order to share information and valuable reflections and, finally, to optimize relations for all sides. Now we are developing this same concept in partnership with Argi and looking to also involve Assografici with its own specialized groups, and of course again Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. The final objective is to expand the scope of the community to involve all members in an exchange of information, visions and ideas to encourage growth of a common culture.

Community, dialog, culture: are these buzzwords or programs?

Well-defined, concrete programs. In a presentation at Drupa we will map the megatrends of printing and labeling as they have emerged in a series of joint meetings with Acimga and Argi enterprises. These trends, which we have also verified with Assografici, and which have been validated by the brand owners of Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, have been developed by the 4ITGroup and are the subject of a rigorous study which we will extrapolate and supply greater detail on during a conference scheduled to be held in Palermo on 20-21 September. As before, with the support of ICE-Agenzia we will involve forty or so buyers from the EMEA region and the United States, which will not only contribute to bringing an international scope to the dialog, but will also enjoy the opportunity of visiting Italian enterprises and sites. Similar events will be held again in 2017 in Milan, and, of course, the following year during Print4All. n

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Hall 10 Camis D40 Ferrarini & Benelli D40 Gama D40 Ims Deltamatic E61 Kris B43 Uteco Converting A18/B03 Hall 11 Bimec D60 Petratto B62 Prati E48

Hall 12 4MRefai C63 Brofind B29 Re A34

Hall 15 Cason A29 Grafikontrol A11

Hall 13 APR Solutions D19 Europrogetti C07 Hall 14 Emmeci C50 Sam Europe C69

Hall 16 ACE Di Barbui D23 Cerutti Packaging Equip. B03 Erhardt + Leimer B40 Kba Flexotecnica C47-1 Rossini B18, B22 Simec Group A46

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4M REFAI SRL Via Seminella 48/A 16012 Busalla (GE) - Italy Tel. + 39 010 9642353 info@4mrefai.it www.4mrefai.it Hall 12 C63 Product range • Cutters • Embosser • System cross cut ON SHOW AT DRUPA 4M will be bringing the most updated versions of its best selling systems to the fair.

COMPANY PROFILE 4M Refai was established in Genoa in 1959, since 1990, has had registered offices in the Municipality of Busalla (GE) and is located near the Busalla exit of the A7 motorway (Milan - Serravalle - Genoa).

The company’s premises consist of a covered area of 5,000 mq and an outdoor area of 4,000 mq.

PRODUCTS FLEXY CUT series transversal cutting units Extremely versatile machines for cutting rolls with a cutting width of up to 1500 mm, to obtain reams of sheets of up to 1500x1150 mm.

The format can be changed very quickly, as the operator does not have to perform any manual operations. In fact, all this takes is to

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• The focus will be on the Flexy Cut series that includes both collection sheeters and scale sheeters.

The collection sheeters enable the cutting of reels of paper with a basis weights from 10 to 250 gsm, and the cutting of reels of plastic film with thickness from 30 to 200 micron.

The scale sheeter enables the cutting of reels of paper with a basis weights from 100 to 600 gsm, and the cutting of reels of plastic film with thickness from 100 to 500 micron.

The latest generation electronic equipment installed on their sheeters enables cuts of an accuracy of ± 0,1 mm and a cut speed of 195 m/minute.

4M Refai produces: - the Flexy Cut series of transverse cutting units for cutting large sheets from rolls; - the CSS series of transverse cutting units for cutting small sheets from rolls; - embossing machines with both rollers; - mechanically welded units for earth moving vehicles, tractors, forklifts and machine tools.

write the new cutting measurements required (length and width) on the operator’s panel, and the machine automatically adjusts n order to cut the new format. The principal performance specifications are: a guaranteed production speed of over 150 m/min. for each roll, and a cutting accuracy of +/0.1mm. The most common materials cut are food-wrapping paper and embossed paper (both printed

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The standard cutting formats are in length: from 250 to 1150 mm for collection sheeters, from 250 to 1200 mm or from 500 to 1500 mm for scale sheeters.

The standard cutting formats are in widths of 800, 1000, 1200 and 1500 mm for both collection and scale sheeters.

Sheeters with lengths and widths which differ from standard formats can be provided on demand.

• The CSS sheeters are specially built to make small format sheets and are able to produce more than a million sheets in one shift of 8 hours.

All aspects of production and testing (the cutting of sheet for the machines’ frames, welding using robotized units, production by numerically controlled work stations, painting, assembly, installation of electrical system, software, functional and visual testing) are performed by qualified persons within the company. 4M Refai has been ISO 9001:2000 certified since 1997.

and non-printed), tissue paper, wrapping paper and plastic film.

more than one million standard 250x370 mm. paper serviettes.

CSS series transversal cutting units Large-scale production machines for cutting rolls with a cutting width of up to 1200 mm, to obtain reams of sheets of up to 600x400 mm.

During an 8 hour shift, one operator can produce, package in boxes (or using stretch-wrap) and palletize

ESS series embossing machines 4M Refai produces these machines exclusively as optional units for its transversal cutting units; in fact, they are installed as part of the cutting unit line. They enable several rolls to be embossed, and are not subject to wear like those embossing units made from steel/paper wool.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Ace’s product portfolio covers the worlds of converting, packaging, printing, tissue, non-woven and others with the widest range of electrostatic solutions and web cleaning and dust removal solutions. ACE, based in Legnano (MI), will present them all and its newest technology at the gateway European print fair.

Iondual & Iondual Plus: 24V antistatic bar with inner and double row of positive and negative pins that grant the continuous emission of antistatic ionization. Max performance at 500 mm in the Iondual version and 1.000 mm in the Plus version.

Contactless Web Cleaning Systems: removes dust and contaminant particles on printing and converting machines for paper, film, foils, labels, corrugated board, tissue and medical packaging.

Contactless Sheet Cleaning Systems: removes dust and contaminant particles from printing machines for corrugated cardboard; paper; wood; plastic; metal; glass.

ACE DI BARBUI D. & FIGLI SRL Via per Villa Cortese 86 20025 Legnano (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 0331 404343 ace@ace-electrostatic.it www.ace-electrostatic.it Hall 16 D23

Contact Sheet/Web Cleaning Systems: removes dust and particles on flexible packaging lines for paper, film, foils, labels, holograms, electronics and medical packaging.

ESA Electrostatic Gravure Printing Assist System: top and direct loading systems with new 24 volt technology and ASC 44 intelligent remote control unit.

Cut Cleaner: dust removal system to keep slitting area free from dust and fibers generated by trimming and cutting action, to maintain blades dust

COMPANY PROFILE Ace is leading the market with the highest technology in electrostatic systems, web and sheet cleaners, dust extractors and large size flexo plate vertical washing machines, designed and manufactured on-site in PRODUCTS ACE is now much appreciated as a partner supplyier of the major printing and converting machinery manufacturers. Thanks to this synergy and together with these companies, ACE has developed the most high tech electrostatic systems and several dust and contaminant removal systems, such as web cleaners.

The R&D department of this Lombard concern has brought continuous improvement to these products, adding sophisticated systems for application in the in-

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build up free. When in combination with Contactless Web Cleaning Systems it represents the state-of-art in non woven cutting station applications.

WG50-WG70: those are systems for electrostatically sticking films and light paper onto new cores during reel change without using glue or adhesive tape.

Electrostatic edge pinning: static charge system fix the film edges on the chill-roll in cast extrusion system, to avoid shrinkage (neck-in) at top line speeds.

Product range • Antistatic devices • Electrostatic charging devices • Static eliminators • Electrostatic charges measuring devices • Dust removal systems • Pile charging electrostatic system • Electrostatic systems for various applications • Contact web cleaning systems (film, paper…)

• No-contact web cleaning systems • Electrostatic edge pinning systems for chill-roll • Aerothermic papermills plants (ventilation, extraction, fumes purification, dust suppression) • Dust extractor plants • Electrostatic discharging systems • Cliché cleaning and washing machines • ESA Electrostatic assist systems for rotogravure printing

Legnano, near Milan.

For many years, electrostatic solutions designed

by ACE for the industry has represented a problem solving solution throughout all phases of production, where their efficiency and reliability have been largely recognized.

dustries of flexible packaging, printing, labels, tissue, non-woven, paper and board, including: • A remarkable innovation involving ACE ESA electrostatic print assist systems, which now benefits from the new antistatic low tension bars BB Iondual 24V, to equip either ESA Top Loading and ESA Direct Charge, making of these systems, driven by the intelligent ASC44 onboard controller, the most efficient and safest ESA, suitable for instal-

lation on new presses as well as on existing ones.

strates, in several manufacturing sectors.

• To complete the concern’s product portolio, ACE has developed and made available on the market new large size cliché washing machines and a stateof-the-art dust removal system for cutting systems. Thanks to these additions, the range of products in ACE’s portfolio is today the widest in the global market with regard to solutions for cleaning and charging/discharging of materials and sub-

• ACE’s main focus is satisfying customers’ needs, with its network of sales representatives and service engineers, providing customers follow-up and service worldwide.

Respect for the environment and for workers’ health are top priorities when ACE’s R&D department designs new systems and projects, continuously enhancing its products’ eco-compatibility.

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APR SOLUTIONS SRL Via Aldo Moro 10 10030 Rondissone (TO) - Italy Tel. +39 011 918 2026 info@aprsolutionssrl.com www.aprsolutionssrl.com Hall 13 D19 Product range • Machines for inserting cursors on bags and pouches • Adhesives • Fold-glue machines • Folding machine • Carrier bag making machines • Shipping bag making machines • Machines for the production of bags • Box making machines - carton making machines • Carrier bags • Bags in paper for freighting • Single dose bags • Flexible packaging for cosmetic products • Flexible packaging for pharmaceutical products • Paper bags (small) • Paper bags (large) • Cardboard cases and boxes • Hot melt adhesives • Adhesive and gummed tapes • Selfadhesive tapes • Feeders • Applicators for tear-tape • Applicators for hot melt • Extruders for hot melt and thermoplastic polymers • Melters - heated mixers PRODUCTS • Athos is a semi-automatic machine designed for the application of the double-sided tape on any kind of support paper, cardboard, corrugated and all types of PVC with a format of 800 x 1020 mm.

• Athos Plus is an automatic machine designed for the application of the double-sided tape and the tear-tape, incorporating the Feeder Plus, a friction and suction feeder. This type of feeder eliminates the limits imposed by the traditional models, allowing the processing of small and complex formats, lighter weights, like 150gr, eliminating even the scratching

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ON SHOW AT DRUPA APR Solutions SRL is a young Italian company born from the idea of the two associates, Riccardo Virgilio and Ahmed Mouneib, with long lasting experiences in the sector of paper and packaging machines.

The two associates, supported by the technical staff, constantly focused on the research for new technologies, are engaged in creating and providing high quality machines satisfying the always more demanding requests of the market of the machines for the paper and packaging industry.

The company can boast numerous installation in various area of the world - Europe, India, Middle East, etc. - which confirms both the quality of the machines and their competitivity.

At Drupa 2016 APR Solutions SRL will confirm is commitment towards

COMPANY PROFILE The company APR Solutions is made up of professionals in the commercial and technical branch, who have built up a specific expertise in the graphic industry. Thus the company is able to provide highly specialized paper&board converting and packaging machinery.

APR Solutions offers folder-gluer machines for envelopes, folders, boxes etc., in addition to automatic and semi-automatic machines for applying double-sided tape on any paper, cardboard and PVC substrate and, lastly, machines marks left on delicate materials, like the plasticized ones.

• Cover Plus is an automatic machine provided with the innovative automatic Feeder Plus-3 for folding and gluing flexible covers in 2 passages.

Machine format 700 x 1000 mm.

• Box Plus is an automatic machine with automatic feeder specially designed for finishing boxes and the insertion of various materials.

• Compact is a folding and gluing machine provided with an innovative automatic feeder: Feeder Plus-3.

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exceeding the present day limitation of the folder-gluers and double-sided tape application machines, and will be showing some of its most commercialized machines: • Athos, a semi-automatic machine for the finishing of posters; • Box Plus, an automatic machine with inserter for the finishing of linear boxes; • Compact, a folding and gluing machine for the processing of envelopes; • Duplex, a folding and gluing machine for the processing of crashbottom boxes.

for producing shopping bags.

The design staff is very attentive to the needs of the market, thus offering highly competitive and at the same time high quality products: just the way prime Italian products ought to be.

The company’s mission - said Riccardo Virgilio, general manager of the company - is rooted in respect for and dedication to the customer’s needs, moving towards the development of new products and services that aim «to reduce makeready times and ensure the quality and performance of a true market leader».

suction feeder, it is provided with a superior suction system with a continuous loading. The machine is also provided with one double-sided tape applicator RAP. • Duplex is a folding and gluing machine provided with 2 feeders: a continuous feeder and a high pile feeder; both of them are fix and interchangeable. The machine is provided with a hot melt gluing system with 3 tubes and 3 guns, and also with 2 RAP double-sided tape applicators. The machine is ideal for the productions of normal and special envelops, CD/DVD envelopes, folders with pockets,

linear and crash-bottom boxes, picture frames, flexible covers, etc.

• Shopper Bag 2000 machine is designed to automatically glue and fold the shopper bag using our technology with automatic pile feeder with suction table format 700 x 1000 mm.

• Bag Two machine is designed to glue and fold the bottom of the shopper bag, also automatically inserting the cardboard in the bottom of the shopper using the latest technology comprising an automatic continues feeder with suction belt, format 700 x 700 mm.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA The Bacciottini Group brings to the fair its new offer of products in line with the latest market developments, which join the already established and appreciated Pit Stop Line crease&fold series.

At the stand of the Tuscan manufacturer visitors will be able to view a wide range of solutions.

Among the most popular the Pit Stop creasing 36 Touch for small and medium scale users, the creaser-puncher Dgline8000 Touch, the AFhighspeed, the FMhighspeed for largescale production, the double-head D2 High Speed, and to finish the Butterfly Easy 2 Fold folding machine.

Company technicians and sales staff will be there in force, completely at the visitors’ disposal, to assist them and guide them in choosing the solution that best suits each and everyone’s needs.

BACCIOTTINI GROUP SRL Via dei Tintori 28 59013 Montemurlo (PO) - Italy Tel. + 39 0574 652661 commerce@bacciottinigroup.eu www.bacciottinigroup.eu Hall 6 A81 Product range • Creasing machines • Automatic perforating machines • Folding machines

COMPANY PROFILE The Bacciottini Group was established following the splitting off of a business unit of Bacciottini F.lli Srl. The parent company was established in 1994, when it began to produce its ROL 70/110 ROL creasing/ perforating machines: a series of automatic rotary printing machines designed specifically for the graphic arts market and for large-scale bookbinding establishments.

Following its successful presence at major PRODUCTS The Bacciottini Group’s product range comprises: • DGLine 6500/8000 touch screen. DG Line creasing/perforating machine (50x70 cm extendable to 50x100 cm), designed for

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international trade fairs (Drupa and Grafitalia), the entire market became aware of the company and its products. In 2000, the company witnessed another important development: having realized the need to design a machine that is both easy-to-use, quick starting, and yet precise and sturdy, Bacciottini created its Pit Stop range.

The progressive consolidation of the company’s operations resulted in a need for

smaller companies and for “print on demand” services where high quality, simple starting and competitive prices are called for.

• PIT Stop 36 LCD/touch screen, 36x64 cm, suitable for small and mediumsized companies.

new targets and partners; Bacciottini developed new products for the constantly growing digital market, thus broadening the group’s sphere of activity in an increasingly competitive world.

Today Bacciottini’s products are sold worldwide thanks to a network of 32 exclusive dealers, and to the stipulation of the same number of partnerships. To date the company has sold more than 5,000 machines worldwide.

• PIT Stop AF High Speed, 50x70 cm, for medium and large-scale production requirements.

• FM High Speed, 50x70 cm extendable to 50x100 cm, suitable for large-scale, high-speed operations. Punching kit also available.

• Pit Stop D2H High Speed, 50x70 cm extendable to 50x100, with two creasing heads. The first creasing head can take a standard creasing or digital creasing tool, a punching kit or a perforating tool; the second head can perforate or crease.

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BIMEC SRL Via Monte Grappa 9 20020 Vanzaghello (MI) - Italy Tel. 0331 307491 infobimec@bimec.it www.bimec.it Hall 11 D60 Product range • Winding devices - rewinders for reels • Cutter rewinders

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Bimec is showing at Düsseldorf a world premiere of its new TCA64C+ cutter with automatic double changeover, developed in order to combine all the advantages of a compact design with a wealth of accessory equipment and optionals. Thanks to this twofold advantage, the TCA64C+ guarantees high performance at high speed and perfectly wound reels.

The machine rewinds finished reels with a maximum diameter of 600 mm at an operational speed of up to 800 m/min and with quick changeovers.

At the fair, Bimec is also bringing the new dual shaft STM50, a popular bestseller, partly thanks to its compact design and single face.

The concern continues to look ahead to the future: «2016 is an important year for us - affirms Elena Bottoli, Marketing Manager of Bimec - a year in which we celebrate forty years in business, while also carrying forward our research activities focused on technological innovation and continuous improvement of our machines, in order to meet the needs of our customers and consolidate our leadership in the converting sector».

COMPANY PROFILE For 40 years Bimec have developed and built a comprehensive range of world leading slitter rewinders.

At the heart of this achievement is the passion and enthusiasm of founding family and staff. The commitment to building the best equipment available is made possible by close teamwork within the company, the strong commitment to listening to the market and the flexibility PRODUCTS Bimec’s machines are manufactured in Italy to the highest standards. With more than 1400 installations worldwide, they are appreciated at international level for their quality, safety, durability and innovation.

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to satisfy the needs of their customers.

The company caters for the needs of its Italian and international clientele located in purpose-built facilities near MilanoMalpensa International Airport.

Its staff are specialist trained and constantly updated, allowing them to unite tested traditional methods with innovative technologies, while Bimec’s global network of support partners enables them to providea worldwide service.

cludes a vast series of models that can be divided into two main groups.

• The range with twin shaft rewinding comprising the STC series, that are economic and offer good performances. The STB brand models that are fully equipped, offering quality and reliability.

The STM series featuring high flexi-

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Bimec’s products are designed to convert plastic materials, paper and laminates.

The company portfolio comprises: • slitter rewinders; • rewinders; • reversible salvage rewinders; • center-folding machines; • shafted and shaftless unwinds; • unwinder-rewinders; • manual and automatic core-cutters.

bility, quality and an ergonomic design.

• Duplex turret slitter rewinder range comprising the TCA brand offering high performances, automatism and quality; the MT series designed in a compact version with unwinding and rewinding on the same side.

As well as their slitter rewinders, Bimec produces a series of ancillary equipment: - BDM inspection rewinders; - MSA center folding units; - unwinder; - rewinders; - automatic and manual cardboard core cutters.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA The focus of Brofind’s stand at Drupa will be on the new engineering solutions for air treatment with VOC abatement and solvent recovery, especially designed for the printing and laminating industry. All the company’s solutions guarantee, in addition to full compliance with environmental regulations, a rapid economic return. Featured in particular:

BROFIND SPA Viale Stelvio 5 20159 Milano - Italy Tel +39 02 608526.1 office@brofind.it www.brofind.it Hall 12 B29

• Solvent recovery systems for inks and adhesives used in printing and lamination processes.

Thanks to proven technology, they allow the reduction and even the elimination of the purchase of dilution solvent, respecting the strictest emission limits set at international level. The payback time is inversely proportional to the amount of solvent purchased annually by the user.

• Thermal oxidation systems that turn solvents contained in the emissions coming from production into secondary products. Thus the energy recovered can be reintroduced into

Product range • Systems for solvent recovery • Systems for thermal regeneration • Systems for treating pollutant emissions

the production cycle (air or hot water, thermal oil, steam). This not only ensures direct cost savings, but also the opportunity

COMPANY PROFILE Brofind was founded in 1993 by a group of professionals with several years of experience in air pollution control equipments, gaseous emission treatments as well as energy. Now the company, leader in the environmental industry, offers a wide range of technologies to solve all aspects related to VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) treatment in gaseous emissions and to optimize energy sources by recovering waste or producing energy from alternative PRODUCTS Brofind offers an end-to-end service including feasibility studies, engineering and turnkey supply and five families of products.

VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) treatment technology - Thermal oxidation: conversion of pollutants into secondary products with the lowest environmental impact.

- Regenerative thermal oxidation: destruction of VOCs with a high degree of thermal efficiency by using ceramic media to recover and store heat.

- Catalytic oxidation: thermal oxida-

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to obtain Energy Savings Certificates (ESC) that contribute to a speedy return on investment.

sources. Furthermore, a new division dedicated to biomass and energy recovery has recently been added. Brofind partners its clients ensuring reliability and paying special attention to all issues, including those that are apparently impossible to solve. Fundamental to this end are the management choices that are shaping the company’s evolution: • Research and Development: the motor of our business and driver of the continuous improvement of our technology;

tion by means of a catalyst treats VOCs at a lower temperature, thus reducing energy consumption.

Solvent recovery: through activated carbon and steam or nitrogen regeneration.

Concentration: increase in pollutant concentration in air flows prior to abatement.

Wet treatment: removal of the pollutants contained in atmospheric emissions by absorbing them in a liquid.

Incineration: thermal destruction of pollutants in their solid or liquid form.

DeNOx - NOx abatement.

• Reliability and client service: promises are always kept; • Flexibility and helpfulness: quality to face the everyday, ever-changing challenges of the industry; • Professionalism and competence: an essential prerequisite to any job; • Ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, urgent operations and turnkey installations of sophisticated processes: the essential basis of an adequate service.

- Biofiltration: pollutant oxidation by means of the biological activity of microorganisms.

Additional treatment systems - Water treatment for special applications.

- Heat recovery.

- Fluid storage and distribution.

- Soundproofing systems.

Biomass and energy recovery Second-hand installations and assistance on existing systems - Extraction and sieving of activated carbon and catalysts.

- Instrument calibration.

- Routine, preventive and breakdown maintenance.

- Software and automation.

- Customized yearly maintenance and/or complete system management contracts.

Quality, reliability and competitive prices for the supply of the following products - Catalysts for the abatement of VOCs, NOx, Ozone and other pollutants.

- Activated carbon for air and water treatment.

- Ceramic packing for thermal processes.

- Molecular sieve.

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CAMIS SRL Via Santi 2 20030 Senago (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 02 9982188 info@camissrl.com www.rotocamis.it Hall 10 D40 Product range • Rotogravure printing presses • Plate mounters • Machinery maintenance and repair

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Camis Srl will be bringing a range of flexographic plate mounters and dismounters to the fair, built with modular units and hence easily adaptable to the needs of the customers. As well as that the company experts will illustrate their production of gravure machines, that is now dedicated to narrow and medium we for printing on packaging and labels, as well as spreading and coating. Besides their standard products Camis also makes special “one-off” products and designs retrofits and performs reconditioning of pre-existing machines.

Here below, some of their most important products.

Plate mounter The Lombard company’s product range includes a system that optimizes the application and double-sided adhesive tape, with considerable reduction of downtime, and an increase in the quality and the repeatability of the print. Thanks to Camis plate mounter’s Taper Slide double-sided adhesive tape onto sleeves and cylinders can be applied mechanically, using a motorized system that guarantees consistently high quality for the duration of an operation. What’s more, this devi-

COMPANY PROFILE Camis Srl is a leading company specializing in manufacturing machinery for roto and flexo printing.

An experienced work team enables Camis to offer clients a suite of different, customized solutions for medium and large band roto printing, including special and one-off systems.

PRODUCTS The Camis product portfolio includes three specific categories: rotogravure presses, flexo platemounters and flexo accessories.

• In the rotogravure press segment, production mainly includes narrow and medium band machinery for package and label printing, coating and varnishing.

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ce prevents the formation of air bubbles, creases and stretch marks, and it enables taping strips with perfect ends, reducing consumption and materials costs at the same time. The system also reduces waste and, with the help of a special metallic strip, prevents damage to the sleeves.

Camis DM The new automatic plate removal system reduces materials waste and time for operations.

Its distinctive features include the

In addition, for the past 10 years the staff of the Lombardy-based company has been developing solutions for mounting flexo plates, which today are part of the company’s core business.

Extensive skills and deep knowledge of the market enable Camis to supply a comprehensive range of plate mounting systems and accessories for flexo printing,

• T h e f l e xo p l a t e m o u n t e r range includes narrow, medium and wide band mounting, typically employed in label, plastic film packaging and folding cardboard flexo printing.

All mounting processes have been developed with the goal of increasing accuracy and process repeatability, thus enhancing the quality and profit-

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main roller press, made in such a way as to prevent damage to the polymer or polyester support during disassembly, and the slave roller, which grants the correct plate tension, preventing folds or stretching.

Camis DM thus guarantees plate reusability, and therefore the economy of the printing process as a whole. In order to optimize workflows and maximize all advantages, it can be integrated with the Taper Slide.

designed and developed with every aspect of the pre-press workflow in mind, with particular attention to process repeatability and finished product quality.

A constant focus on quality combined with maximum care for machine accuracy and extensive on-field competences enable Camis to meet the most diverse needs voiced by roto and flexo printing operators.

ability of flexo printing without compromising flexibility.

• The flexo accessory range includes: - solutions for applying two-sided adhesive mounting tape ensuring consistent, high quality to each series of cylinders or sleeves without creating waste, air bubbles, creases or

stretches; - solutions to remove flexo plates and two-sided adhesive mounting tape.

They make removal easier and avoid damaging the polyester polymer or liner - an essential prerequisite to reusing them and ensuring the overall cost-effectiveness of the process.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA For Cason, a leader in the production of high end slitter-rewinders, innovation is a daily practice, like the new line “Over1000”, based on technical solutions specially designed for the production of heavy and big-diameter reels. The Varese-based company concern is thus responding to the growing market demand for productivity, flexibility and customization.

CASON SRL Via Parini 24 21020 Montonate di Mornago (VA) - Italy Tel. +39 0331 909033 sales@cason-spa.com www.casoncompanies.com

Innova Maxima The star at the fair is this dual shaft model in the Over1000 line, which combines the typical versatility of standard slitters with the possibility of producing reels up to 1000 mm diameter. Top quality execution is guaranteed by the use of state-of-the-art zero gravity technology.

Thanks to a virtual integrated platform, automatic positioning of slitting groups and automatic unload of finished reels, machine down time is drastically reduced.

Hall 15 A29 Product range • Slitter rewinders • Systems for handling and transporting reels

COMPANY PROFILE Food and non-food packaging, pharmaceutical-medical packaging, paper transformation, electronics and heatmoulded packaging: these are just some of the sectors that avail themselves of the slitter rewinders, accessories machines and automated systems produced by Cason.

The company’s product range thus consists in various types of machine for cutting and rewinding single-layer and multi-layer PRODUCTS A full, vast range of slitter rewinders, accessories machines and automated systems suitable for a variety of purposes, and always personalized in order to meet customers’ specific requirements.

Cason Slitters consist of over 20 different, fully customizable solutions thanks to a unique approach aimed specifically at the converting sector, and capable of satisfying all market requirements.

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printed and clear plastic film, paper, aluminium and combined materials, all based on the very latest technology to guarantee users increased productivity and quality workmanship.

Furthermore, Cason offers converting companies not only slitters rewinders, but also customized automated systems designed by the Cason Handling division: this division works with customers to produce solutions to product handling

Thanks to the experience gained in over 50 years as machine manufacturers, and to the company’s profound knowledge of the sector, Cason combines the very latest technology with a very high level of reliability of its products.

All Cason’s systems are designed and built in pursuit of the ideal relationship between Man and Machine, thus rendering production more efficient, convenient and safe for the operator.

requirements for logistics hubs, large-scale retail stores, transit points and line builders (suppliers of complete “turnkey” systems).

These are, once again, solutions built on fifty years experience in providing customers with specialized engineering services, and based on patented machines for the handling of individual products, including overhead handling, together with the packaging and automated palletising of products.

Cason’s R&D focuses on the details of its machines’ ergonomics, in order to maximize production by simplifying the use and positioning of its machines.

3D-design together with the capacity to perceive the requirements of an increasingly demanding market, has enabled Cason to create solutions that are suitable for modern business, but still designed on a human scale. Cason Handling, following in-depth anal-

ysis of customers’ specific requirements, draws up “tailor-made” projects for each application: foot-of-the-machine systems, systems for the overhead collection of materials unloaded in a remote-controlled packaging area, systems for the collection of materials at ground level using conveyor belts, systems for collecting materials using AGV trolleys and packaging in areas away from the production area.

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CERUTTI PACKAGING EQUIPMENT SPA Via M. Adam 66 15033 Casale Monferrato (AL) - Italy Tel. +39 0142 459413 sales@cerutti.it www.cerutti.it Hall 16 B03 Product range • Rotogravure printing presses • Laminating and coating machines • Lacquering and hot-melt machines

ON SHOW AT DRUPA In Cerutti’s vast portfolio of rotogravure and flexographic printing machines, the focus at this event is on some outstanding products that meet a wide spectrum of requirements and target vastly diverse markets.

R98X This bestseller is being shown in an air chuck model for pneumatic locking of shaftless printing cylinders or with supporting bearings for those with shaft.

R983 Press model specifically for printing on board.

AC94X The jewel of Cerutti’s converting portfolio, this ultra wide format lamination unit (2.20 m) combines sophisticated advanced technology with maximum reliability.

EC94X Basic model coating unit with 1.3 m web and 400 m/min speed, performs coating of both solvent-based and solventless adhesives.

R1081 Off-the-shelf solution, but with guaranteed quality, for emerging markets.

COMPANY PROFILE Cerutti’s adventure started in Casale Monferrato, before the beginning of the 20th Century. The workshop of Giuseppe, a smith and father of Giovanni - Cerutti’s founder - was the humble starting point of this successful enterprise.

After more than one century of development and growth, today the Cerutti Group is one of the world leading manufacturer of rotogravure presses for publication and packaging printing and flexographic presses for newspaper printing, counting four production sites all PRODUCTS Cerutti Packaging Equipment is world leader in the engineering and manufacturing of rotogravure presses for the printing of flexible materials and cardboard for the packaging industry, and rotogra-

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over the world, one R&D Centre and one Software Design Centre.

The Mother Company Officine Meccaniche G. Cerutti has its headquarter in Casale Monferrato, and includes another plant in Vercelli. In Vercelli, beside the production plant, operates the Research and Development Centre, equipped with three presses suitable to develop research applicable to the gravure for packaging line and converting. Cerutti is located also in Milwaukee (USA), with the Company Zerand - that is a pioneer in the production of web-fed platen die cutters and delivery

vure presses for the printing of specialties (wood grain, transfer paper, tipping paper, covering for batteries and furniture industry, stamps and security printing...)

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systems – and in Barcelona (Spain), with the Company Iberica – that produces sheet-fed die cutters for the cardboard converting.

Starting from 2013, with the brand Cerutti Packaging Equipment, Cerutti Group is successfully present not only in the printing of packaging materials and specialties sector, but also in the converting field, producing wax and hot-melt coating machines, solvent and solvent-less laminating equipment - in and off line - and unsupported alufoil lacquering equipment.

Giancarlo Cerutti is President and CEO of the Cerutti Group since 1981.

hot-melt coating machines, solvent and solvent-less laminating equipment - in and off line - and unsupported alufoil lacquering equipment for the converting industry.

The sister companies Iberica and

Zerand produce die cutters for the converting of cartonboard.

Under the brand Officine Meccaniche G. Cerutti, the Group produces also gravure presses for publication printing and flexographic presses for newspaper printing.

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EMMECI SPA Via 8 Marzo z loc. Pieve a Ripoli 50050 Cerreto Guidi (FI) - Italy Tel. 0571 588034/5 info@emmeci.it www.emmeci.it Hall 14 C50 Product range • Rigid box making machines • Laminating machines

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Emmeci’s offer, as usual, includes the state-of-art of technology to achieve premium packaging for the different sectors of the market.

The result of a continuous evolution and the constant R&D work, the solutions on show are dedicated to the production of “premium” boxes in solid board, with coverings in different formats.

COMPANY PROFILE Emmeci SpA, today based in Cerreto Guidi (FI), was established in 1974 in Fucecchio as a company specializing in repairing and inspecting industrial machinery.

Between the 1980 and 1990 the company grew by designing and manufacturing innovative machines for the production of rigid cardboard boxes. The high manufacturing quality and reliability of PRODUCTS Emmeci SpA designs, produces and installs automatic lines and machinery for box-making companies and the paper converting industry, also providing worldwide technical assistance.

In particular, it manufactures lines for the production of rigid set-up cardboard boxes for luxury and non-luxury goods; of a wide range of gift boxes for wines and spirits, shirts and shoes, cosmetics and

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its machinery enabled the Tuscan company to quickly establish itself on the market, first in Italy, then internationally.

Starting from the ‘90 Emmeci Group set up two foreign branch offices: Emmeci Europa Sarl, based in Paris, deals with selling and providing assistance for machinery intended for the European market (excluding Italy); and Emmeci USA L.L.C., based in Providence, RI deals with

fragrances, biscuits and confectionery, loose leaf binders, CDs, DVDs, books, etc.; and of cylindrical boxes. In addition, Emmeci designs and manufactures lines for the production of technical flat paper boards such as game boards, display stands, posters and calendars.

Emmeci is world leader in automatic lines for rigid set-up cardboard boxes and is one of the lead-

sales and assistance for machinery bound for the US, Canada, Mexico and Latin America. Today Emmeci SpA is still an industry leader in automatic lines for the production of rigid set-up cardboard boxes, and it has also become one of the largest manufacturers of automatic laminating and case-making lines for the production of flat boards and game boards.

ing manufacturers of automatic laminating and case-making lines for the production of flat boards and game boards. This achievement was made possible by the choice to develop products inhouse, according to high quality standards applied across the production process right from the initial design.

The company is structured in two main areas: the Research &

Development department employs 2D and 3D CAD engineering systems and can count on the cooperation of university centers; and the production area, which includes a machine tool shop and CAMassisted NC work zones where we manufacture high-technology mechanic component parts. In addition, we also maintain a carpentry area, a painting and burnishing area, an assembly area, and a testing area.

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ERHARDT+LEIMER SRL Via Silvio Pellico 20 24040 Stezzano (BG) - Italy Tel. +39 035 2050711 info-it@erhardt-leimer.com www.erhardt-leimer.it Hall 16 B40 Product range • Densitometers • Winding devices - rewinders for reels • Reel splicers • Devices for surface cleaning of film • Machines for inspecting and controlling reels • Video inspection systems • Labels - cartons - leaflets inspection systems • Colour control systems • Systems for ribbon tension control • Straight cutting systems • Cutters • Wrapping machines for multipacks in cardboard strip • Wrapping machines for single boxes or cases in paper or film • Vision systems • Cameras • Dust removal systems • Contact web cleaning systems (film, paper …)

• No-contact web cleaning systems

ON SHOW AT DRUPA The new print image monitoring system Elscan OMS6 by Erhardt + Leimer contains two 12 megapixel cameras, which ensures exceptional image quality in Ultra-HD (4x HD) with perfect color reproduction, without any distortion.

Thanks to the maintenance and wear-free fixed focus lenses, it can be zoomed without delay. The short flash times and the extremely durable LED flash permit web speeds of up to 1200 m/min.

Special UV and paint flashes can be used to illuminate particularly critical print images. The camera can move at positioning speeds of up to 900 mm/s. The drive unit is collector-free, making the camera crossbeam virtually wear free. Web widths of up to 2800 mm can be implemented.

At the fair also the actuating drive AG 9 used for web guiding on unwinders, rewinders and in pivoting frames. Ethernet networking with response times of 1 ms and an actuating speed of up to 60 mm/s ensure maximum actuating dynamics. The motor used in the actuating drive is brushless and thus wear-free.

The position is acquired via an integrated absolute encoder. That means that no reference run is required on commissioning, and the current position of the actuating drive is not lost even if the power fails. The controller is also integrated in the actuating drive.

COMPANY PROFILE Erhardt+Leimer is a German group with headquarters in Augsburg. It is global supplier of automation systems for production on moving webs. It operates as a leading supplier for industries, with a complete range of solutions for guiding, tensioning, measuring, monitoring and a complete 100% inspection of the web - for both raw and converted/ PRODUCTS Eltim is the first, efficient in-line weight-, thickness and humidity control system. It ensures significant advantages in terms of quality and cost effectiveness for its basic characteristics of simplicity, effectiveness, reliability and safety.

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printed web material.

Their main target industries include textiles, printing, film, paper& foil converting, paper and tissue production, the rubber & tyre industry, the corrugating industry, special and high-tech materials, etc.

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tested components, it requires no complex calibrations and 95% of maintenance is performed remotely. Accuracy and measurement speed exceed all market standards.

Elscan OMS6 is a new print image monitoring system. It contains two 12 megapixel cameras, which ensure exceptional image quality in Ultra-HD (4x HD) with perfect

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strategic subsidiaries in four continents. The group comprises 1500 highly skilled operatives and an extensive network of agents and resellers.

E+L Italia is based in Stezzano (BG) and has been designated as the group’s skill center for the machine division: a top-notch facility for engineering and manufacturing special machinery and customised components.

color reproduction, without apparent distortion in the edges of the image. Thanks to the maintenance and wear-free fixed focus lenses, they can be zoomed without delay. The short flash times of the extremely durable LED flash permit web speeds of up to 1200 m/min. Another outstanding feature is the high-speed traversing: The camera can move at positioning speeds of up to 900 mm/s.

Smartscan is a newly developed system that offers simple and inexpensive access to print image monitoring in the field of label printing. But more than this, in fact the system is a genuine multi-talent: in addition to a video function with zoom, it also enables 100% print image inspection, splice detection and detection of missing labels and unremoved matrix.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Europrogetti presents the new EP100 line for small and medium coated boxes, with or without corner stitching.

Among the salient features of this solution is first and foremost its reduced cost compared to other models and a capacity for creating containers of variable sizes, from a minimum of 45x40x10h mm and a maximum of 350x250x100h mm.

companying heating processes (and the shape of the stitcher) contributes to the overall economy of the product, while also making it more eco-friendly.

Flexibility - EP100 performs various processes; using semi-cut board, for example, it can make conventional boxes, but using creased board one can obtain boxes with perfectly squared corners on top and bottom.

The machine can also create boxes with finger notch, with sloping sides, with inside turn-in up to 70 mm, with standard and sequential inside turn-in, coated with paper and board (up to 300 g), and with lateral turn-in up to 90 mm. The total size of the line in operation is 3.8x2.6x3.3h m and it is mounted on wheels.

Sustainability - Moreover, EP100 enables creating boxes that are both more appealing thanks to the absence of heatsealing tape and the adoption of a new centering system that is particularly effective - and less costly to produce. The absence of adhesives and ac-

COMPANY PROFILE Europrogetti, certified ISO 9001, started manufacturing paper and cardboard converting machinery in 1990. Established over the years, today Europrogetti engineers and manufactures automatic lines which are PRODUCTS From the initial product portfolio developed for the footwear industry, which required rather standard-size boxes, today Europrogetti caters to a much more complex, diversified demand by supplying machines

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used by box making and converting companies to produce rigid cardboard boxes wrapped with paper and to laminate various kinds of paper/ paperboard with rigid cardboard/E-flute.

Europrogetti works in close

manufacturing non-standard, high-quality boxes in a wide range of shapes and sizes used in many different industries: from custom jewelry to clothing, from cosmetics/ perfumery to toys, from videotapes to CD-ROMs, from confectionery to contain-

EUROPROGETTI SRL Via delle Prata 167/A 53048 Sinalunga (SI) - Italy Tel. +39 0577 631115 info@epsrl.it www.epsrl.it Hall 13 C07 Product range • Laminating machines • Box and sheaths lining and covering machines

cooperation with other companies specializing in software and electrical design and in manufacturing mechanical components: all together they form the Europrogetti Group, a leading supplier of innovative solutions on a global scale.

ers for wines or liquors, to cell phones, etc.

The box making lines stand out for their flexibility, rapid size change-over, adjustable pressing time, finishing of the box on the long or short side, standard or sequential inside turn-in, stand-

a r d , “ T- s h a p e ” o r “ d o u b l e T-shape” wrapping, patented anti-air bubbles system. The laminating line can be integrated with a flap-wrapping machine and it is used for the production of displays, board games, puzzles, etc.

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FERRARINI & BENELLI SRL Via del Commercio 22 26014 Romanengo (CR) - Italy Tel. +39 0373 729272 info@ferben.com www.ferben.com Hall 10 D40 Product range • Systems for corona treatment • Systems for treating pollutant emissions

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Ferrarini & Benelli is exhibiting innovative solutions for corona and plasma treatment, designed and built entirely in Italy.In addition to the well-known Polimetal and Poliplast brand systems, and digital generators, the company’s experts are also demonstrating the features and performance of other product lines: • ET for the treatment of labels before printing, equipped with ceramic electrodes that allow for the treatment of all types of materials.

• Format is a single-side treatment station for small and

COMPANY PROFILE Ferrarini & Benelli designs and manufactures stations and generators for Corona surface treatment and Plasma 3D treatment. Headquarters are located in Romanengo, in the province of Cremona (Italy). We work closely with major international manufacturers (OEM) of extrusion and flexible packaging processing equipment.

In 50 years of activity we have installed more than 10,000 corona treatment stations PRODUCTS Polimetal is a high-performance universal treatment station equipped with special electrodes and ceramic cylinders. For use with all types of materials including plastic and metallised film, paper and aluminum foil, even laminates. Designed for extrusion coating applications, flexographic and rotogravure printing, laminating and high-speed coating machines.

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large sized single sheets. Used for setting prints and restoring treatment of pre-cut plastic sheets.

• Software The innovative software Corona Quality Control created by Ferrarini & Benelli enables the user to import the corona treatment data from an SD card mounted on the generator to one’s own PC and produces certificates of Corona Process Quality. With a single application the customer can check all tre-

around the world. Product design, together with software and hardware for our generators are all handled in-house.

This knowledge and expertise, coupled with manufacturing flexibility allows us to develop customized solutions together with the client. A well-structured sales network with multi-firm agents is active worldwide.

Corona treatment for printing and converting Corona treatment is essential for enhancing

treatment station for non-conductive plastic film, guarantees high levels of surface treatment at high speed, even with difficult materials. Especially suitable for installation on cast extrusion lines, extrusion coating lines, flexographic and rotogravure printing, laminating and coating machines and to treat materials with significant thickness.

Plasma treatment Useful for solving adhesion prob-

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• Plasma FB Plasma 3D is a station consisting in a high frequency generator with dedicated nozzle for atmospheric plasma treatment. It can be integrated with existing production systems or mounted onto industrial robots. In paper and converting applications, it can be used to enhance setting of glues, but is also recommended for treating 3D objects, small plastic surfaces, profiles and dies, wires and tubes and strips of plastic film.

More generally, FB Plasma 3D finds application in pad printing, screenprinting, inkjet, lamination and spreading of glues on folding boxes.

the surface energy of plastic and metallised films, paper, sheets and others in the following applications: blown film extrusion, cast extrusion, sheet extrusion, pipe extrusion, coating and laminating, converting, extrusion coating, narrow web, no-noise effect, treatment of cables, pipes, sections and metal panels.

Ferrarini & Benelli produces corona treatment stations for neutral or metallised plastic film, paper, sheets, foil, foam, labels, pipes and other special applications.

lems on various surfaces, small areas or tridimensional objects. It improves the wetting properties of polymeric materials and metals, assures the adhesion of inks, glues, coatings and adhesives.

Generators Ferrarini & Benelli’s single or three-phase digital generators for our corona and plasma systems can be installed on all production lines. The software of the generator is able to independent-

ly manage the power circuit to protect it from any anomalies and to automatically regulate power according to the speed of the line.

The innovative “Corona quality control” software created by Ferrarini & Benelli allows to import Corona Treatment data to one’s own PC for recording data, creating graphics and printing Corona Process Quality certificates.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Gama will be at the fair with a wide variety of new solutions for the printing and converting.

• In addition to the VIS G26 tested ink viscosity control systems with “vibration” technology (for waterbased inks) and the G29 (for water- and EB based inks), G90 is offered for temperature control and the G50 for pH control.

Moreover, Gama introduces

the new VIS G20 waterbased ink automatic viscosity control, plus the VIS G30 for adhesives and paints, the VIS G31 for the control of pH and VIS G32 for the corrugated cardboard market.

• Spotlight also on the new SOFT-MON-016 software for VIS G26 and G29 viscometers for use in flexographics and gravure, which gives the operator the opportunity to di-

splay on screen all information related to viscosity, temperature and pH values and the amount of solvent or ammonia consumed.

• The I&C team will also be present at the Gama stand and will be illustrating features and advantages of their plate mounting and inspection systems and a series of innovative solutions for internal logistics.

GAMA SRL Via Milano 76 23899 Robbiate (LC) - Italy Tel. +39 039 9515666 info@gamasas.com www.gamasas.com GAMA INTERNATIONAL SRL Via Ronchi 39 20134 Milano (MI) - Italy Tel. + 39 02 26417365 info@gamaiec.com www.gamaiec.com Hall 10 D40 Product range • Colour control systems • Register control systems • Systems for ribbon tension control • Temperature indicators • Encoders for linear and angular shifts • Photocells • Level indicators • Temperature indicators • Temperature regulators

COMPANY PROFILE Gama Srl was established in 1992. The company produces electronic equipment for the control of industrial processes in the graphics industry. Thanks to cooperating with printing machinery manufacturers, the company has acquired specific expertise in the creation of systems for monitoring the viscosity of inks, adhesives and paints during the printing process.

The constant growth of the packaging sector since the 1990s has led to PRODUCTS The following are some of Gama’s products for flexographic and rotogravure presses.

Viscometres: G26 for solvent-based ink; G29 for water-based ink; G30 for solvents, adhesives and varnishes.

Our viscometers use two different types of technology: the innovative Vibration technology (G20, G26, G28, G29 and G30), offering

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converters adopting increasingly advanced printing machines in terms of quality and productivity. Traditional rotogravure systems have since been flanked by flexographic machines, and thus the viscometer has become an essential means of standardizing production.

By maintaining a correct ratio of ink to solvent in fact, the consumption of solvent is reduced and print quality is substantially improved.

In the 2000s, Gama’s management

a substantial reduction in maintenance and in environmental impact, thanks to the reduced employment of energy and materials.

The viscometers may be installed in line or in parallel. The G31 is a new in-line system designed exclusively for monitoring pH, and developed specifically for certain applications in the corrugated card and paper transformation industries.

managed to meet these new requirements, by developing a range of compact, low-maintenance viscometers incorporated into the printing machines.

In addition to the traditional drop-ball systems, the company produced its new vibration-technology viscometers.

To strengthen the company’s international presence, GAMA International Srl was set up in 2012: a special team quickly managed to prove substantially successful in foreign sales of the company’s products, making Gama a market leader.

Ink Temperature Control Systems: solvent use is reduced and print quality improved thanks to the plate or cylinder exchangers that maintain temperatures at the desired levels (G90).

- PH Control Systems for water-based inks. These systems permit the automatic control of the ink’s pH, and each time there is any deviation from the set values, stabilizer is added to

return pH to its original values (G80). The G90 and the G80 are optional devices that may be used to support the viscosity control systems.

- Inkmagnetic filter to reduce pollution in the ink, and to filter out any impurities so as to avoid any scratching on the print (G70).

- Web guiders (G35).

- Step controls (G40).

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A COMPLETE LINE OF CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PACKAGE PRINTING

WEB VIEWING & PRINT INSPECTION

100% PRINT INSPECTION

IN-LINE SPECTROPHOTOMETER

WASTE MANAGEMENT

A high resolution camera system that insures excellent reproduction of the image on any print method or substrate.

A full web viewing and 100% inspection system with real time reporting of defects to guarantee Total Quality Control of printing and no customer rejects.

Provides real time measurement and color correction on start-up and during production.

It can use either dedicated color patches or the image area.

The most advanced and reliable solution for waste removal.

Innovative system that provides accurate waste tracking through the entire process, from printing to slitting.

TQC 360° GRAFIKONTROL’S SOLUTION FOR 100% QUALITY ASSURANCE The TQC 360° (Total Quality Control at 360°) is Grafikontrol’s newest modular platform which enhances quality and reduces waste. It guarantees the printer a 360° solution in terms of production, application, process and customer service.

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GRAFIKONTROL SPA Via Ludovico D’Aragona 7 20132 Milano (MI) - Italy +39 02 2100951 sales@grafikontrol.it www.grafikontrol.it ON SHOW AT DRUPA Grafikontrol has recently developed the innovative TQC360 ° platform (Total Quality Control at 360°) able to offer the most advanced “all around” solutions for the printing and converting industry. The company, specialized in the development of innovative control technologies, offers a full range of products, applications and user support services, formulated to enhance the production standards for the printers. The TQC360° concept covers all aspects of a customer-supplier relationship, starting from the product’s architecture, that allows applications for each process.

• Two new innovations will also be introduced for the control of the process: - Chromalab, the true inline spectrophotometer for real time color analysis; - ProCheck, the innovative and patented waste management system that allows real defect tracking through the entire process; from printing to slitting.

• During Drupa Grafikontrol will present the new Matrix, Lynex, Progrex vision systems dedicated to printing, extrusion, lamination and slitting.

Furthermore, the la test developments of the CR33, CR34, CR25 color register controls.

COMPANY PROFILE Grafikontrol was established in 1969 and is recognized as world leader in manufacturing press controls the graphic industry.

The product range includes register controls, 100% and statistical web print inspection, base surface inspection, closed loop color, in-line color measurement and color management software.

The systems developed by the company are dedicated for gravure and flexo presses (for PRODUCTS Grafikontrol’s next-generation systems for the packaging industry.

Matrix is a sampling video camera which can operate as an independent system or in combination with Lynex. It is equipped with motorized zoom for details inspection and can be supplied of a specific software for automatic defect detection, thus providing the operator with a more effective print control tool compared to simple web viewer.

Lynex is a 100% print inspection system. It ensures the inspection of the entire web by automatically de-

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Hall 15 A11 Product range • Video inspection systems • Labels - cartons - leaflets inspection systems • Colour control systems • Register control systems

• Finally, the TQC-360° approach has led to the reform of the service offe red by the company, the pride of Grafikontrol, enhancing remote assistance and setting up a network of local services, with spare parts guaranteed over the years and readily available

package printing), for Commercial offset, Newspaper, Rotogravure publication and metal decoration. The products are worldwide recognized and appreciated by leading global printing companies for their excellent performance. The work done in partnership with professionals printers and the close cooperation with the manufacturers contributed to the success of Grafikontrol.

Over the years, the company was able to

tecting and classifying all flaws; it also provides an analysis of the total production and visualizes in real time the entire print format on an ultra HD 32” monitor (55” monitor as optional).

Progrex combines the functions of Matrix and Lynex. The combination of these two technologies forms a complete and easy-to-use tool that helps the operator in every control phase. The system is suitable for gravure, flexo and offset processes.

Chromalab is an inline spectrophotometer that provides real time color measurement from dedicated

develop high-performance systems to increase efficiency in printing processes and reducing the waste.

Grafikontrol constantly invests in R&D to find the best customized solutions for the needs of each client.

The company is worldwide represented by an extensive network of agencies, many of which ensure local technical support in addition to that provided by Grafikontrol Italy.

color patches or from the image areas. Spectral variations of color are analyzed with a dedicated software and fed to an ink dispensino system to dose the perfect correction for each color. This modifies the composition of the ink to obtain the desired color (color matching).

Procheck, the newest member of the TQC-360 family, is the printing industry’s most advanced and secure method to remove defects. Combined with our 100% inspection systems (Lynex or Progrex), the Procheck’s revolutionary ink-jet coding system marks the exact location of every defect

in the roll. As each roll is loaded onto the slitter, the Procheck immediately downloads its error data and images for processing.

Procheck controls the slitter to automatically stop at each defect.

Grafikontrol editing software allows quality control managers to confirm which defects must be removed. This allows the fastest possible processing in the slitting department and no customer rejects.

CR33 and CR34 are register control systems used to automatically correct and maintain the color register during the printing process on roto and flexo presses.

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IMAF SPA Via Galvani 2 20068 Peschiera Borromeo (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 02 55302615 info@imaf.it www.imaf.it Hall 3 B32 Product range • Printing plate processors • Prepress and Pressroom Chemistry • Water treating systems

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Imaf in 2016 celebrates 55 years of activity and the tenth participation at Drupa, and for the 2016 edition of the fair has chosen an innovative formula, sharing the exhibition space with the company Colorgraf partners.

The goal, long-term, is expressed as a belief: «We are certain that, to rise to the challenges in international markets, the creation of a strategic alliance that puts the pooling of the best practices of the two companies is an integral part of a successful strategy».

Custom-oriented design Imaf SpA is the largest Italian chemical company active in the graphics industry. Founded in 1961, it has achieved over the years an international lead posi-

tion in the creation of products for prepress and printing.

Imaf is involved in the design and manufacture of chemical products that improve the performance and reduce the possibility of operator error and for this purpose also has its own research and development laboratory. The Lombard Company is supported by its own chemical and technical team, united by a common mentality: achieve the customer’s objective with the

best quality/time/price ratio, with constant attention to environmental sustainability and business ethics.

Products on show Imaf Flexo Line • Washing solvents for the engraving of flexo plates with low environmental impact.

• Detergents for cleaning the anilox rolls, for both manual use and for automatic systems.

• Plate cleaning solutions, for both manual use and for automatic systems.

Imaf Offset Prepress Line • Complete line of developments for conventional, thermal and UV plates.

• Auxiliary products for treating plates.

Imaf Offset Pressroom Line • Alcohol reduction fountain solutions.

• Fountain solutions recommended for food packaging printing.

• Washing solvents, traditional and non-VOC, for both manual use and for automatic systems.

• Line of auxiliary products for the correct maintenance of press machines.

COMPANY PROFILE Imaf SpA established in 1961, is a lead company in the Italian print and graphics sector. Today Imaf is to be considered a total solution provider for the print and graphics industry: from pre-press to pressroom, the company can offer a PRODUCTS Pre-press • Chemistry for offset and flexo plates, complete treatment.

• Offset and flexo plates, complete portfolio.

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complete product portfolio to meet every professional printer’s needs.

The company’s mission is to simplify what was hitherto complicated, creating chemical products that enhance performance and decrease the possibility of operator error.

Pressroom • Fountain solutions for web and sheet-fed applications.

• Solvent and non-solvent based washes, for manual and automatic systems.

• Pressroom auxiliaries and sundries.

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This is why it turns to a team of and chemical experts and technicians, motivated by a common goal: achieve the customer’s objective , with the best quality/time/price ratio, with constant attention to environmental sustainability and business ethics.

Equipment • Offset plate processors for conventional, thermal, and CtCP plates.

• Stackers.

• Plate washing machines.

• Filtering systems, for plates developer.

• Filtering systems, for pressroom dampening solution.

• Water treatment and recycling systems.

• Reverse osmosis equipment.

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IMS DELTAMATIC SPA GOEBEL IMS Italy Via Cav. Beretta 25 24050 Calcinate (BG) - Italy Tel. + 39 035 8355111 info@goebel-ims.com www.goebel-ims.com Hall 10 E61

ON SHOW AT DRUPA The GOEBEL IMS T2 /AP22 series slitter rewinders are particularly suitable for converting specialty and standard papers. In particular these machines are suited for the cutting and rewinding of coated and uncoated papers, board and aseptic packaging papers.

• The basic model of the T2/ AP22 features a top winding quality at a working width of up to 2,200 mm, a rewind diameter of up to 1,800 mm and an unwind diameter of up to 2,500 mm. The unique slitting

concept guarantees outstanding roll separation.

The T2 /AP22 enables conversion speeds of up to 1,200 m/ min. All machines of this series work with a single-shaft center-driven winding concept equipped with an idle lay-on roller. They can be used as bidirectional inspection rewinders for repairing telescoped or damaged rolls as well as detecting defections; GOEBEL IMS offers a wide range of equipment options with many different automation features.

COMPANY PROFILE GOEBEL IMS has been at the forefront of mechanical engineering and construction for over a century and is a leading provider of innovative and flexible slitter rewinders and winding machines for a variety of industries. Using the latest technology, GOEBEL IMS develops high-performance machines for manufacturing and converting alufoil, PRODUCTS GOEBEL IMS is specialized in the design and manufacture of primary and converter first-class machinery (slitter rewinders, automatic unwinders and rewinders, spooling machines, inspection re-winders, embossing machines…) for the industries of paper and board, alufoil, aseptic packaging, film and tobacco.

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• A fully-automatic version is also available with a variety of additional features, for example a handling and conveyor system for improved unloading and transport, thereby significantly increasing the productivity and efficiency of the production process. In addition, the slitter rewinders in the T2 /AP22 series can also be equipped with a customized splice table, automatic knife positioning, double unwinder for a fast change of rolls.

• A totally electric oil-free version is also available.

aseptic packaging material, film, paper and board, tobacco and other special materials. In order to provide the very best quality in its products and services, GOEBEL IMS uses the latest innovations, many years of experience, technical expertise and great dedication in a wide range of application fields.

All GOEBEL IMS machines are developed and manufactured at the production

ops even complete solutions with upstream and downstream automation, including reel handling, labeling and palletizing, adapted to the requirements of each specific production and is also able to offer a wide range of cutting-edge machinery, both for the primary industry and for converters. The slitting and winding of even extremely sensitive material is one important

Product range • Slitter rewinders • Winding devices - rewinders for reels • Automatic winders • Machines for inspecting and controlling reels • Embossing machines • Systems for handling and transporting reels • Automatic unwinders • Cutter rewinders

facilities in Calcinate and Darmstadt.

With headquarters and partners in Italy, Germany, the United States and China, GOEBEL IMS is creating long-lasting and sustainable value for its customers worldwide.

Manufacturers and converters of a variety of industries rely on GOEBEL IMS their satisfaction and more than 11,000 machines sold are the best references.

segment of the business activity.

The product range includes: - slitter rewinders with speed up to 2.000 mpm and web width up to 12 m (the widest in the world); - spooling machines up to 30 spools and 600 mpm.; - automatic rewinders with automatic roll change in full speed up to 800 mpm; - inspection re-winders for doc-

toring faulty reels of any size from 200 to 2.500 mm wide, weighing from 50 kg to 4 tons; - embossing machines for alufoil and special complexes alufoil/ paper; - ancillary equipment such as grinding machines for complete bottom-knife shafts, core cutting machines, etc.; - reel handling, labelling, packing and palletizing equipment.

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Particularly ingenious the technical solutions adopted in the print units design, which can boast the stability and rigidity of the color element, that is vibration-free even at high production speeds.

KBA-FLEXOTECNICA SPA Via Leopoldo Penagini 1 26838 Tavazzano (LO) - Italy Tel. +39 (0371) 4431 info@kba-flexotecnica.com www.kba-flexotecnica.com

A new ergonomic design facilitates the changing of anilox sleeves even on large print sizes and widths.

All cleaning operations of the inking units are facilitated by a new system for extraction of inter-color drying boxes and a pipeless doctor blade.

Hall 16 C47-1 Product range • Flexographic printing presses • Flexo printing units • Label printing machines • Laminating machines • Winding devices - rewinders for reels • Automatic winders • Ink feed and automatic washing systems • Automatic unwinders

The machine is a hybrid enabling printing with solvent or water based, UV LED and EB inks in a single phase or more phases combined, on a wide range of materials. Hence

COMPANY PROFILE KBA-Flexotecnica is an historical Italian firm known worldwide for its manufacture of high-quality printing and converting machines for flexible and rigid packaging.

The company’s range comprises 1 to 12-colour printing units offering printing widths ranging from 600 mm to 2500 mm, designed for varying package formats and printing speeds up to 1000 m/min.

The company’s production plant, covering an area of 25,000 mq and employing around 100 workers, manufacturers: PRODUCTS KBA-Flexotecnica’s product range comprises the following printing and coverting machines and lines.

• Flexographic printing presses with central impression format and all printing units clustered around one single impression cylinder. In line, or in stack type configuration, for printing either on one side or on both sides of the printing support, be it plastic film, paper, board, aluminium foil or multi-layered laminated.

• Coating and laminating machines with flexo, gravure, semi-flexo or

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Finally, a dutiful mention of new integrated solutions, aimed on the one hand at the drastic reduction in waste at start-up as well as in production , and also the reduction in energy consumption. The NEO XD LR shows the development of ergonomic solutions with low environmental impact which always inspires the design criteria in KBAFlexotecnica”.

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Kba-Flexotecnica will be previewing a new 8-color central flexo drum for large formats and high print speeds, called NeoXD LR Hybrid.

- flexographic printing presses with central impression format with all printing units clustered around one single impression cylinder, in line, or in stack type configuration, for printing either on one side or on both sides of the printing support (plastic film, paper, board, aluminium foil or multi-layered laminated material); - coating and laminating machines with flexo, gravure, semi-flexo or solventless technology, cold seal or hot melt units; - water-based, solvent-based or UV/EB digital printing applications;

solventless technology; cold seal applications; hot melt units.

• Water-based, solvent-based, UV, EB and digital printing applications.

• Combined lines featuring hybrid technology with printing, special coatings, and varnishes applied in one single step, guaranteeing costs savings during the transformation process.

Packaging applications for KBAFlexotecnica’s machines: - Food & Medical packaging; - containers for carrying tins or bottles;

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- combined lines featuring hybrid technology with printing, special coatings, and varnishes applied in one single step, guaranteeing costs savings during the transformation process.

KBA-Flexotecnica’s machines are employed to create all types of flexible and paper packages used in diverse industrial sectors. The machines can be tailored to customers’ specific requirements, and are distinguished by their highly technological, energy-saving features.

- industrial bags; - packaging for detergents and cosmetics; - containers for milk and other liquids; - packets and bags; - labels; - packaging for animal foods; - paper trays & cups for food; - gift wrapping paper.

The new EVO XD flexo gearless range represents a balance between performance (efficiency, quality and limited investment) and technical innovation, in this case regarding colours, and the ventila-

tion of the final bridge that guarantees a considerable level of energy saving.

High performance is achieved also thanks to the robust mechanical structure and compact design of the machines, with all accessories rationally incorporated into the design so as to reduce operating changes and to maximize process efficiency.

Other advantages include: a drastic reduction in start-up and production waste; automatic A.I.F. pressure system; package of TQMA (total quality management approach) features.

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• ON SHOW AT DRUPA Kris will be presenting a broad range of products for the paper industry, of which we cite the large families with their essential characteristics: • Groove self-centering matrixes, with plastic base and polyester shoulders, suitable for long runs and fine workmanship. Kris provides a full range of sizes and types, capable of meeting all the demands of operators; • Nek Matrix self-centering matrixes, with plastic base and shoulders in vulcanized cotton fibre, these too for l o n g r u n s a n d f i n e w o r-

kmanship, available in many sizes and types for all needs; • Isomat self-centering matrixes, made entirely of plastic, suitable for medium runs and

COMPANY PROFILE Following years of experience in the paper transformation industry, Carlo and Massimo Granconato decided to channel their energies into the design and production of self-centring creasing matrixes. Thus in 1979 they established Kris, with the aim of creating unique, high-quality products for the paper PRODUCTS Kris currently produces three different lines of creasing matrixes Groove, Nek and Isomat - all of which are characterized not only by their excellent quality, but also by their lasting stability in all climates.

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fine workmanship, produced in a comprehensive range of sizes and types; TK2 A solid and easy to handle machine for matrix precision cutting; SR/30 grinding machine for executing attachment points on any type of steel rules.

Powerful and versatile.

Mini Dies cut&bend for cutting and bending steel rules.

Especially useful for modifying or repairing existing dies; Steel Tack tape, 0.03 mm thick; Kris Cleaner detergent for thorough cleaning of the die plate-at the end of production.

transformation industry.

The use of selected raw materials and of accurate manufacturing techniques has enabled the company to maintain the excellence of its products. Quality and customer satisfaction are the key aspects of Kris’ strategy. The new branch in Milan produces the materials that are then sold both in Italy and abroad through a

duction, and the wide range of formats, ensure that Kris’ products meet users’ needs.

The main families of product are: - creasing matrixes with a polyester base, available in standard, off-centre and mini versions; - creasing matrixes with a vulcanized fibre base, available in a

KRIS SRL Via A. Kuliscioff 19 20152 Milano (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 02 410818 info@kris.it www.kris.it Hall 10 B43 Product range • Counter profile cutters • Cutters

consolidated sales network.

In 1979 an important international body awarded Kris the ISO 9002 Quality Standard certificate from, compliant with the UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 standard, for the company’s creasing matrixes.

The company exhibits at the industry’s major international trade fairs, either directly or through its local distributors.

standard mini and offcentre version; - creasing matrixes with a plastic base, available in a standard version; - steel shim tape, thickness 0.03 mm; paper shim tapes in various thicknesses; - steel rule nick grinder using discs of various thickness;

- for cutting and bending steel rules in 2 or 3 pt. thickness; - detergent for cleaning plates; - ejection sponge rubber for die punches, size 50 x 50 cm, various thicknesses and degrees of hardness; - mitre machines for creasing matrixes, fitted with punch for 90° and/or 60° cross cuts.

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OMET SRL Via Caduti Lecchesi a Fossoli 22 23900 Lecco (LC) - Italy +39 0341 282661 comm@omet.it www.omet.com ON SHOW AT DRUPA Once again Omet confirms its vocation to innovate, bringing a number of new technologies and solutions that improve performance and print quality to the most important international graphic arts show.

Omet machines are the end result of a continuous process of research and development, fueled by the synergy of excellence: the experience and expertise of the Lecco based company in the design and creation of printing presses in fact integrates seamlessly with those of its highly specialized partners.

Three times Omet In Düsseldorf Omet will be showing three printing machines, designed and built to meet

Hall 3 D90-1-2 the stringent needs of packaging and label manufacturers: • Varyflex V2 Offset 850 with Electron-Beam drying + flexo and offset hybrid printing online, for flexible packaging; • IFLEX 370 to 10 colors, for printing labels with innovative laser iLight pre-register system and iVision register control; • XFlex X6 430 Omet’s best-selling machine worldwide, technological benchmark narrow web flexo printing.

Contacting the company team you can fix an appointment in advance at the company’s stand.

COMPANY PROFILE Omet Srl is a leader in the design and production of high-tech plants and lines for printing and folding tissue paper products, self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging.

Characterised by its clear international vocation, Omet nevertheless maintains strong ties with the local area it started and developed in.

The professional excellence that has always distinguished the company, has been PRODUCTS Omet has been producing machines for printing labels and flexible packaging, and for converting tissue, for over fifty years now.

Omet’s range of printing presses comprises the Varyflex V2, is a packaging printing machine with a unique platform concept, ideal for flexible packaging, that can be set up on request to cater for users’ flexo or combined printing requirements regard-

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furthered over the course of fifty years business, and Omet is now one the quality leaders in its sector.

The extremely specialized design of the machines and the constant attention to the evolution of new technologies, have rendered Omet an important, high-qualified, reliable partner.

Omet Macchine comprises two divisions.

The Printing Presses Division offers a full range of machines for printing on all type of

ing narrow or average-width materials; and XFlex (which comes in a range of models: X2, X4 and X6) for printing labels and packaging; and iFLEX, the smart technology for label printing.

These machines can print on a wide range of materials, including paper, self-adhesive paper, thin plastic film and flexible cardboard, and guarantee excellent print quality; sophisticated technological innovations simplify the use of the machines and

packaging material. Various technologies are available (offset, flexography, rotogravure, silkscreen and digital inkjet) than may be combined to form a unique modular system.

From the reels of material to the finished product, the Tissue Converting Division produces a range of lines for the production of disposable articles (serviettes, place mats and towels made of paper, tissue or other materials).

reduce starting waste. Moreover, Omet’s R&D Division can always help customers create projects and arrangements designed for the development of new products, accompanied by the duly guaranteed confidentiality of any such projects.

The range of products for converting tissue includes machines for the production of paper serviettes (the TV503 and TV840 manual-folding lines; the FV suction-folding lines)

and paper towels (AS line). They produce high-quality, personalized products printed in one or more colours.

Omet’s tissue machines represent a perfect blend of structural solidity and electronics that together reduce the need for the operator to intervene manually in order to change type of fold or format of the finished product.

Omet installs its machines worldwide, and guarantees his customers a high-quality after-sales service.

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PETRATTO SRL Via Don Minzoni 1 10044 Pianezza (TO) - Italy Tel: +39 011 9667701/702/703 petratto@petratto.com www.petratto.com Hall 11 B62 Product range • Flat die cutters • Laser die cutting machines • Dies • Embossing machines • Machines for cold printing gold • Fold-glue machines • Presses for hot impression • Creasing machine • Automatic perforating machine • Packaging assembly lines • Holograms • Feeders • Applicators for tear-tape • Pick & Place - manipulators robots for small packs products...

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Specializing in solutions for the post press, Petratto will be bringing the best of their production to Drupa, divided into 4 large families of machines and systems.

Folder gluer At the fair the latest evolution of the modular and multifunctional folder-gluer line.

Petratto builds a whole range of complex machines, such as the main model Metro, as well as sim-

COMPANY PROFILE Petratto Machines srl was established in 1976 as a natural evolution of Petratto BookBinding & Converting, founded in 1938 by Luigi Petratto.

The company’s evolution is marked by a number of crucial milestones. In 1971, thanks to the efforts of the current owner, Giorgio Petratto, the company started the production of Post Press machines, beginning with a simple book feeder and culminating in the more sophisticated PRODUCTS Creasing, creasing-folding machines from entry-level format for digital printing to industrial production (printing companies).

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ple solutions such as the smaller MiniMetro entr y-level for paper&board converting jobs.

Die-cutters Three the solutions at the stand: • PDF60, also available with hot foil, it is based on traditional high-speed technology features for its low cost.

Combined with the folder gluer MiniMetro, it is an excellent entry-level tool for converting.

• PDF74, even with hot foil, features a new and innovative technology that enables format changes and registering with automatic reading of the print notches.

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machinery seen in the range today.

1998 is the breakthrough year: thanks to new digital technologies, Petratto started building the first CORDOBA, the top of the line of creasing and folding equipments. In a crescendo of accomplishments, the flagship of folder gluers, METRO, was launched in 2002: it is a modular and flexible machine featuring a new folding and gluing system that opened a new technological path, launching Petratto onto the international market.

flaps, integral covers, jackets.

Folding-gluing machines for cardboard multi-function and versatile, designed for finishing predie cut products, even for small or medium runs.

Formats: 78x78 cm; 78x105 cm - Grammage: 90-600 g. Products: small boxes, small crashlock boxes, double-sided adhesive tape application, bands, inser-

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pressure to multiple poses; digital processing for small production runs.

• Eclipse 78/105 laser cutting and mechanical linear creasing. A new concept machine, for processing luxury and digital packaging, with instant format change.

Creasing Systems Petratto brings its creasing line to the fair, made up of the Cordoba creasing and folding machine, and the new, small MiniBAT Plus digital creasing machine.

Thread Sewing Called D-SIG , it is the Petratto online/offline machine for thread sewn books.

Aware that corporate goals and customer satisfaction can only be achieved through a more in-depth study of new technologies, Petratto and its strong team continue developing new machines, expanding the sales network not just in Italy but worldwide.

Almost 75 years after its founding, Petratto can boast of having achieved high levels of innovation, which it has always protected with many Italian and international patents.

tion of cards and cosmetic samples (liquids), items (pick and place), capacity jobs, presentation folders, envelopes, CD and DVD cases.

Industrial die-cutters for digital market, off set for converting and printing industry, hot foiling, embossing. Format: 53x74 cm.

Finishing machines for printed

products and photobooks (lay flat), creasersfolders, casing-in machines, coupling machines.

Digital thread sewing both in line and off line with digital presses. Features: modularity, cost saving; quick book preparation; waste reduction and fast reprint; maximum usage of paper format; 1/4 or 1/8 folding; book compactness.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Prati celebrates the excellent results achieved last year and promises visitors to its large stand “a taste of the future”, supported by an optimistic view of the global market.

The Italian leader in label finishing in fact expects to repeat the extraordinary growth of the past year. These forecasts are based on the business figures for the first quarter of 2016, and the good general expectations expressed by print operators (confirmed by the recent Drupa Global Trends Report), in spite of lower profit margins and falling prices.

In this scenario, the company people stress, future investment will be strongly influenced by key factors such as productivity, efficiency and final quality: the same that represent the objectives guiding Prati’s R&D work.

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and a wise investment for those who manage customized products and a large variety of types of labels, making it possible to change production from one day to another without downtime. A second Saturn model, equipped with an M1 and Alis control device will be on show at the nearby Nikka stand (Hall 11 E41).

Digifast One was launched at last Labelexpo Europe as a high-speed solution for digital print finishing, able to increase productivity and

significantly reduce processing waste. In figures, this means only 8 minutes are needed to switch from one job to another at a speed of 80 meters per minute, with tolerances of only 0.15 mm and not more than 18 meters of waste material.

In addition to saving on operating costs and materials, this helps reduce processing time.

Prati invites label converters to visit its stand at Drupa but also its headquarters at Faenza (RA) and the works of a great Italian label manufacturer near Pompei (NA), where its machines will be on show.

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PRATI SRL via Deruta 2 48018 Faenza (RA) - Italy Tel. +39 0546 46889 info@praticompany.com www.praticompany.com Hall 11 E48 Product range • Automatic winders • Flat and rotary die cutters • Machines for inspecting and controlling reels • Stacking and piling equipment • Systems for multilayer labels production (coupon - etc.)

• Machines for finishing adhesive labels and plastic films

Saturn Omnia is a modular finishing high performance platform, equipped with a Nikka M1 inspection system, capable of handling self-adhesive labels, flexible packaging, A4 sheets, wet glue labels and in-mold labels. Thanks to its almost unlimited flexibility, this machine is the perfect solution

COMPANY PROFILE Since 1973 Prati has been global leader in the label finishing industry. Focussing on innovation, quality and reliability, the company offers its customers solutions with excellent price-performance ratio, that PRODUCTS The company’s production centre can boast physique, balance and perfection. In designing and building their machines the company technicians aspire to universal laws that go to make rugged, durable machines. Prati’s technology is based on the forces that govern movement; which is why - thinking about the perfection of the planetary system - its machines bear

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guarantee a strong competitive advantage.

By investing in new technologies and directly managing every stage of the process - from design and prototyping through to installation and technical assistance - Prati’s experts create fully customized solutions for

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A Prati Company machine is • Made in Italy, in that it includes al the excellence of Italian high-precision mechanics.

• Durable, in that it resists in time because built using the best non-corrodible materials and in order to eliminate the need for any extraordinary maintenance.

• Complete, in that it does not re-

post-press finishing, inspection, die-cutting, matrix stripping, rewinding, cutting, and overprinting.

With over 2,500 machines installed, Prati operates globally through two main offices in Europe and Latin America.

quire any accessories to work at its best.

• Simple, in that it is easy to use. It does not require complex settings and only requires simple operator training.

• Versatile, in that it enables the use of heterogeneous materials with a wide variety of processes.

• Rigorous, in that it complies with all the physical characteristics and the technological needs of

the materials being processed.

Prati’s product portfolio includes the following product lines: • control tables; • finishing lines for digital printing; • non stop rewinders; • the booklet and ECL line; • bidirectional lines for total control; • IML and wet glue finishing lines.

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RE SPA Via Firenze 3 20060 Bussero (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 02 9524301 info@re-spa.com www.re-spa.com Hall 12 A34 Product range • Expandable shafts • Video inspection systems • Systems for ribbon tension control • Vision systems • Aligners • Brakes and clutches • Joints

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Re SpA will be showing all improvements studied on its range of products, and will be presenting a new web viewing system for the real time inspection of printing and a new control tool on show. Visitors to the company’s stand will be able to test systems for the web tension control - namely, pneumatic and electromagnetic brakes, load cells for a precise reading of the tension and a wide range of tension controllers, including the new T-two digital controller which guarantees compactness, reliability and is easy to manage and set.

COMPANY PROFILE Re SpA has been designing and manufacturing laminate machining process automation equipment, principally for the converting, paper, corrugated board, cardboard, metal wire, rubber, plastic, textile and non-woven fabrics processing sectors since 1974. 40 years’ experience have aided the company’s international expansion, pursued on the basis of all customers worldwide being offered high standard sales and after-sales services. The company currently boasts a solid, highlyPRODUCTS The Re SpA Industrial Controls product offer includes pneumatic brakes and tension regulators, load cells, electromagnetic powder brakes, guiding systems, printing video inspection systems, expanding shafts and mechanical heads for unwinding and rewinding of the coils, rotating joints for the transmission of fluids.

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SmartMotion web guiding system for a perfect control of web alignment during unwinding, rewinding or processing.

The response time of 1mS and actuator speed of up to 75 mm/s ensure reliability, extremely quick correction and movement fluidity in every work conditions even at very high production speed. The control driver is integrated in the stepper motor in order to guarantee compactness, enabling savings in terms of costs and cabling time and with control of the actuator stroke without using me-

organized marketing network linking company headquarters in Bussero (Milan) to the subsidiaries Re China (Shanghai) and Re Shilp (Ahmedabad, India). Substantial investments in R&D, together with the expertise of the company’s engineers, have enabled Re SpA to constantly update its product range in order to meet the requirements of its customers and of a constantly evolving market. Re equipment is used anywhere there is a roll to be wound or rewound, or a laminate to be processed, in order to improve the quality of finished

A Revolutionary new Discovery Re SpA’s main aim is to design and produce equipment extremely easy to install and manage in all work conditions.

At Drupa the company will be presenting an important new feature that they claim will change the way system automation is managed.

products and to increase productivity.

Re SpA is currently a world leader in the production of pneumatic brakes and tension controllers. Their range of products also includes load cells, electromagnetic powder brakes, web guiding systems to align the web, web viewing systems for the real-time control of printing, expanding shafts and mechanical chucks to handle the winding and rewinding of rolls, and rotary joints to transfer fluids.

As the company motto goes: “One company...1000 solutions!”.

of the company, these are high quality products, the result of great experience: as demonstrated by the thousands of installations around the world, done in collaboration with leading machine manufacturers. The offer includes pneumatic brakes, electromagnetic powder brakes and pneumatic grippers.

portant role in the processing of the laminates. The voltage regulators and the load cells of Re SpA ensure, together with the brakes, an extreme precision in the measurement and control of this parameter during the entire process, so as to obtain a high quality finished product, optimizing productivity.

Tension and load cell controllers.

For the converting sector, tension control is playing an increasingly im-

Web guiding systems. During the manufacturing process it often happens that the material does

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WebScanner web viewing system The new WebScanner web viewing system comprises a camera with dual optics to guarantee a very high image quality and a faithful color reproduction without any image distortion. Zoom 10x, a field of view of 200x150 mm and the possibility to update the software remotely make the WebScanner easy to use and suitable for the control of every kind of printing.

not follow the established path, causing a misalignment in printing or processing. To avoid the problem - while ensuring maximum productivity while reducing waste and downtime - a web guide system needs to be installed that ensures proper belt alignment even at high speeds.

Re SpA designs systems able to carry out the edge and center guide of any type of material to be processed.

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ON SHOW AT DRUPA Acigraf and its subsidiar y Reprochem, which together form the Acigraf Group, are pleased to welcome visitors to their stand to communicate the latest news about rotogravure printing cylinder production (and more besides). Starting from a recent agreement: the Lombard Company in fact announces the entry of the Padua based DV Group, specialized in the construction of direct and indirect laser gravure engraving machines, and machines for direct flexo engraving.

Reprochem range, constituted by abrasive grinding wheels, doctor blades, additives for galvanic baths, as well as all the major tools for quality control.

Acigraf exceeds the milestone of seventy installations and presents the new Super Perfast-2016 model, a fully automatic machine for

the simultaneous cutting and polishing of gravure cylinder. At the fair also the fully automatic and robotized electroplating line Acimatic, ECN galvanic entry level model line, and a new polishing machine.

Acigraf will also be announcing further upcoming news.

REPROCHEM SRL Via Fermi 8 20876 Ornago (MI) - Italy Tel. +39 039 6286551 paky@acigraf.com www.reprochem.it www.acigraf.com Hall 9 E44 Product range • Chemicals for roto cylinders production • Machinery for cylinders and plates for flexographic printing presses • Cylinders for rotogravure printing presses

As regards products, Re-prochem presents the new line of specialty chemicals for indirect laser engraving, which includes a brand new kind of “black lacquer”.

At the stand, company will be in attendance to show the entire COMPANY PROFILE Since over 40 years Reprochem operates as a specialized supplier of chemical products and accessories for the preparation of roto cylinders. Reprochem products are sold in Italy, Europe and around the world through a well-established network of agencies.

Today the group also includes Acigraf Graphic Equipment, a company designing and manufacturing machinery for roto cylinder production, and DV produces PRODUCTS Reprochem manufactures a full range of solutions for the production and quality control of roto cylinders.

The product portfolio includes: • products for chemical engraving; • products for electrolytic etching; • a complete range of products for laser coating; • products for the plating department (additives, copper-plating solutions, chromeplating solu-

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LASER machines for direct and indirect engraving and after sales assistance. In addition, Reprochem Do Brasil was established in 1994, thus ensuring direct distribution and support for the Reprochem product portfolio in Latin America.

The Lombardy-based company is today a global leader in the industry thanks to excellent quality products, a constantly renovated Research and Development

tions, etc.); • products and accessories for electromechanical engraving; • degreasing pastes; • retouching kit; • grinding stones and polishing abrasives for roto cylinders; • quality control instruments; • standard and coated doctor blades, including for the flexo industry; • galvanic bath chemical analysis kit.

program, careful analysis of market needs and the care it gives to clients’ specific requests.

Our strengths include: technical consulting and post-sales assistance to ensure optimal use of the products and their specific applications on site, as well as the supply of dedicated products for special processes.

In 1997 Reprochem obtained the ISO 9002 certification, and in 2000 the ISO 9001 certification.

Exclusive services Reprochem is equipped with the necessary facilities and competences to offer a suite of services to solve a wide range of problems in an effective, time-saving way.

In the company’s analysis laboratory, fitted out with state-of-theart equipment, Reprochem technicians analyse samples of galvanic baths in a very short time, so as to offer clients immediate solutions.

In the Quality Control Instruments lab the expert staff can analyse various parameters of cylinder preparation (e.g. copper and chrome hardness, roughness, engraving depth, etc.) and recommend the most appropriate control instruments.

The facility is also equipped with cutting-edge technology to repair quality control instruments such as microscopes, hardness testers, roughness testers, etc.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Rossini will be at the fair with two stands, to highlight the different families of products and services and, aboveall, to dedicate attention to the different technological requirements and to give visitors the information and consultancy they need.

A space will hence be dedicated to the presentation of the various types of sleeve for gravure and flexo printing, while in the other space the auxiliary equipment , designed and made by the Italian multinational, will be on show. The main exhibits being: • Evolution patented automatic system for washing flexographic printing machine drums. It performs its function without the need to remove the print material from the machine, and then, without stopping, ensures a uniform cleaning of the entire surface offering an excellent print quality.

It consists of electro-pneumatic/hydraulic unit, touchscreen control panel and cleaning agent distributor. Evolution

system in steel, with sliding elements on both sides. It is produced in two versions, for manual and automatic storage. The latter, controlled by PLC, lowers the sleeve to the bottom level, ready for use, and is particularly suitable for sleeves of large dimensions such as “pre-print”. has an innovative oscillating system with cloth technology, which performs cleaning at print start, with automatic cleaning agent release. Its effectiveness is maximized by the uniformity of oscillatory movements and the mechanical pressure over the entire drum surface. Evolution allows you to create and manage custom menus with ad hoc detergents, and to manage changeovers without width constraints, offering a high production flexibility and a significant increase in productivity. The company has installed more than 100 machines to date.

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Hall 16 B18/B22 Product range • Cylinders and plates for flexographic printing presses • Cylinders for rotogravure printing presses • Anilox rollers for flexographic printing • Rubberised sleeves for rotogravure pressing rolllers • Rotogravure print sleeves • Plate sleeves for flexo continuous printing

• Sleeve Storage A successful modular corrosion-resistant

COMPANY PROFILE Rossini SpA is world leader in the manufacture of roto and flexo sleeves.

The Rescaldina offices, just outside Milan, are the headquarters of an extensive network including 7 production sites and 4 sales offices in different parts of the world. The company was established in 1928 from an intuition of Erminio Rossini, who started the first small workshop producing inking rollers for printing presses.

PRODUCTS The Rossini brand stands for quality, as testified by the full satisfaction of the company’s clients. Its technological leadership has been certified ISO 9002 since 1996 and is proven by the working tolerances Rossini SpA guarantees on each product: Shore A hardness ± 3, max TIR 0.02 mm, diameter tolerance mm + 0.02 / - 0, parallelism tolerance ± 0.010... The company’s product range can be divided in two main categories: sleeves in composite material, polyurethanes, glass fibers, aramid resins and high-modulus carbon fiber, with plate sleeve functions in flexo printing

• Prima 300 PLC Automatic machine for undercutting and resurfacing rubber covered rollers and sleeves. It enables the attainment of rounded, concave and convex surfaces and automatic grading with repetition of work cycles.

Available in various models, it ensures a very quick ROI and greater flexibility over inventory controls.

ROSSINI SPA Via De Gasperi 5 20027 Rescaldina (MI) - Italy Tel. 0331 472711 comm.dept@rossini-spa.it www.rossini–spa.it

Since then the company has travelled a path of constant development, marked by the passage from the original workshop to a full-fledged production site in Milan. From the 1950’s until today, Rossini has been consolidating a network which today include sites in Rescaldina (Milan), L’Aquila, Atlanta (USA), Barcelona (Spain), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Timisoara (Romania) and Pune (India), all connected by an efficient intercontinental distribution system.

machines; Speedwell sleeves, patented in 1976, replace impression rollers andtodaysettheindustrystandardfor any manufacturer of roto printing machines.

The Rossini catalogue is organized by technology and application: Roto-Fibreglassandfibreglass/carbon Speedwell sleeves with specific coatings for every rotogravure publication and flexible packaging application.

Flexo - Thin Sleeve, Photoflex Sleeve, Anilox Sleeve, Everglass Sleeve,

The R&D department plays a central role in designing and testing new products and materials, often destined to set the standard in the industry. Rossini is a strongly innovative company, as testified by the many marketleading patents.

The company also includes a Global Customer Satisfaction center, the point of departure and arrival for our customer service department which connects clients directly to the most qualified person to take care of their needs.

Evergreen Sleeve, Everstat Sleeve, Carrier Sleeve, Carbobridge Sleeve, Starcoat Sleeve, Starglass Sleeve brands.

ThermoPolymerSleeve - A continuous digital engraved sleeve ensuring significant benefits in terms of quality, working ease and cost reduction.

Availableintwoversions:Standardand Max/Flex.

Narrow web - To print labels on narrow web presses, Rossini developed several lines of plate mounting sleeves offering high stability and very tight

tolerances for both eccentricity and diameter.

Leonardo Offset Sleeves - A fibreglass core onto which a mono-component polyurethane is extruded. This polyurethane has slightly compressible properties. It offers several advantages.

Equipment - the most important ones are the Prima 200/250/300 grinder, the Sleeve Storage System and the Evolution system, an automatic cleaning system for flexo central impression drums.

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Currently this line offers 35 different coating possibilities and is equipped with a drying oven (floating and roller) 22 meters long, with 7 temperature controlled zones. It is one of the largest and most versatile facilities in the industry; its unique features derive from the fully automatic unwinding and winding systems.

ON SHOW AT DRUPA From Korea to Düsseldorf In early March 2016 the group’s new R&D center was officially opened at the headquarters of An Sung Machinery (SAM).

Called “SAM’s Solution Coating Lab”, it includes the new SAM Coating Lab and SAM Printed Electronics Lab.

ventless) as well as hot melt coatings. The machine operates to a maximum width of 1,060

Cleanroom SAM’s Solution Coating Lab is one of the novelties that SAM will be presenting at Drupa 2016. The coating line is installed in a class 5,000 clean room, while the coating area is class 1000.

Hi-tech for coating The new laboratory pilot machine has been installed in SAM’s Coating Solution Lab. The machine has been designed by SAM for carrying out various types of coating operations: water and solvent based,100% solid base (solCOMPANY PROFILE SAM Europe is part of the Korean group SAM (Sung An Machinery), a global leader in the manufacturing and engineering of converting machinery.

Founded in 1960 and based in the Mado industrial area by Seoul, today it operates four companies (2 in Korea, 1 in the US and 1 in Italy) and an agent network covering over 30 countries. From 1977, when it began its export business, SAM has made over 650 successful PRODUCTS SAM manufactures and supplies coating machines, extrusion coaters and laminators, and gravure printing machines.

The hardware and software employed in SAM machinery is developed in-house by NCT (New Technology Control), one of the two Korean companies of the group, which also works for other non-competing companies. Production is done entirely by the mother house, where the machines are assembled

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installations worldwide and in 2013 it founded SAM Europe Srl in Casale Monferrato, the group’s European branch office.

SAM has cutting-edge production sites as well as several specialized centers where it promotes R&D activities. These include the Printing Technology Center, the SPEL Laboratory (SAM Printed Electronics Laboratory) in Korea and the Extrusion Technology Center in New York (USA). In turn, SAM Europe does not just deal with sales and

in their final configuration and tested for mechanics and electronics so as to be installed quickly and hassle-free with a world-class service.

In addition to selecting high-tech suppliers, which ensure high-quality components on which the reliability and durability of SAM machinery is based, the Korean group makes continuous investment in technology to secure state-of-the-art equipment for the development of innovative machinery and provide

SAM EUROPE SRL Via Ruffino Aliora 32 15033 Casale Monferrato (AL) - Italy Tel. +39 0142 213125 info@sam-eu.com www.sam-eu.com Hall 14 C69 Product range • Aluminium foil • Laminated paper for foodstuffs • Wax or parafined paper • Paper and cartboard for luxury packaging • Laminated film • Metallized film • Laminating machines • Winding devices - rewidners for reels • Automatic winders • Dryers • Flexo printing units • Rotogravure printing presses • Spreading machines • Automatic unwinders • Extrusion and coextrusion systems • Ovens

post-sale service in the European and Latin American markets, but supplies components to the whole group and carries out R&D activities, especially for coating and printing machines. SAM ensures 360-degree service and 24/7 customer assistance, both remote and on-site. The main target market is the converting industry, with particular reference to flexible packaging applications in pharmaceuticals and food, where consumption of aluminium packaging is high.

users with increased value in terms of distinctiveness and profitability.

The last project SAM completed in chronological order is a new pilot line for coating: a machine width 1000 mm operating at a speed of 900 m/min and capable of using over 30 different spreading/coating systems.

Other examples of SAM’s production include: • roto printing machine, model Sprinter 350, ribbon width 1250

mm, speed 350 m/min; • solventless silicon spreading line, ribbon width 1620 mm, speed 400 m/min; • silicon paper and self-adhesive label production line, ribbon width 1650 mm, speed 550 m/min; • tandem co-extrusion line with post-coating, ribbon width 1400 mm, speed 350 m/min; • tandem co-extrusion and laminating line with or without solvent, ribbon width 1650 mm, speed 500 m/min.

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NEW GRAVURE PRESS MODEL R98X FOR PACKAGING AND SPECIALTIES PRINTING. Flexible, operator oriented, easy in its innovative features, our R98X gravure press model is the best answer to a market in continuous evolution which looks for performances and reliability.

A solution - available in both versions, for shafted printing cylinders and for hollow printing cylinders, in the “air chuck” version - which combines all the best experiences of the successful 980 Series, and allows production costs and startup waste reduction thanks to: •

Semi-automatic job change over, with gravure trolley, combining speed and exibility thanks to unique solutions concerning the printing cylinder and the inking system handling.

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Doctor blade, impression roller and ventilation newly designed groups.

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Inking group with driven inking roller that allows to print with any kind of ink and solvent blends, ensuring always the best quality level.

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Acimga Members ON SHOW AT DRUPA Simec Group will be officially presenting a management system that should radically change how print stock is selected and managed.

Starting from the consideration that the new concept flexo machines require guaranteed performance and products that always correspond to the characteristics of the systems they are destined for, Simec has devised SDB, an integrated management system enabling the supply to Simec customers of codified products that have been tested for the

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kind of equipment they are intended for. This means semi-finished materials suited to the specific printing speeds and widths, new high-density coatings for longer life and reduced scoring line issues even at high screen, standardization of the engraving features (cell structure, section and surface finish) for high-quality printing and repeatability over time.

Thanks to SDB, Simec experts, along with the customer, can clearly identify the characteristics and the models of the machines in order to set the most correct and customized

roller specifications according to the type of system in use, thus guaranteeing total control of the production process. Customers also have access to additional services such as auditing and fast anilox delivery the world over.

Simec’s commitment doesn’t stop there, but naturally also carries on after sale, with its diagnostics service, that helps evaluate and revamp aniloxes, therefore - as statistics and precise analyses show - reducing refurbishments due to causes others than normal use.

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COMPANY PROFILE Simec Group is a family-run business that for the past fifty years has been producing rollers with surface treatments suited for different application areas.Simec rolls can be engraved with different technologies and on different types of materials and are used either to apply inks, paint, glue, varnishes or to confer specific characteristics to paper, tissue, plastic films, aluminum, PVC, etc. Rollers can also be used to reproduce specific ornamental patterns for decorative purposes.Strong engineering skills combined with a solid experience make Simec PRODUCTS Deltor Mechanically engraved rolls on steel, copper and nickel for printing, coating and lamination. A wide range of products recently expanded by new engraving configurations developed for these specific industries. Since 1960, following the development of the first coating applications by roll, Simec has been investing in manufacturing customized machinery, expanding configurations and developing substrates suited to a wide variety of applications.

Starlox Laser engraved anilox rollers and sleeves, available in both conventional and high-performance versions, tested for high-quality prints with the new

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Group a global leading company. Presence on the market and customer support are ensured by a network of carefully selected agents.The company is characterized by a rigorous code of ethics, considerable investment in research and development, quality control, care for environment and social aspects, constant improvement of production lines and development of long-term relationships with customers and business partners. All these aspects are constantly monitored so that the company is always recognized and perceived by customers as a reliable, valuable partner.

HD polymer technologies. Quality standards and supply repeatability are very high and each element is certified with the strictest available control systems; certifications, which always accompany the goods, can be requested even before the products are shipped.

Emboss “customized” embossing rolls for various applications such as paper, tissue, films, plastics, aluminium. The market of embossing rolls requires specific structures and equipment capable of handling both small and large rollers weighing from just a few Kilos up to 20 tons, diameters of over 1000 mm and lengths of over 7000 mm.In addition, it requires the use of specific and sophisticat-

ed equipment, lasers for scanning the products to be reproduced, 3D management software and a variety of machinery able to perform ancillary operations with different, often combined processes. Over the last five years Simec invested over € 5 million in this segment.

Profil Cleaning and Storage systems for both rollers and sleeves.

Given theirimportance in preserving the proper functioning of anilox over time, Simec decided to engineer and manufacture inhouse the necessary cleaning equipment ensuring ease of use, low environmental impact, reduced costs and optimal maintenance.

SIMEC GROUP Via Verga 17 21057 Olgiate Olona (VA) - Italy Tel. +39 0331 393900 laura.cecchin@smecgroup.com www.simecgroup.com Hall 16 A46 Product range • Aluminium foil • Laminated paper for foodstuffs • Paper and cardboard for luxury packaging • Paper for laminating • Paper for labels • Paper for corrugators • Kraft cardboard • Cardboard for foodstuffs (biscuits - chocolates - etc.)

• Corrugated cardboard • Laminated film • Embossed film • Foils for hot stamping • Foils for cold stamping • Biodegradable plastic materials • Adhesives • Adhesives for laminating • Chromed anilox cylinders • Cylinders and plates for flexographic printing presses • Cylinders for rotogravure printing presses • Anilox rollers for flexographic printing • Machines for washing cylinders • Rotogravure print sleeves • Ceramic anilox sleeves • Single dose bags • Flexible packaging for foodstuffs • Flexible packaging for cosmetic products • Flexible packaging for pharmaceutical products • Flexible packaging for liquid products • Flexographically printed flexible packaging • Rotogravure printed flexible packaging • Packaging nets • Plastic bags for foodstuffs • Paper bags (large) • Plastic bags (large) • Blisters • Cardboard containers (tins) • Plastic single-dose containers • Paper and carton wrapping for cooking food • Corrugated cardboard boxes and crates • Capsules for wines and sparkling wines • Aluminium - semifinished products • Rollers

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SITMA MACHINERY SPA Via Vignolese, 1910 41057 Spilamberto (MO) - Italy Tel. 059 780 311 sitma@sitma.it www.sitma.com

ON SHOW AT DRUPA Sitma Machinery SpA will be there in force, to illustrate the benefits of their systems for the packaging and distribution of printed products, but also the solutions for automation in logistics and packaging of consumer products.

Here is a representative selection of the best proposals that will be placed on show by the Modena based concern:

Hall 6 C20 Product range • Wrapping machines for single boxes or cases in paper or film • Packaging (lines or machines) for baked foods • Packaging (lines or machines) for confectionery • Machines for packaging tissues in rolls and/or in folded sheets • Heatshrink machines • Bag packers • Wrapping machines for packaging grouped in bundles with heatshrink film • Wrapping machines for packaging grouped in bundles with sealable film • Feeders • Pick & Place - manipulators - robots for small packs - products...

• The Sitma SM family of envelope inserting solutions, covers the entire range of machines: from the off-line models up to highly integrated systems; • Sitma 853 is the latest modular based pack sorter; it is part of a broader range of solutions for automation in intralogistics;

• Sitma W1005, the most widely used system in the world for packaging magazines, newspapers, catalogues, mailings with plastic film or paper;

COMPANY PROFILE Sitma Machinery SpA has built up its history of innovation packaging, in postpress, in mailing and logistics. Founded in 1965, it is based in Spilamberto (Modena); it operates through three subsidiaries - in France, Japan and the United States - and a sales network of over 60 agents across the world, ensuring a strong presence in all markets. Steady growth has enabled Sitma to achieve a leading role primarily on the Italian market and then in Europe and in the rest of the world; exports now account for 80% of the company’s turnover.

PRODUCTS The constant contact with the market continues to stimulate innovation, fueling the production of a wide range of machines suitable for satisfying all user demands.

Sitma machines are designed and built to a modular and flexible concept, so that they can be adapted to the needs of each customer, together with a full range of options. Custom applications are also

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• Sitma VariaWrap, the solution that enables the collection and sorting of advertising materials, and to pack them in various different ways: with film, “jacket” or paper;

In Sitma a high value is assigned to human resources: the professionalism and competence of the technical, commercial and administrative staff, combined with a challenging and rewarding work environment, has generated a strong sense of belonging and a high rate of corporate loyalty, ensuring the continuity and development of an exclusive knowhow. In its technical and R&D section alone 40 people engaged in the development of machines and continuous systems, based on specific knowledge of production requirements of outlet sectors.

Sitma’s main activity is to provide systems and

created thanks to close cooperation between Sitma’s technical and commercial personnel and the client company.

The company’s product range includes: high-speed lines for wrapping with plastic film of magazines, newspapers, catalogues, co-mailing and books; high speed insertion lines; addressing and labeling systems; high speed bagging machines; high-

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• Lastly, the Sitma WM1002 and WM60 for packaging consumer products.

solutions for packaging and distribution for the graphic arts, mailing of commercial communication, logistics, as well as the packaging of consumer products sectors.

Newspapers, magazines, books, advertising material, commercial communications ... these and many other products are hence processed, sorted and prepared for shipment. According to customer needs, they can be packaged with film or paper, inserted in an envelope or in a “jacket”, or contained by a paper band. All these processes are managed by software solutions developed inside Sitma.

speed lines for wrapping with paper intended for transactional printing; automatic bundling machines for magazines, newspapers, catalogues and books; high-speed folding machines for newspapers; special applications for the postal sorting centers; sorters and special distribution systems for e-commerce.

Sitma is also specialized in the design and implementation of

customized solutions for magazine and newspaper printing centers. These include complete systems for automation and distribution, systems for processing, on-line systems of conveyors, grippers, or discs to be integrated to the packaging operation, as well as a wide range of stackers, power feeders, accumulators, curves, elevators, special conveyor belts and controls.

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SOLEMA SRL Via G. Carducci 18 24066 Pedrengo (BG) - Italy Tel. +39 035 654111 info@solema.it www.solema.it Hall 2 B65

ON SHOW AT DRUPA «We’ve been coming to Drupa since 1990 as graphic arts machine constructors. Now we will be there as board converting machine constructors too». Solema’s opening statement communicates an important extension to their offer, giving at least two further reasons for visiting their stand.

• The first one is the official launch of JUMPI, a graphic arts dept. machine designed

to padprint book (both hardcover and papercover) and magazine front cut surfaces. Integrating JUMPI into their binding lines allows customers an advertising space hitherto unused, giving greater verve to logos, messages and decorative graphics, offering the advertising agencies interesting new possibilities for communication.

At Drupa JUMPI will be fully operational, allowing visitors to see how it works and

COMPANY PROFILE Solema manufactures machines and systems for industrial automation in graphic arts and board converting. In-house handling of all engineering, manufacture and assembly phases enables it to have complete, constant control of the entire production process and provide efficient, flexible answers in any situation. Solema products are distributed on a global scale through the company’s own representative offices in Germany and the US, as well as a network of agents covering other areas. The company’s partners works PRODUCTS Graphic Arts (www.solema-graphics.com) Since the early 80’s Solema develops and manufactures flexible transportation systems as well as machinery designed for the automation of the production of books, magazines and newspapers.

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to appreciate its precision and quality.

• The second reason is the offer of the Solema boards division, that at its stand will be hosting an IDEALGANDRIAfor cutting squares and partitions in compact board. The new software and renewed design make the IDEALGRANDRIA speedier and easy to use as well as safer thanks to the adoption of new protection measures.

with passion and professionalism all over the world. Their knowledge of individual markets and the respective needs, coupled with the ability to new create customized solutions based on the standard elements of the product portfolio enable Solema to provide the best response to any need on any market.

A combination of attention to clients and reliable production underpins the company’s success: «We created automatic transportation systems for books, magazines, book cases. Bookbinders needed

Optimization of line profitability and the continuous improvement in the safety and ergonomics of movements across all steps of the production process have always been at the heart of Solema’s engineering.

For this reason, the company’s solutions are used by major players in the graphic arts industry worldwide.

Product range • Stacking and piling equipment • Straight cutting systems • Packaging assembly lines • Depalletizers • Casepacking - forming - filling - closing machines of cardboard boxes • Palletizers - by fixed or mobile base • Palletizers - by cartesian axes • Feeders • Continuous conveyors and transporters • Conveyor belts

to make the best use of the available space.

We designed Drying Station, Marte, Mini Sol. And when production processes required a faster handling of deliveries, we answered with Magic Box, Pluton, Venus. One of our clients also prepared hard cover cases with a Roda Gandria. He told us that machine had been working non-stop for decades, always consistent, accurate. Today hard cover cases are still prepared with a Gandria. Solema Gandria. Today Solema’s thirty-year experience serves the graphic arts and packaging industry».

Board converting (www.solema-boards.com) The Solema board division manufactures machinery for the production of flexible packaging systems.

Pads, angular, protections, supports, fillers, trays, dividers, partitions are cut, scored, creased, perforated, folded and assembled automatically thanks to the new generation of Solema machines integrating the

experience and robustness of Roda - a historic company in the industry acquired by Solema from BHS Corrugated in 2013.

Today the flexibility and versatility of Solema solutions are also put at the service of the corrugated and solid board sector, constantly searching for new solutions for the optimization of productivity and profitability in converting processes.

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SHORT RUNS & SMALL REPEATS WITHOUT COMPROMISE IN PERFORMANCE

The reassuring choice Making an investment in a Uteco Flexographic Press means a choice in reliability, technology, quality and innovation and looking to the future.

The wide range of Uteco Flexographic Presses gives the printer a great choice between the different models: Topaz, Onyx, Crystal, DiamondHP and ONYX XS newest 8 colors model super compact, which all feature the same manufac turing and quality level, but with diversified performance and configuration according to customer needs.

NEW ER SUP T PAC M O C

And a new innovation is coming..

UTECO CONVERTING SPA • I 37030 COLOGNOLA AI COLLI (VR) •PH.: +39 045 6174555 • FAX: +39 045 6150855 • UTECOVR@UTECO.COM • WWW.UTECO.COM

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ON SHOW AT DRUPA At Drupa Uteco Group will be presenting its latest machines and most interesting technological achievements, but will also be giving updates on the advance preparations for Print4All, the new international event that will take place in Italy in 2018 (Milan, 29/5-1/6).

The Uteco booth will be focused on the new concept of ONYX XS for very short runs with 4 different processes integrated in-line.

The new 4-EcoOne solution will be on display with 2 lives demos every day, showing Eco-friendly EB flexo printing with EB lamination in line,

plus an automatic slitting unit and fully automatic unloading system for multi-reel delivery thanks to the new automatic rewinding with integrated unloading system for the final reels.

COMPANY PROFILE The Uteco Group is a world leading company in the production of flexographic and rotogravure printing machines, designed for the most diverse flexible packaging applications.

Recognized as a ambassador of Made in Italy, Uteco is constantly committed to R&D and is thus able provide customers with the latest high-tech solutions: - flexo machines: Uteco is the acknowledged world leader in this technology; - rotogravure machines: Uteco has developed an entry-level line, produced in India, and a top level, leading edge model - Next 450 presented to the market during the company’s 30th anniversary celebration (1985-2015); PRODUCTS With more than 350 models sold in the last 10 years, ONYX is the main product of Uteco’s flexo range and guarantees high-quality printing, ease of use and rapid job changeover. Its compact version ONYX XS is especially designed for very short runs, with 4 different integrated inline processes. The new ONYX series comprises the very latest Uteco hardware and software technology for automatic register and pressure

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Additionally the solvent-less laminating machine for short and long runs Izar and the new printing unit of the NEXT 450 Uteco converting rotogravure for flexible packaging will be on display.

Lastly, an area of the stand will be dedicated to the new technologies: digital printing and printed electronics for “intelligent” packaging, mid range LED lamps and numerous other new features.

There will be a corner in the stand specially dedicated to latest new technologies such as digital and printing electronics for smart packaging as well as medium web Led lamps and other innovations related to the 4.0 Industry concept.

- roto-offset machines, produced in Holland in partnership with a Dutch company; - hybrid inkjet-flexo units; - tailor-made machines for printing, converting and special applications, such as security, aerospace, nanotechnology and printed electronics. New technology application as well EB (Electron Beam), UV-LED and Digital.

Uteco’s headquarters are based in Colognola ai Colli, to the east of Verona (Italy), with Plant no. 1 (20,700 m²), Plant no. 2 (4,500 m²) and the brand new Plant no. 3 (7,000 m²), opened on October 30th 2014.

In addition to these three Italian works, the company also has a facilities in the USA, which has recently doubled in size.

setting at the start of each new job, thus substantially reducing waste and starting times.

This line includes also the top of range product, DIAMOND HP, which can reach a 800m/min speed.

With regard to the rotogravure range, NEXT 450 represents the ideal compromise for short and medium print-runs. It features innovative, fully automated systems that reduce waste and changeo-

UTECO CONVERTING Viale del Lavoro, 25 Z.I. 37030 Colognola ai Colli (VR) - Italy Tel. +39 045 6174555 utecovr@uteco.com www.uteco.com Hall 10 A18/B03 Product range • Laminating machines • Winding devices - rewinders for reels • Automatic winders • Reel splicers • Dryers • Varnishing units • Flexo printing units • Flexographic printing presses • Offset presses - web-fed • Rotogravure printing presses • Label printing machines • Spreading machines • Doctor blade chamber systems • Automatic unwinders

More than 300 specialists in design, production, control, assistance, sales and marketing work in the company’s plants.

The company’s global leadership among manufacturers of machines for flexible packaging applications has been established through: • massive investment not only in the aforesaid plants, but also in R&D and human resources, advanced converting technologies and their subsequent development; • organizational flexibility, the capacity to engineer the required solutions, the overall quality of its products, and the optimization of production processes (lean/6 Sigma); • a rapid and efficient global customer service network.

ver times, ensuring substantial energy savings. Design solutions and technological advancements have increased safety standards further, guaranteeing a first, genuine insurance policy for machine operators and owners. In the name of flexibility, the new NEXT has been designed and manufactured to be simple to use: this result has been achieved thanks to the involvement of all company departments, starting from the

design team, giving to the product the added value of Uteco’s Total Quality system.

Besides the wide range of special machines, among which SILVER SIL represents a perfect example of rotogravure/off-set printing press, Uteco Group offers different solutions in digital and printing electronics applications, besides plenty of multipurpose coating/laminating machines, such as the new MISTRAL.

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