It is also one of the first to utilise the new Rossini Evolution system which makes light work of the CI drum cleaning between jobs. Designed for food packing printing, the press was fitted with Rossini’s High Module Carrier and Everstat sleeves. Uteco Group’s new Crystal 808 was running jobs at 500 m/min demonstrated by vice president of marketing and sales, Leonardi Gobbi. Having previously focused solely on flexo throughout its six UK sites and resisted all other digital offerings, it is perhaps a sign that the tide is changing.īut this is not to say that flexo wasn’t out in full force with exciting new press launches and a whole host of new technologies for the packaging printer. This was quickly followed by the news that UK labels and packaging group, Reflex, was the first in the world to sign on the dotted line of a letter of intent to take a W5 press, which is aimed at cost effective printing of mainstream label and packaging applications. The use of nano particles in ink seems to be the solution to the limit, which the laws of physics dictate in conventional inkjet, and the presses on the stand looked out of this world, even if they are some way off actually being commercially available. Of course, the fact that Benny Landa was launching his nanotechnology at the show created a buzz that could not be ignored. Exhibitors went all out to prove that they are still very much in business, and in fact doing quite well, thank you. This was an impressive show, and listening to people who have seen a few of these over the years, it was up there among the best. CEO, Antonio Perez, said at the Kodak press conference, ‘drupa is fundamental to our industry and it will allow us to come out strong from a weak economy,’ and he was not alone in expressing this view. While the debate is still ongoing as to whether this was another inkjet drupa, the Landa drupa or the workflow drupa or even packaging drupa, there is no doubt that the show was seen by most as a reliable barometer for the state of the printing industry. For the label and packaging printer, there was plenty to see as companies fought for a piece of the action in this growth sector. The giant Düsseldorf show is all about the numbers, and although visitor numbers were down compared to 2008, the amount of new exciting innovations and technologies shown by the 1850 exhibitors more than made up for the drop.
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