Xerox has made its first “strategic” move into packaging with the launch of the Stora Enso Gallop integrated digital printing and die-cutting line, powered by Xerox.
The Stora Enso Gallop is being demonstrated for the first time at Interpack this week.
The integrated system comprises a Xerox iGen3 digital printing press with a specially designed KAMA die-cutter capable of cutting sheets up to 580x400mm. It also includes a buffering stacker line so the press can keep printing when the die-cutter is offline.
The system is primarily targeted at the pharmaceutical packaging market.
Consequently, the Epic CTi-635 varnishing unit incorporated in the line comes with aqueous coating options, suitable for the pharmaceutical market, in addition to UV.
Stora Enso claimed the Gallop was the world's first integrated digital printing packaging line.
Xerox strategic partner manager Roger Chitty said the firms had chosen to target Europe first due to the need for short runs resulting from printing in different languages.
The Stora Enso Gallop will be available for ordering in Europe from May 2008, with the first lines likely to be installed by the fourth quarter of the year.
Xerox currently has 10 purely packaging-focused customers in Europe.
The Stora Enso Gallop is being demonstrated for the first time at Interpack this week.
The integrated system comprises a Xerox iGen3 digital printing press with a specially designed KAMA die-cutter capable of cutting sheets up to 580x400mm. It also includes a buffering stacker line so the press can keep printing when the die-cutter is offline.
The system is primarily targeted at the pharmaceutical packaging market.
Consequently, the Epic CTi-635 varnishing unit incorporated in the line comes with aqueous coating options, suitable for the pharmaceutical market, in addition to UV.
Stora Enso claimed the Gallop was the world's first integrated digital printing packaging line.
Xerox strategic partner manager Roger Chitty said the firms had chosen to target Europe first due to the need for short runs resulting from printing in different languages.
The Stora Enso Gallop will be available for ordering in Europe from May 2008, with the first lines likely to be installed by the fourth quarter of the year.
Xerox currently has 10 purely packaging-focused customers in Europe.
Source: packagingnews
1 comment:
This is amazing. and the amazing this about this is that production can be planned on demand and packaging materials can be delivered within one to two days instead of one to two weeks so this is completely beneficial to so many different industries especially for industries such as the pharmaceutical industry Xerox iGen3 is absolutely and plain and simple genius.
the productivity gains to the packaging market are insane. The Xerox clients will benefit from this so much and in my opinion the demand for this service will grow rapidly!
Thank you for posting,
Gemma
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