Print | i-grafix.com | Print News | Packaging News | Wide Format news | Australia, New Zealand and Asia Print and Packaging news from Australia, New Zealand and AsiaHP is teaming up with flexible packaging machinery maker Comexi Group to create a lamination solution for its HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press.
HP says its lamination solution will combat the long set-up cycles of current solutions that mean converters need to wait days for complete curing and delivery – banishing bottlenecks and lifting time-to-market.
The Comexi Nexus L20000 is hailed as the first dedicated end-to-end lamination and coating solution for digitally printed flexible packaging, and is available as an inline or offline unit.
Alon Bar-Shany, general manager of HP Indigo, gets excited about packaging
The machine uses solvent-free lamination to help reduce waste and environmental impact.
Faster, short run and eco friendly are key in today’s packaging market, says Ramon Xifra, vice president of the Comexi Group, which has operations in Barcelona and Brazil feeding a global presence.
Xifra says, “Shorter product life cycles and customised packaging are driving growth in short-run jobs that demand fast turnaround times.
“The new Comexi NEXUS L20000 with the HP Indigo 20000 will enable flexible packaging converters to meet these demands and grow their businesses.”
Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager of HP’s Indigo Division, adds, “As we drive the digital revolution in flexible packaging, it’s important that our customers benefit from the full value of digital across the printing, converting and lamination processes.
“With the Comexi NEXUS L20000, converters will be able to increase speed to market to further maximise the benefits of digital printing with the HP Indigo 20000.”
The HP Indigo 20000 made its debut at drupa in 2012 and is available in the US, Europe and Asia – it will finally be on offer for Australian printers in mid-2014.
The Indigo 20000 is a mid-web digital press aimed at flexible packaging converters interested in short run work. It allows converters to produce several different items arounda common design, then customise each one with colour changes, different images and language.
The press boasts a 762mm (30inch) width and ability to print on a variety of substrates and film from 10 to 250 micron.
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