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 AsiaAustralian printers at the first Xeikon Café were shown the versatility of the digital printer in label and packaging applications, with four production suites outputting some 15 different applications on display.
More than 400 printers including several from Australia came to Antwerp in Belgium for the first event of its type that the company has hosted, where it demonstrated the four different production suites producing folding carton, in-mold labels, heat transfer labels and self-adhesive labels.
Multiple applications: at the Xeikon Café are Grish Rewal (r), managing director Absolute Electronics and Absolute’s sales engineer Ewan Howieson
Each production suite had a Xeikon 3000 Series digital press at its core, with various hardware and software solutions forming one integrated line. Xeikon has partnered with about 20 different developers to create the lines, although the partnerships are non-exclusive.
Grish Rewal, managing director of Australian distributor Absolute Electronics says, “The flexibility of the Xeikon 3000 digital presses is what sets the series apart. For instance a printer could be producing paper cups one day, folding boxes the next and pocket folders tomorrow.
“Or by rolling in a different piece of finishing hardware you can print in-mold lid labels or in-mold pail labels. These applications are ideally suited to short-run on-demand printing, and represent a tremendous opportunity to be exploited.
“All studies show that both digital printing and the labels and packaging sectors are set for continued growth, so by being in both sectors printers can be assured they are in a market that is going to grow.”
Xeikon was taken by surprise by the number of printers at the event, which is part of a growing trend for solutions developers to host in-depth technology and business weeks.
Xeikon was one of the original digital printer developers, launching its first press at Ipex 21 years ago, and since then has developed printers for both documents and labels. It has just been bought by a private equity fund, which has injected a significant amount of new cash into the business.
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