One
of the reputed Indian manufacturers of web offset presses for newspapers and books
has now ventured into the labels segment and launched its first flexo label
press, StarFlex. Claimed to have been tested successfully on aluminum foil,
unsupported films, labelstock and other substrates, it has been tested to run
at 120m/min with labelstock, the 6-color, servo-driven flexo press has a web
width from 10in to 20in, depending on customer requirement. It can be equipped
with UV lamps, cold and hot foiling units, delam, relam, turnbar, chill drums
and other units. There is also a possibility of offering a combination press
whereby the press can be integrated with rotary screen, offset and gravure units. While
gravure and offset units are developed by NBG Printographic Machinery, the
company is partnering with other companies for UV lamps and rotary screen.
With
a target to sell 12 to 15 presses by the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year, Nitin
Garg, director at NBG Printographic Machinery says: “It is a high end automated
Indian press that can fill the gap to compete with European and American label
presses. We are very confident of the product quality because we have used
years of our experience and in-house infrastructure to build this press. We
believe it will be well accepted by mid and top end printers who are looking at
consistency, reliability and customized product.’
