Inkjet & Digital Printing

Leading Indonesian label converter installs Xeikon digital press

Thursday 13. December 2012 - Xeikon, an innovator in digital color printing, announced today that a leading label converter based in West Java, Indonesia has installed a Xeikon 3000 Series digital color press to capitalize on the high value-added short run labels and packaging market. The Xeikon digital label press was chosen to expand their digital printing capacity after carefully evaluating competitive ink jet and liquid toner equipment.

Xeikon’s flexibility
With the abovementioned development, this western Indonesian company has further expanded its successful strategy of producing high quality labels in short run lengths and just-in-time production. They serve a wide range of customers in verticals such as food and beverage, industrial goods and pharmaceuticals.
The company liked the operational cost model flexibility presented by Xeikon, which offered them the possibility to choose between a variable operational cost model based on real consumption ‘á la Carte’ or a fixed operational model advisable for customers with extremely stable production.
The dry toner imaging process of Xeikon in combination with its LED illumination technology delivers top notch printing quality and reliable colour consistency. The full rotary printing process, with variable repeat length, ensures that speed is not affected by the label size and/or the number of colors used. The Xeikon 3000 Series presses use the Xeikon QA-I toner, which meets all the applicable FDA guidelines for indirect food contact as well as direct food contact for dry food substances containing no surface oil or fat.
Xeikon 3000 series
The Xeikon 3000 Series press installed at this site is Xeikon’s best-selling high-volume label press, built for use with the most common web widths of 330 mm (13″), but also capable of handling a web width as narrow as 200 mm (7.9″). It runs at speeds up to 19,2 m/min (63 ft/min). This printing press won the prestigious New Innovation Award at the Label Industry Global Awards during Labelexpo Americas in 2008 and was also the first digital label press to receive an InterTech Technology Award in 2009.
Xeikon in Asia
“Since we introduced this press model in 2008, which later expanded to the Xeikon 3000 Series of presses in 2010, Xeikon has been very successful in the label market with its solutions,” says Josep Roca, Asia Pacific Sales Area Manager at Xeikon. “Label applications are ideal for taking advantage of the flexibility of our fully rotary direct printing technology. We are delighted to see that companies in Asia Pacific are recognizing our leadership in the market as well. Xeikon is committed to the region and has established several service hubs in Asia with Xeikon Service Engineers working out of Singapore and Chennai with new members joining our regional Service team before the end of the year.”