Sustainability and climate protection are playing an increasingly prominent role in all aspects of life, and not even the Covid-19 pandemic has managed to push them off the agenda. Reducing environmental impact has become a much more important factor in recent years in every sector of the economy.
The core of the investment is a thermal VLF (Very Large Format) computer-to-plate engine from Agfas Avalon N range. This platesetter can handle printing plates up to 2900 x 1350 mm and achieve a maximum throughput speed of 70 B1 plates per hour.
Full scale platemaking is underway at Contact Originators new state-of-the-art 32,000 ft2 site in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, UK. Bringing together the latest world-leading technologies and innovations, the new facility is setting the standard for integrated and automated platemaking.
The business model for RIPs in the packaging market has traditionally been simple: each platesetter is sold with a bundled software RIP. This works fine for packaging printers with one CTP device, but it becomes unwieldy when multiple platesetters are needed.
Cyrel FAST is a technology consisting of thermal processors and a wide variety of photopolymer printing plates for flexible packaging and other applications. The device is the result of more than 20 years of continuous development and investment in this platform.
Siegwerk recently entered into a partnership with Idealliance, a transformational industry association providing global standardization, training, and certification programs for the printing and packaging supply chain.
From the moment new work enters the business to delivery and invoicing, printing businesses are a mix of orchestrated and structured activities and ad hoc business decisions. Savvy print operations leverage smart automation as every touchpoint brings potential delays and costs.
