Published May 30, 2013 By admin
Mario Mucciacciaro – Executive Vice President
The world in which we live is rapidly changing. Flexible packaging has been brought to a whole new level through globaliza tion. Uteco has listened to what marketers and end users are asking—and demanding—from the flexible packaging industry. Some of these demands include eco friendliness, reduc tion of carbon footprint and reduc tion of energy consumpti on, recyclable material, increased safety in food packaging and manufacturing plants and lastly, efficiency for short print runs. Uteco has and will con tinue to meet consumers’ demands and expectations by offering them products that will op timize their growth in this industry. Our focus this year is on promoti ng the EB flexo press, which is a more Eco Friendly printing process. Uteco will also con tinue to work toward increased produc tivity, decreased running costs and presenti ng innovati ve technology opportunity that will enhance the future of prin ting. Flexo EB has a mul titude of advantages over traditional flexo solvent inks. Advantages such as:
• Excellent resistance to abrasion, aging, chemical agents, humidity and light,
• No element will migrate through the substrate and/or by contact setoff, and
• Flexo EB will not alter the characteris tics of the food packed, gives no smells in cured inks and does not release vola tile organic compounds or other aerial pollutants, thus presenti ng itself as eco-friendly.
It has been forecasted the installa tion base will grow larger, due to the pressure of environmental constraints for pollu tion and energy reduc tion.Therefore, Uteco’s Flexo EB press is the right move for environmentally aware consumers.
Another area consumers should be aware of is our con tinuous commitment building presses to increase produc tivity and decreasing waste. A growing demand has been placed on companies to produce a more diverse packaging with high quality standards. We can make this possible with our Kiss & Go and SmartMatch prin ting presses.
Automatic Impression Setup
The Kiss & Go performs automa c impression setting at the startup of every new job. It works by directly reading the printed color on the substrate. This allows the end user to use any type of printi ng sleeve and anilox sleeve, and without the need of printed marks, which can considerably reduce material wastes. The sophis ticated so ftware of the Kiss & Go then scans the print of all the colors and sends the collected data to calculate the opti mal printed dot.
Automatic Color Matching
At the start of every new job, it’s necessary to find the correspondence between the reference color and the printed color, within given tolerances. In order to cut cost me and generate less waste, we have come up with a more ideal and faster solu tion. The SmartMatch, is an automati c coloring matching systems that will reduce the me for onpress color correcti on and at the same time set the right color from the portable kitchen, the SmartKitch.
Global Imaging Management
Uteco is commi tted to the concept of integra tion of the producti on process with the transfer of data through using the G.I.M. The end result of incorporating the G.I.M. is op miza on of ink usage, the selec tion of sleeves and aniloxs, and a correct guideline for the operator to prepare jobs.
Uteco stands by several goals to offer our customers. Among them are reducing changeover times, decreasing waste, increasing produc tivity and most importantly, inves ting in future technology to enhance the printi ng industry.