Repacorp sees increased efficiency with new Xeikon press

Repacorp installed a Xeikon PX3300HD digital press at its Arizona facility earlier this year, with the goal of achieving greater consistency and crisper type print. Days after installation, the press was up and running, and three months later, the Repacorp team reports that the press has led to greater consistency in quality and faster turnaround times.  

Aaron Dumke, vice president of packaging at Repacorp, and Bo Soto, plant manager at Repacorp’s Arizona facility, shared their experience with the digital press during a Xeikon event called ‘Unboxed: A Xeikon Learning Experience'.

Repacorp is a 50-year-old company with facilities in Ohio, Wisconsin and Arizona. Dumke described the Arizona facility as Repacorp’s ‘Amazon’ site, an all-digital press facility where the goal is to deliver fast turnaround times for customers.  

The converter has had positive experiences investing in Xeikon presses in the past. In particular, Dumke and Soto extolled Xeikon’s customer service. Those positive experiences, combined with an interest in upgrading quality with Xeikon’s new Xerox printheads, motivated the company to purchase this PX3300HD. 

The new Xeikon press replaced an older Panther machine. The Repacorp team says that setup and maintenance times have been cut in half with the new press, resulting in time and cost savings. 

'Now, we can run at 70 m/min without having to worry about the quality changing an iota,’ Soto said. ‘We have that confidence.’