Screen hosts pharma open house

Screen Europe has concluded its Proven & Approved Inkjet Printing for Pharma Leaflets Open House, welcoming pharmaceutical printing and packaging professionals to its Inkjet Innovation Center in Amsterdam.

Attendees responded enthusiastically to live demonstrations, workflow tours and expert-led discussions focused on the performance requirements of pharmaceutical leaflet production.

Screen specialists presented the advanced capabilities of the Truepress JET systems, designed to ensure consistent and compliant output for patient-critical information. The demonstrations confirmed that Screen's SC+ inks deliver offset-equivalent text sharpness and optical density, ensuring small text meets readability requirements without impacting productivity.

Attendees were particularly impressed to learn that Screen digital presses can print on ultra-thin pharmaceutical papers already approved by major pharmaceutical companies, as well as affordable coated and offset coated papers, without requiring a primer.

Advanced workflow management and finishing systems support Screen's proprietary Equios software to ensure printing output remains consistent from the first sheet to the last while supporting more automation, freeing operators to complete more job orders while lowering waste and increasing production efficiency.

These digital printing innovations support growing initiatives within the pharmaceutical packaging sector to expand just-in-time production strategies, helping pharmaceutical converters improve overall supply-chain performance, reducing storage requirements, avoiding waste and improving sustainability initiatives as rapidly shifting regulations risk making large inventories suddenly unusable.

Screen Europe thanked event partners who contributed their expertise, including MBO Komori, Delfort and Koehler Paper. Their support demonstrated the strength of an end-to-end integrated production ecosystem from substrate manufacturing to folding and finishing.

Screen extended particular thanks to Ralf Kutschera, head of strategic purchasing at Faller Packaging, whose keynote presentation provided insights into Faller Packaging's digital transformation with Screen printing systems through more than a decade of collaboration.

Faller Packaging is currently producing approximately 50 percent of all its leaflets using four Screen Truepress JET digital presses and expects that amount to increase with a fifth installation planned.

'Digital printing is no longer about fulfilling a particular niche in our leaflet production workflow. It is increasingly becoming our primary production method as we move forward,' Kutschera stated.

The event confirmed that pharmaceutical printers can rely on Screen inkjet to meet the evolving demands of leaflet production, including shorter runs, faster lead times, stricter regulatory expectations and increased product variations.