KBA-Flexotecnica Evo XG commissioned for carton printing at Delta in Northern Ireland

The gearless Evo XG CI flexo press installed in Belfast is engineered especially for high printing speeds of up to 600m/min (1,969ft/min) and printing with water-based inks on paper and board up to 450g/sq m (290lbs). The press at Delta Print & Packaging primarily produces fast-food packaging for the European market. McDonalds, Kellogg's, Nokia and Jacobs belong to the firm’s customer base. Furthermore, the flexo press produces a multitude of packaging for breakfast cereals, sweets, food and mobile phones. It is run reel-to-reel to a rotary die-cutting line and a reel-to-sheet feeder which in turn feeds sheets to two flatbed die-cutters.

The Evo XG has a web width of 1,500mm (59in) and a central cylinder with 10 printing units, as well as two in-line flexo printing units with multi-zone drying for the reliable processing of anti-grease coatings and other coating applications. Both in-line printing units are equipped for printing on the front and back of the substrate with maximum register accuracy.

Read more about CI flexo technology as presented at Labelexpo Europe 2015 in Labels & Labeling issue 5, 2015