Omet opens upgraded Suzhou facility in China

The new plant initiates dual-track production and assembly lines for bearings and printing machines, following its relocation and production line expansion.

Speaking at the ceremony, Fabio Valle, general manager of Omet China, said: 'The upgraded base will strengthen local supply chain integration and underpin the company's long-term commitment to the Chinese market.

'The Chinese market has become a core pillar of Omet's global strategy. We firmly believe that the combination of Italian technology and China's industrial capabilities will create extraordinary strength.'

Antonio Bartesaghi, CEO of Omet Group, touched on the brand's 60-plus-year history, detailing that since the business was founded in Italy in 1963, Omet has grown into a global leader in narrow and mid-web label and packaging printing solutions, with more than 2,600 presses installed worldwide.

Bartesaghi added that since entering China in Suzhou in 2007, the company has delivered nearly 100 machines across high-end labels, cosmetic packaging and flexible food packaging.

Zhang Songlin, sales director for Omet China, delivered a live on-site demonstration of the XFLEX K4 high-end flexographic press, showcasing its core performance and process advantages.

Fully servo-driven, the K4 features 12-color flexo printing, two cold foil units and in-line ECDC high-speed die-cutting unit. It integrates a short-path design, Vision-1 registration and fast changeover and is equipped with Omet's proprietary Switch system. Its innovative push-pull flexo unit design lets you easily move the print head out of the press, so you can flexibly fit the vacated station with additional units such as a silk screen unit and a die-cutting unit.

What's more, multiple K4 presses support universal module interchangeability — print heads and additional units can be quickly reassigned across machines — enabling truly flexible production and free combination of processes and maximizing production line adaptability. This resolves the production pain points of multi-process integrated label printing and high-end cold foil finishing.

During the on-site live demonstration, the press consistently delivered high-speed printing at 200 m/min and in-line cold foil production at 140 m/min. The machine also enables efficient job changeovers from clear-on-clear labelestock to single-layer film substrates, maintaining precise registration, stable operation and reduced waste throughout — giving the guests first-hand experience of Omet's technical capabilities in combination printing and production.

With its new state-of-the-art intelligent manufacturing base in Suzhou, Omet is well positioned to meet the growing demand of China's label and flexible packaging sector for diversified, high-end and customized printing solutions.