Nilpeter showcases renovated Technology Center

Machines on show included: an FB-3300 producing a multi-web extended content label application; an FB-3 running two expanded gamut printing samples showing the full fixed pallet application alongside total job save and recall automation; and a fully automated FA-4* running wine and spirit labels with flatbed processing of hot foil and embossing.

It was also announced that Nilpeter’s Panorama line of digital converting systems will be available during the first quarter of 2016 in North America, and a combined DP-3 digital press and converting line will be coming to the Nilpeter Technology Center in Cincinnati.

Keynote speaker Dr. Charles ‘Chip’ Tonkin provided an in-depth review of The Future of Packaging Design, taking into account recent consumer research and finishing with a look into the future of functional printing and printed electronics. Nilpeter also announced that in the first quarter of 2016, a fully outfitted FB-3 13in fully automated servo press will be installed at Clemson University Graphics Communication Center.