Highcon to install first Euclid in Israel

Highcon is to install the first Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine for folding carton production at a beta site of Israeli converting company Graphica Bezalel in Yavne, Israel in the coming weeks.
 
Highcon’s Euclid machine is the world’s first entirely digital cutting and creasing production machine for folded cartons. With jobs accepted from standard pre-press software, the Euclid uses Highcon’s Digital Adhesive Rule Technology (DART) to create the crease lines within minutes, with no need for traditional dies.
 

The Euclid is equipped with multiple lasers, along with precision optics to cut cardboard sheets, delivering high-quality, on-demand cut and creased sheets with a format size up to 76 x 106cm (30 x 42in).
 
Turnaround times are reduced while run lengths up to 10,000 sheets become attractive and profitable for the converter.
 
Graphica Bezalel is a 66-year-old family converting company that provides packaging solutions for well-known international brands. The Euclid will be integrated with Graphica Bezalel’s existing pre-media software and workflow, and is compatible with its existing offset printing process.
 
Eyal Harpak (pictured, second from right), deputy general manager of the packaging converting company, said: ‘We have been following the progress of the Highcon Euclid for a while now and are delighted to have the opportunity to put it through its paces. We look forward to exploring the features and potential of the Euclid and testing it under production conditions.
 
‘We are excited by its potential to transform our customer responsiveness and increase our profitability through increased flexibility, productivity and cost-savings.’

The Highcon Euclid will be officially launched and demonstrated at Drupa 2012, Germany in May, which has got news editor David Pittman all excited