CPC Haferkamp has installed a Nilpeter M0-4 ten-color rotary offset combination line

CPC Haferkamp, part of the French CPC Group, has invested in new technology to satisfy the demands of international brand owners, for whom JIT delivery, product variety, and safety play important roles in securing business from a single source supply.

Specializing in package printing, 
CPC, which was founded in 1986, has 16 sites in France, Germany, England and Russia.  The five main areas of operation are: folding boxes, produced at six sites in France, England and Russia; wet glue labels and inmould labels with three sites in France and one in Germany; self-adhesive labels with two sites in France and Norden; flexible packaging at three sites in France and one in England; and various sites in France for security printing.



Important features of the new machine are the sleeve technology and the configuration with servo drive. This allows for higher variability in the print formats compared to the traditional rotary offset machines, and at favorable costs. With the help of the sleeve technology the price for new formats compared to traditional cassettes is reduced by 75%. At the same time the application of sleeves gives noticeable advantages in terms of changeover times. Changeover is also possible offline, if a second set of print form sleeves is available.

The configuration of the machine, with its 420 mm web width, comprises ten print units, of which seven allow free choice between offset, flexo or screen printing. In the remaining units the last two of these are possible. The machine is also prepared for the retrofitting of other elements. At present, cold foil is available at several positions within the production line. 

For monitoring the quality, CPC Haferkamp applies inspection of the print image on the new Nilpeter machine. Including this installation, the company now has a total of 3 systems in use. The data collected with this equipment is stored and the data log is via a workflow connection transferred to a packing unit. In this way the system automatically stops, in case of any registered errors.

The individual production systems used at CPC Haferkamp fulfill various purposes, which are also adjusted to customer requests. For the first product sample or dummies a digital ink proof system is applied. This gives the advantage of manufacturing half-tone proofs on original substrates. Small runs of a few thousand pieces are produced in Norden on a semi-rotary offset printing machine.

The new Nilpeter MO-4 then handles the entire production run. Being an offset machine, the Nilpeter offers Norden the capability to provide its brand owning customers with offset print quality on all jobs.