Highcon adds second Euclid customer

 - Follows UK’s Glossop Cartons in purchasing digital cutting and creasing system

 

- Antilope saw Euclid at distributor Open House

 

Belgium’s Antilope Group has become the second company to invest in a Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine.

 

Antilope, which moved into the folding carton market seven years ago, saw the Euclid at the Open House held by Plantin in Brussels in early December.

 

Plantin, part of the Staples group of companies, is the official Highcon dealer for the Benelux market, and has installed a unit at its demo room, which also serves as the Highcon European demonstration center.

 

Antilope, a 50-year-old family business, said the addition of the Euclid is a central element in the development of its packaging and printing strategy. The packaging division is one of the group’s key growth business segments.

 

The installation at Antilope is scheduled for March, and will make it one of the first companies in Europe to adopt Highcon's vision of direct-to-pack production.

 

The UK’s Glossop Cartons was the first packaging company to invest in a Euclid, although its unit will not be installed until April.

 

Marc Binnemans, chief executive officer at Antilope, said: ‘The Highcon Euclid fits perfectly into our goal of providing innovative and added value solutions to our customers.

 

‘The growth of short runs in the packaging market, combined with the creativity and flexibility offered by the Euclid will allow us to meet our customer demands easily, efficiently and profitably.

 

‘With Plantin-Tetterode, our needs for fast service and support in the adoption of this new technology into Antilope will be guaranteed.

 

Highcon sales director Nigel Tracey said: ‘We are delighted that a successful, innovative company like Antilope has decided to purchase the Euclid. 

 

‘Antilope has a well-earned reputation for leading the industry in the implementation of digital technologies as a way to provide superior customer satisfaction. We believe that the Highcon Euclid will transform Antilope’s packaging operation in the same way they have applied digital technologies to their commercial printing activities.’

 

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