Packaging converter installs Xeikon 3500 digital label press

Meritage Specialty Packaging, a Vancouver, Canada-based packaging converter, has installed a Xeikon 3500 digital label press to help expand its production of packaging components for the luxury goods industry.

Meritage uses the Xeikon 3500 to produce pressure sensitive labels and packaging for wine and spirits labels, cosmetics, health and beauty, retail fashion and other applications.   

Jay Tapp, co-founder and CEO of Meritage, said: ‘We listen to what graphic designers tell us they want, and aim for technical innovations that will knock their socks off. The Xeikon 3500 is an ideal combination of high productivity, industry-leading imaging quality and functional technologies that continue to evolve. We're excited to work with brand packaging designers to push the limits of color reproduction and decorating enhancements.’  

Dawne Tapp, co-founder and president of Meritage, said the embedded anti-counterfeiting features of the Xeikon 3500 are important tools for Meritage's clients: ‘In today's tough economy, the last thing our customers want to worry about is having their hard won brand integrity counterfeited. We can provide them with fabulous looking graphics and decorating as well as peace of mind that their label or package is genuine.’ In addition to producing decorated labels and packaging, Meritage emphasizes the integration of security and anti-counterfeiting, variable imaging technology and tracing and tracking systems into its products.

‘Meritage is the company that designers turn to when they want highly customized packaging that differentiates their brand from their competitors,’ said Michael V. Ring, president of Xeikon America. ‘The versatility and high productivity of the Xeikon 3500 will enable Meritage to create more compelling packaging products, and allow its clients to take their brand marketing campaigns to the next level.’

With a top speed of 63 feet per minute, the Xeikon 3500 is equipped with high-precision LED-based imaging heads and it features 1200 dpi resolution with variable dot density, generating excellent image quality. The Xeikon 3500 is equipped with five color stations, four for the standard process colors and the fifth for use of spot colors, a one-pass opaque white toner or a security toner for anti-counterfeiting applications. Print speed is unaffected by the number of colors used or the size of the labels.

The Xeikon 3500 can produce up to 6,135 square feet of printed material per hour in four or five-colors on a wide range of substrates. It runs on Xeikon's QA-I toner which is FDA-compliant for indirect and direct contact with dry food.

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