US converter installs Nilpeter FA-3 with Caslon unit

Illinois, USA-based converter International Label & Printing has installed a 13” Nilpeter FA-3 combination digital/UV flexographic press.

The machine contains three UV flexo units in addition to a Caslon four-color digital module, all in-line. ‘This press will allow us to better serve our customers with digital quality and the flexibility of multiple-version, medium/short-run capabilities that only digital printing can provide,’ said Tony Dardano, executive vice president of sales and marketing.

The press is currently the only installation of its kind in North America, and according to Nilpeter, ‘combines the advanced flexibility of digital printing with the proven reliability of conventional flexographic printing and converting’. The Caslon digital module supports many standard substrates without any requirement for pre-coating or specially coated materials.

The Caslon produces high-gloss printing with no need for varnish, and the non-contact printing also facilitates printing on rough surfaces. The Caslon inks are comparable to conventional UV flexo inks and, since they are digital, no printing plates are necessary. 

International Label & Printing, in business since 1929, caters to a wide variety of markets including food and beverage packaging, advertising specialties, coupons, thermal transfer labels and tags, while producing an assortment of paper, film and foil pressure-sensitive labels with flexographic, offset, letterpress and now digital technology.

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