Chesapeake to install Highcon digital cutting and creasing unit

- Cutting and creasing to increase flexibility for packaging supplier

- Agreement signed at Drupa 
 

Chesapeake is to install a Highcon Euclid to expand its digital capabilities and offer more flexibility to better serve the needs of its customers.
 
The Highcon Euclid is the world's first completely digital production cutting and creasing machine for folding carton converting, and removes the necessity for production of a die by implementing new polymer and laser technologies to carry out the creasing and cutting. 
 
Set-up time is reduced to minutes and allows converters to be far more responsive to their customer demands.
 
The Highon Euclid was officially launched at Drupa 2012. Chesapeake signed the agreement at the Düsseldorf show.
 

Complement and expand

‘We have been following the progress of the Highcon technology for some time,’ said Dougie Potter, technical services director of Chesapeake.
 
‘We believe the addition of this unique digital solution can complement our existing equipment and offer more flexibility to better serve the needs of our customers.’
 
Highcon sales director Nigel Tracey said: ‘We have been delighted with the response the Euclid has received at the show.
 
‘Converters from all over the world came to see this revolutionary product, including the leading suppliers in the industry. With shipments starting at the end of the year we are ramping up to meet the very welcomed demand.’
 
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