First Soma Flex Midi press goes to Hungary

SOMA Engineering has supplied its first Soma Flex MIDI press to Pandan Kft Group of Szombathely, Hungary. The new press was developed specifically for Pandan Kft for printing on casings for food packaging as well as shrink BOPP, CPP, PET and OPA film applications.

Petr Blasko, marketing manager at SOMA Engineering, said: ‘The Soma Flex MIDI press equipped with casings technology is optimized for printing on difficult substrates including barrier and thermo-sensitive films, lay-flat tubing and organic packaging materials and including LDPE, PA, HDPE, PP, paper and film laminates. During the development of this project we had to address the difficulties of printing on two sides, edge to edge on a range of substrates all having their own unique chemistry. The Soma Flex MIDI press with its advanced tension control system provides the stability essential for printing both sides of synthetic materials plus edge printing.’

Explaining the reasons behind the purchase Balazs Bognar, controller/purchasing manager, stated: ‘We supply packaging for a number of different markets for a wide range of products that include soap powder, pet food, hygiene applications and lidding. In recent years strong market trends for higher quality print and packaging meant we needed to respond to these pressures in order to meet customer demands. We also had to consider the need for short runs, particularly for our casings work. We decided to look at the new gearless technology available and dispose of two older flexographic presses that could not provide the productivity we needed and did not have eight color print capability. SOMA was able to fully understand our requirements and took on the responsibility for the design and supply of the SOMA Flex MIDI press at a favorable investment cost. Taking into account the new gearless technology and high machine productivity, we have now completely reorganized our entire production process and planning and have trained and added new personal for this task. Our investment included the addition of a new automatic ink dispensing system to streamline ink handling.’