Arti-Bau expands its inkjet business with Xeikon PX3000

Arti-Bau Label Printers was founded in 2012 with the installation of its first digital inkjet Jetrion 4830 UV machine at its plant in Wrocław, Poland.

‘We started out with a lot of enthusiasm and hope for success, although at the time we did not have a single customer. The digital inkjet web press technology was still in its infancy in those days and machines were only just entering the market, most often in the form of a backup in big flexo printers,’ comments Monika Stefańska, chairperson of the board at Arti-Bau. ‘We dived into deep waters and decided to print using this technology only when we saw its huge potential on the Polish label market.’

Two years ago, the company realized that the first machine was no longer meeting market requirements in terms of quality and speed of printing and commenced the search for a new partner.

‘We believed four areas were key: ease of access to service support, a good service contract and importantly the quality and the speed of printing. We opted for Xeikon as its offering delivered on each of the four factors listed above,’ added Stefańska.

‘In opting for this investment in a Xeikon digital label press we had our customers' needs in mind. Our second machine does best with relatively big volumes, but we needed a piece of equipment which would offer a high quality of printing and a high speed when fulfilling orders, and at the same time, one which would be user-friendly and capable of processing a large number of files for a single order,’ she continued. ‘We were also guided by our knowledge of the print heads used by Xeikon in the PX3000 model. To date, our experience of Xeikon’s post-sales service has also been very positive: the response is fast and the fact that the service engineers are based in our country allows them to reach us within 24hours if required.’

Michał Kuczkowski, sales manager for Xeikon Poland, added: ‘Xeikon is the only company worldwide to offer both digital technologies: toner and inkjet. Thanks to this we were able to select a model suitable for Arti-Bau's needs. We create the software for the machines ourselves, we can therefore configure optimal packages for our customers, as well as integrate their databases. Our companies have a lot in common because Arti-Bau is a fully digital printer and Xeikon has been producing solutions solely for the digital printing process for over 30 years now. This has impacted on its fast implementation and is a good sign of our continued cooperation.’