Brazilian Elloflex invests in its first Gallus label press

Brazilian converter Elloflex has installed its first Gallus Labelmaster to increase its production efficiency, print quality and to diversify into new markets.

Rafael Polessi Rampazzo, commercial director at Elloflex with the new Gallus Labelmaster press

Gallus, a subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen (Heidelberg), installed the narrow web production line in the North of Parana in Brazil in December 2018. The Gallus Labelmaster includes eight flexo printing stations, cold-foil and a further unit for rotary screen. With a printing width of 440 mm it is the first Gallus press for Elloflex and thus, the second Gallus Labelmaster for the Brazilian label and flexible package printing market. 

‘We chose Gallus, because it is a durable and stable running machine which guarantees reliable results which we can really achieve during daily production. Now, more than one year after the installation, we can say that we increased the efficiency of sleeve production and were able to conquer new markets thanks to this investment,’ said Rafael Polessi Rampazzo, commercial director at Elloflex.

Applications produced on the Gallus Labelmaster are mainly sleeves for the flexible packaging market, but also a range of narrow web applications that can be produced on the conventional label press. Elloflex was established in 2007 and is now serving several market segments with about 110 employees.