ebeam Technologies delivers curing on Thallo press headed to Russia

The Thallo 850 system configured with EB curing will enable instantaneous curing of food-safe inks, an important strategic benefit for every customer producing food packaging.

‘We are delighted to be able to work with ebeam Technologies to provide the best EB-cured printing solution for the European market,’ said Richard Miedema, product manager at Goss. ‘We are seeing growing market demand for EB curing as an option and customers are also looking for it more and more because it eliminates the need for photoinitiators in inks and so avoids the risk of food contamination. EB curing is also increasingly important to our Asian customers in countries such as South Korea and China who can eliminate the cost and complexity of VOC removal equipment while meeting stringent emissions controls.’

Karl Swanson, vice president of global sales at ebeam Technologies, commented: ‘We are delighted to work with Goss to offer high quality EB curing solutions for flexible packaging. EB curing creates a strong cross-linking bond which means inks are completely dry almost instantaneously, eliminating wet ink layers and providing a complete and consistent cure for safe food packaging, including delicate films.’

The Russian customer’s Thallo 850 system, as reported here, will be configured for flexible packaging applications, combining web offset printing units with in-line flexo and coating units, allowing the customer to print high-quality flexible packaging, including seed packets.

The installation will be in operation at the customer site near Moscow, Russia in the first quarter of 2017.