Envases Group acquires Nilpeter FA-22 for Buenos Aires plant

Argentinian packaging holding Envases Group has acquired a Nilpeter FA-22 multi-substrate press to further build on its leading status in the South American region. The new machine will be installed at the company’s Buenos Aires plant.

Envases Group acquires multi-substrate Nilpeter FA-22 for the Buenos Aires plant

Envases Group currently operates plants in Buenos Aires, San Luis in Argentina and in Cartagena, Colombia, and specializes in aerosol aluminum and tinplate cans. Last year, the company launched a new pharmaceutical packaging division with the acquisition of the only roll-to-roll Hapa digital printer in Latin America.

‘This jump in technology, versus the flexo and gravure solvent based machines currently used in the Argentinian market, alongside the acquisitions of the new Nilpeter FA-22 will allow us to offer our customers the latest alternatives in printing quality, but also the safest, as they are nitro free,’ said Ignacio Siccardi, head of pharmaceutical division at Envases Group.

‘Lately, in the pharma world, there have been some repercussions about how nitro-based primers and inks react to the temperature in the blister machine lines and produce nitrosamines which is a compound that causes cancer in humans. That's why UV LED and nitro-free inks are the future of printing in pharma. Our idea and ambition with this investment is to back our customers with their new high velocity blister lines, and offer them a safe, excellent quality and quick lead times to better meet their needs, in either flexo or digital, and in any design,’ added Siccardi.

The FA-Line is designed around the modern print operator, with an intuitive user-interface and fully mobile print controls. The modular, multi-substrate FA-22 provides a tight register tolerance and offers printing on multiple substrates; all normal self-adhesive materials, including flexible packaging films, polymer films, metallic films, and paper.

‘With this investment, Envases Group joins a very special segment in our market. This press will mainly be used to print on aluminum blister substrates, and only a small group of press manufactures around the world has gained access to this market by supplying the correct press technology. We are very pleased to enter into this partnership and excited to see what the future holds for Envases Group,’ commented Nils Evers, general manager of Nilpeter Latin America.