Southern Coating & Nameplate buys Durst Tau 330 LFS

SCN has been using digital printing technology for 15 years as it serves a very wide variety of clients in the automotive, medical, health and fitness, marine and outdoor power equipment segments. Scott Adams, the company’s vice president, said it is now ‘uniquely able to deliver quality one‐stop printing’, and to engineer new ways to provide products to customers because of its work in a broad range of industries.

‘Technology has advanced so much – with the roll-to-roll high-speed capability – that we felt now was a great time to jump in and invest in the Durst technology,’ Adams said. ‘With industries changing and purchasing habits evolving, we felt we needed a machine that would allow us to run both very high volumes at high speeds, and to accommodate customers who only need 5,000 or 10,000 pieces, all in a flexible digital format that keeps us fast and competitive.’

It is anticipated that the Durst Tau 330 LFS will take on some screen and digital jobs at SCN, and 98 percent of its flexo jobs. The in-line laser finishing capability was a key factor in the company’s decision to purchase the Tau 330, added Adams, reducing the need to order dies, so eliminating a main consumer cost and allowing faster job change-overs, decreases lead times by up to 50 percent, and increasing flexibility.

SCN plans to use the Tau 330 to expand in its current markets, as well as move into new areas such as food packaging and POP, Adams said.