Israeli label printer orders second Xeikon

S. Lerner, an Israeli label printer, ordered a Xeikon 330 digital label press, with full D-coat converting unit, on day one of Labelexpo Europe 2007. The purchase represents the company’s second investment in Xeikon digital printing equipment. The digital systems will sit alongside existing flexographic label printing presses.

Commenting on his latest investment, Samual Lerner, CEO, said: ‘For digital label printing the Xeikon 330 is the best machine on the market. Productivity and speed are independent of the job. Because of the full rotary principle of the Xeikon 330, it is very easy to plan jobs properly from initial order to final production. No difficult calculations are required for different formats of label.’ The new machine will join a Xeikon 32S digital label press which, according to the company, ‘generates profit in a reliable way for over six years’.

Gert Saey, VP marketing at Xeikon, commented: ‘We are very happy to see that S. Lerner’s continuing focus on digital label printing pays off.  We see that the overall market growth in digital label printing results in multiple installations at our customers such as S. Lerner. Customers that are looking for a real digital printing solution to support their future growth are best of with a Xeikon solution.’

The web-fed Xeikon 330 is able to print on label stock, paper and synthetic media in widths up to 330mm and weights up to 250gsm, in up to five colors, including opaque white. Xeikon 330 prints at 14.7 meters per minute regardless how many colors are being used. The digital press comes complete with in-line post press equipment suitable for varnishing, laminating, cutting, slitting, matrix stripping and re-reeling the finished printed product.

For job preparation, the Xeikon 330 is equipped with the open, scalable and modular X-800 Digital Front-End (DFE), combining extensive pre-press functionality including a high-speed RIP with impressive variable data printing processing. In addition, the X-800 DFE is designed to deliver the highest print quality level, a practical die marker function and precise step-and-repeat functionality. The system is also equipped to handle complex operations such as sequential numbering and barcodes.

The press was sold through Xeikon’s Israeli distributor BPI, via its managing director Ran Landau.