K2 press sold for in-house cosmetic packaging

Press manufacturer K2 Flexo exhibited a 440mm wide FastAction flexographic printing press, fully specified for label and film production, at Labelexpo Europe. 

The press featured full UV curing and IR drying at each printing station and was demonstrated running a 6-color, 40 micron shrink film job for beverages. 

‘We are pleased to announce that this fully servo-driven press was sold to Uniparco, one of the biggest, privately owned cosmetics companies in Senegal,’ said managing director Russell Oddy. ‘The company has significant manufacturing capabilities and the press will be used for packaging its own products in-house.’ 

Designed for high speed operation, the FastAction press with chill drums and fully automatic register controls permits a wide range of films to be processed and is optimized to meet the requirements of the cosmetics industry. A full specification included die station with side adjustment, rotary crush cut slitters, print cylinders driven by helical gears, inks pumps, de-laminating and re-laminating with turn bar, video web inspection and Corona treater. 

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