Jet Europe represents Xeikon ThermoflexX

Jet Europe has signed a Europe-wide distributor contract for Xeikon’s new range of ThermoFlexX imagers.

Harry Heesen, managing director of Jet Europe, said, ‘With the ThermoFlexX units, we expand our already wide range of solutions as a trusted provider of high quality flexo and letterpress plate production systems. We met the Xeikon team and were immediately convinced of their strive for high quality, their customer focused approach and their reliability as a business partner. The label and packaging industry sees Xeikon as a trustworthy player, and that was a very important reason to enter into this Europe wide partnership.’

Wim Maes, CEO at Xeikon, added, ‘Xeikon is proud and honored to team up with a leading industry partner such as Jet Europe. We found in them a trusted pan-European distribution partner with years of experience in providing complete solutions for flexo and letterpress plate production. Very important for us is also that Jet is a company with a professional drive and a focus on meeting customer requirements. Just like Xeikon.’

Based on the agreement, Jet Europe will be one of the Xeikon sales and distribution partners whereas Xeikon’s worldwide service network will provide local installation, training and service for the full range of ThermoFlexX products.

ThermoFlexX offers an advanced clamping design allowing plates to be mounted directly on to the drum, while a uniquely designed vacuum sliders means plates of any width can be used – meaning operators have no need to cut the plates to fit a dedicated vacuum zone, allowing the use of cut-off scraps. The option also features ergonomic plate mounting and its hybrid drum offers flexibility of holding plates in place either by vacuum or magnetics.

‘Xeikon has been manufacturing industry-leading computer-to-plate solutions for more than 15 years,’ said Jeroen Van Bauwel, director of product management at Xeikon. ‘With ThermoFlexX, Xeikon expands its CtP experience into the flexographic and letterpress markets, further reinforcing its commitment to the label and packaging markets. Xeikon is the only player on the market who is able to offer its customers solutions for both flexo platemaking and digital label and packaging printing. Digital printing provides the perfect answer for short and medium runs and quick turnaround times, while the long runs will continue to rely on conventional printing.’

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