Robos installs Galaxy semi-rotary screen press from Smag

French press manufacturer Smag recently delivered a Galaxy semi-rotary screen press to label converter Robos.

Robos GmbH, near Stuttgart in Germany, is a medium-sized label converter with 65 employees and annual sales of € 9 million. A lean, family-run business, Robos makes adhesive labels mainly for the medical and pharmaceutical sector, and screen printing is an essential part of the company’s stock-in-trade.

‘Our German-made screen printing presses were coming to the end of their life,’ explained owner-manager Harry Reuter. ‘We needed a high-performance, modular screen press which could be cost-effective for short and medium runs – the best choice turned out to be a Galaxy semi-rotary machine from Smag.’

Robos opted for the 3-color version with UV/IR curing, a laminating unit and semi-rotary die-cutting, a print format of 340 x 340mm and operating speed of 4000 cycles/hour (around 15 meters/minute). Smag has installed over one hundred Galaxies in more than 20 countries across the world.