First Gallus EM 410 S installed in the Czech Republic

One of the leading packaging and label manufacturers in the Czech market has installed a Gallus EM 410 S to boost productivity and expand its range of applications.

Obchodní tiskárni Kolín’s (OTK) product portfolio ranges from flexible packaging and forms to graphic and adhesive labels. The print shop, based 60km east of Prague, updated its production facilities for self-adhesive labels at the start of June this year. The new Gallus EM 410 S 9-color flexographic press – located next to the still fully functional narrow web Gallus R 250-F press that was installed more than 20 years ago – is the first of its kind in the Czech Republic.  

The new press was installed at the print shop in May, with an official commissioning ceremony on 14 June. Guests included OTK’s most important customers and representatives from the supplier company Heidelberg Praha. The event aimed to introduce customers to the varied processing and production capabilities of the new Gallus EM 410 S, which is said to greatly extend not only capacity but also the range of applications at the print shop thanks, among other things, to its optional functions.

According to Josef Squerzi, head of self-adhesive labels, investing in the Gallus press opens up new opportunities for OTK, particularly in the field of labels for the pharmaceutical industry. The company also aims to use the press extensively for high-quality and technically complex labels and special labels such as in-mold.

The press can handle a maximum printing width of 410mm, with a maximum motif length of 660mm. Its high level of modularity and versatility supports a wide range of jobs, including combining flexographic printing with further printing and finishing processes in a single pass. A range of substrates, such as paper and various film types can also be processed. It can be operated at a speed of 150 meters/minute, boosting productivity throughout the labels sector.

Servo drive technology replaces the central shaft, and sleeve technology, cutting setup times for job changes, lowering startup waste and enhancing the quality of the final print. The sleeve system used on anilox and printing cylinders for rotary presses in the EM and S series is said to play a considerable role in reducing operating costs.

The new press has already increased OTK's overall production capacity for self-adhesive labels and has been running in three-shift operation but it has already been decided that a rewind and cutting system and multifunctional high-performance die-cutting unit will be added soon.

Pictured: Keen interest from customers at the official commissioning of the Gallus EM 410 S 

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