Africa Print Journal January 2018 | Page 9

HOT NEW PRODUCTS HOT NEW PRODUCTS Novastar D 2000 IML BIO Lemanic Flexo ILS Line Flint Rotec ULW Bridge This is a mineral oil free, low migration sheetfed ink to be used for label printing without direct food contact. Suitable for printing work corresponding to ISO 12647-2, the ink is especially suited to printing on metallised paper and other non-absorbent substrates. This very high colour strength product features good printability with excellent dot sharpness and fast oxidative drying. www.fl intgrp.com The new line-integrated BOBST fl exo printing units combined with the company’s converting solutions are focused on delivering operational effi ciency and product quality for ever-changing and increasingly demanding applications. Features include a modular concept for customised confi gurations, with applications that include medium web width, board and paper, customised in-line converting, water and solvent-based inks and UV inks. www.bobst.com The ultra lightweight polyurethane adapter offers up to 65% reduction in weight, a signifi cant weight decrease improving safety and handling for press operators. Developed together with customers, this new generation adapter has been validated in applications on plate-mounting equipment and on presses running up to 450m/min for the last 1-2 years. It is suitable for all press widths and offers particular benefi ts where higher wall thicknesses are most commonly used. www.fl intgrp.com Kongsberg C66 Digital Cutting Table Fiery DFE For Inkjet Presses Colordyne 2800 Series Mini Laser Pro The largest digital cutting table for heavy-duty corrugated production, it was developed based on market demand as part of Kongsberg’s robotics programme. Its combination of size, speed and precision on heavy-duty rigid materials such as corrugated cartons make it a fl exible and effective alternative to conventional die-cutting equipment for short run corrugated productions of packaging and POP displays. www.esko.com The new EFI Fiery XB digital front end (DFE) platform for ultra-high-speed production inkjet presses meets highly demanding requirements for performance, colour and imaging. This includes advanced variable-data production printing, at speeds of up to 13,000 pages per minute, or the data equivalent of two streaming movies each second. The groundbreaking Fiery XB platform used for the new DFE complies with native intelligent production data stream workfl ows and is certifi ed IS/3 compliant. www.efi .com Enprom eSDC F X-Rite SCTV Feature Ricoh Pro V20000 Series The new Enprom eSDC for the labelling sector is built using a modular concept and allows several unwinder and rewinder confi gurations as well as integration into the central body, including: rotary and semi-rotary die-cutting processes, 100 percent inspection, inkjet marking, laser cutting, label insertion, and RFID placement. In-line printing modules can also be integrated. www.enprompackaging.com Supporting the latest ISO 20654 standard, the eXact Spot Color Tone Value (SCTV) confi guration allows commercial and package printers to verify tone value for spot colours that correlate well with visual appearance. With this latest fi rmware update to the eXact family, printers will be able to more easily verify both spot and process colours that brands specify using the new standard. www.digitalview.co.za The continuous feed inkjet platform is compact, versatile and easy to use. It features applications that include transactional print such as bills, statements and policy documents, as well as books, direct mail and pharmaceutical leafl ets. The system brings competitive mono and colour production to existing continuous feed and sheet fed printer users who want to consolidate output from multiple d evices to a single machine. It can fi t in almost any production environment since it has a footprint of just 4,3sqm. www.ricoh.co.za www.AfricaPrint.com The 2800 Series Mini Laser Pro provides end users, private brands and in-plant printers with on-demand digital label and tag production and in-line lamination and laser die cutting capabilities. The product is a turnkey solution designed for mid-volume label production. The user can print, laminate and laser die cut labels all in a single-pass on one affordable, compact piece of equipment. www.colordynetech.com AFRICA PRINT JOURNAL JANUARY 2018 PG 9