Installations
Best Color Press installs a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-6+L Press
Best Color Press (Vancouver, BC) has invested in a Heidelberg
Speedmaster XL 106-6+L Press with groundbreaking Push-
to-Stop autonomous print automation – along with many other
features and options designed to meet the requirements of
today’s complex packaging print market. The company’s goal
is to completely change the face of packaging printing in
Vancouver, now that it has the technology to do just that.
Capable of producing 18,000 sph, the press features an elevation
kit for taller stacks. It can also produce both conventional print
with water-based coating, and UV-printed jobs with high-gloss
UV coatings because of its IST UV System. Heidelberg Push-
to-Stop technology features include: Prinect PressCenter
2 console with Wallscreen XL interface; AutoPlate Pro
fully-automated plate-changing system; Inpress Control
spectral colour measurement and automatic register system;
automated wash-ups; and a new Quality Assist program
for autonomous progression – from makeready to good
sheet production.
“Best Color is now better equipped than any shop in the
western region of Canada for any type of packaging
products,” said CEO Sunny Chan. “It was a big leap for us,
but now we’re ready.” The packaging market in western
Canada is growing in a ‘boutique sense’ – meaning that a lot
of smaller companies are looking for specialized packaging.
So the opportunity to better serve this market is now possible
for Best Color. Operating and serving the printing market
in Vancouver for over 30 years, Best Color has grown steadily
and now employs 60 people. The new Speedmaster XL
106-6+L joins a Speedmaster XL 75-6+L Press, alongside a
new Suprasetter CtP with automatic plate loading, punching
and automatic slip-sheet removal.
From left are: Best Color’s David Lee, Press Operator, with Sunny
Chan, CEO, in front of their new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL
106-6+L Press.
Canpak installs a Therm-O-Type NSF Excel Mk II Foil Press/Die Cutter Press from Insource
Canpak Trade Print & Services (Richmond Hill, Ontario), a
leading Canadian trade printer serving print brokers and other
clients with customized printing and finishing services for over
20 years, has invested in a Therm-O-Type NSF Excel Mk II
Foil Press/Die Cutter Press with inline stripping capabilities
from Insource Corporation (Markham, Ontario). Insource is a
leading-edge technology and service provider and partner,
specializing the industrial paper handling, card handling,
packaging and fulfillment, and mailing segments. The press
can foil stamp, foil emboss, deboss and die-cut digital or offset
output. The NSF Excel press will enable Canpak to offer
short-run, medium-run and long-run die-cutting services with
sheet sizes up to 18.5” x 20.5”. This will complement its current
larger-format die cutting services. The installation will also
enable Canpak’s facility to handle both straight-line and
Heinz-bottom boxes, door hangers, round-corner business
cards and much more. This isn’t the first time that Canpak has
invested in cutting-edge equipment from Insource. In January
of 2018, the trade-only printer purchased a Chameleon Folder
Gluer that has opened up new business opportunities for
Canpak by providing additional solutions to its clients. “An
intuitive shift is taking place in the industry, and with
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innovative machinery like the Therm-O-Type NSF Excel, we’re
equipped with solutions that can reduce production costs by
eliminating outsourcing, coupled with invested support across
Ontario,” Insource added.
From left are: Alan Ferguson, Insource Solutions Specialist;
Canpak President Eric Fok; and Press Operator Redmund Wong.
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