KHS continues Direct Print push to market
At its headquarters and largest engineering and manufacturing center in Dortmund, the KHS Group has provided approximately one thousand square meters of new space for the ever-expanding Direct Print innovation team.
“With our expanded facility, we will continue to innovate and to grow our team which is fully-engaged in bringing digital print disruptive technology to the filling and packaging environment”. Martin Schach, head of Printing Technology at KHS GmbH, explains. Because of the modularity of the Direct Print industrial platform and our location in the largest KHS manufacturing facility, we will apply latest KHS equipment design and assembly practices in order to scale our industrial platforms to market demand in real time”.
Technology testing laboratory
The Direct Print space includes a dedicated area for sample printing, as well as space for industrial validation platforms for confirmation and extended testing of new features such as bottle orientation, print inspection, ink management, specialized design materials and verification of controls and new components. The engineering team has the ability to fully test each new parameter industrially before taking them to the field.