Bay Cities Adds an HP PageWide C500 Corrugated Press

Bay Cities announced the purchase of an HP PageWide C500 digital corrugated press to its facility in Los Angeles, CA.  With this new addition, Bay Cities expands its sustainable packaging offerings as well as POP displays and subscription boxes to its brands and re-tailers.

Bay Cities is known for its innovative and experiential in-store displays and packaging, helping brands stand out on-shelf and online by creating retail ready packaging that drive foot traffic to live retail stores such as Walmart, Target. Costco and Kohl’s, and generate sales and loyalty.

In addition to its innovation, Bay Cities focuses heavily on implementing sustainable prac-tices and procedures during the production process to meet the growing demand of its customers for eco-friendly packaging, contributing to a circular economy.

The C500 industrial-scale press will enable Bay Cities to grow in retail packaging as a cost-effective alternative to litho label with mid to long runs. HP PageWide’s C500 true water-based inks can be used to print the most sensitive corrugated box applications, including packaging for food and agricultural produce, pharma, pets, infant and toys products, com-ing in direct contact with the unprinted inside of the box.

The HP inks meet stringent food safety requirements such as USDA FDA 21 CFR, Nestlé guidance, Swiss Ordinance, and EuPIA, and support the boxes recyclability and com-postablabilty.

“At Bay Cities we are committed to delivering the most innovative solutions and services to our customers. The decision to invest in the C500 press was taken in order to leverage HP’s advanced technology for operational efficiency, and to offer high quality print and sustainable corrugated products fast,” said Greg Tucker, CEO of Bay Cities.