German Converter Etikettenhaus Honored at Digital Label Forum

German label converter Etikettenhaus, of Hilden near Düsseldorf, earned praise for its flexibility in supplying serialized, short runs of labels to the food industry with SPGPrints’ UV-curable digital inkjet technology at the prestigious French digital label industry awards
 
With its 330mm (13”)-wide five-color DSI (Digital System Integration)® inkjet label press, the newly formed converter won the Best Foreign Label category at the Digital Label Forum, hosted by Etiq Et Pack magazine. This marks the third consecutive year that SPGPrints has gained recognition at the awards.
 
The winning design comprises a set of three four-color self-adhesive labels, applied to point of sale boxes for a national German packaging assembler and wholesaler, Dosen-Zentrale Züchner. Printed on Herma super-white paper, the labels are applied to the front and sides of corrugated packages containing the retailer’s own brands of jams.
 
“For a label converter to go from start-up to industry award-winning status in 12 months is a remarkable achievement,” said Bas Hoijtink, commercial manager graphics for  SPGPrints.
 
The DSI press specified by the label converter includes opaque white and CMYK colors, a flexo coater, and a semi-rotary die-cutter. This enables Etikettenhaus to offer the point of sale branding solutions and batch traceability for multiple stock-keeping units, with a level of flexibility not achievable with conventional printing methods.
 
Using a common-sized label and template based on customer branding guidelines, Etikettenhaus makes design changes and add serial numbers with ease and at very short notice for each job.
 
SPGPrints’ inks, optimized for the DSI, offer high gloss and opacity and ensure vivid photographic reproduction, ensuring the package makes an impact on the consumer in a supermarket or grocery store. The scratch-resistance of the inks effectively protect the image from degradation through abrasion in during transport and handling.