Kodak Installs World’s First PROSPER 6000S Press for Folding Cartons at Zumbiel Digital

Kodak expanded its footprint in the folding carton market by announcing the world’s first installation of a KODAK PROSPER 6000S simplex color inkjet web press for packaging applications at Zumbiel Digital.
 
Based in Hebron, KY, Zumbiel – one of the country’s largest independent paperboard packaging companies – provides a range of packaging solutions to clients in the food, beverage and healthcare markets. A need for greater production capacity as well as better digital capabilities led to the company ultimately investing in the PROSPER 6000S.
 
“Our customers are running more and more marketing campaigns requiring mass versioning, but have not been able to include paperboard in the mix due to digital’s high cost and low output,” Ed Zumbiel, president, Zumbiel Digital, said: “We therefore needed to find a digital technology with production capacity and print quality that would be suitable for market-leading brands.”
 
Zumbiel Digital’s unique hybrid configuration of the PROSPER 6000S press incorporates in-line die cutting and seven in-line flexo towers for pre-coating, application of PMS colors, backside printing and overprint varnish.
 
The PROSPER 6000S simplex color inkjet web press delivers up to 12,000 B1 sheets per hour. It offers print widths of 204mm to 647mm (8 inches – 25.5 inches), and can handle paper-based substrates, including labels, carton and PE coated paper, of 150 gsm – 380 gsm. The press utilizes Kodak’s nanoparticulate pigment CMYK inks that are compliant with Indirect Food Contact Safety regulations.