SPGPrints Reports Strong Interest in New DSI Inks

SPGPrints has reported strong interest in its newly launched, low migration inks for the Digital System Integration (DSI) digital UV-inkjet label printer and the variLEX multi-process CTP-imager at Labelexpo Americas 2014. The company has also reported continued sales of its RSI Rotary Screen Integration modules for high-end tactile effects. 

SPGPrints launched low migration inks for its UV-inkjet DSI label press specifically for food and pharmaceutical brand owners who need short or micro-run printing, full-color variable data printing (serialization) and the industrial standard light chemical and scratch resistance of UV inks. Specially optimized for the company’s own DSI (Digital System Integration) press, the inks meet the guidelines of the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) and are compliant with the Swiss Ordinance on Materials and Articles (SR 817.023.21). They also do not contain any materials that have been excluded by the Nestlé Guidance on Packaging Inks. 

Bas Hoijtink, commercial manager graphics, said: “There is certainly a growing demand for digital printing solutions for food packaging, because of the demand for shorter production runs, and the opportunities it opens such as variable data printing. Food and beverage brand-owners, and their suppliers, are as keen to reap the benefits of digital printing solutions, like other retail goods and industrial sectors. These low-migration inks, in compliance with food safety regulations, will meet that demand, and facilitate further penetration of digital printing, and especially UV-inkjet, into that sector.”

Hoijtink added, “The DSI press has been fine-tuned to achieve peak performance, in terms of productivity and quality, and the show was our opportunity to prove that – with success. The live demonstrations and sample portfolios gave inspiration to label converters seeking solutions for appealing product decoration, full-color variable data and industrial resistance. Visitors were impressed by the screen-equivalent opacity, vividness, clarity of fine text and gradient of colors achievable. We even had a few inquiries from printers specializing in non-label applications such as furniture surfaces.” 

Notable recent DSI installations include an eight-color print/converting press at Multi Action Labels in Quebec City, Canada, and a four-color stand-alone system at industrial printer McLoone in La Crosse, WI, USA.

SPGPrints also presented its variLEX multi-process computer-to-plate/computer-to-screen imager to the American market for the first time. The system is a single product for imaging high-definition flexo up to 4000dpi, letterpress and dry-offset plates, as well as screens. variLEX can be equipped with a multibeam diode laser system for ablating the black mask and/or a multibeam diode laser system to directly expose UV-sensitive materials like screens. Its integrated inline exposure system, unique to the variLEX, facilitates ablation and exposure in one step.