02.14.20
BOBST hosted an Open House at its new Flexo Center of Excellence at Bobst Bielefeld on Feb. 13, 2020, giving attendees the opportunity to experience the entire flexo process from start to finish.
The Competence Center at Bobst Bielefeld has been extended to include a pre-press room, meaning it is now a fully comprehensive Center of Excellence for the flexo process, specifically for Extended Color Gamut (ECG) for wide-web CI flexo presses.
The Center benefits from an “open-partnership” system, meaning all of BOBST’s valued industry partners are present, ensuring the integration of all the elements that combine to make a flawless end-to-end process.
“Bobst Bielefeld is now the ultimate Center of Excellence,” said Mark McInulty, managing director Bobst Bielefeld. “It provides an invaluable central facility for testing and continuous development of the ECG process for BOBST and industry suppliers in our open-partnership system. The Center helps our CI flexo printing customers to maximize the advantages derived from the implementation of the ECG process to the fullest.”
The use of ECG is growing steadily. The process uses three additional ink colors – orange, green and violet – on top of the conventional colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, enabling a match with 90%+ of the Pantone book, compared with approximately 60% previously.
BOBST equipment shown at the Open House included:
Other partners illustrated their technologies and knowledge within the framework of the harmonization of all the elements that concur to achieving the best and most efficient results with ECG printing.
Presentations were followed by print demonstrations on the VISION CI and on the EXPERT CI flexo presses equipped with all the latest technologies presented by the partners in the ECG open partnership project. Quality control of the print samples was made on the Digital Inspection table, while E-services were demonstrated live in the Bobst Bielefeld dedicated Training Center facility.
“Every single partner we work with brings so much to the table in terms of innovation and optimizing the flexo process,” said McInulty. “The Open House is actually the perfect example of seamless collaboration in action – many companies coming together to combine their expertise and resources to create an optimized experience for our customers. We are delighted to work with all of our partners and to welcome them to the Center of Excellence.”
The Competence Center at Bobst Bielefeld has been extended to include a pre-press room, meaning it is now a fully comprehensive Center of Excellence for the flexo process, specifically for Extended Color Gamut (ECG) for wide-web CI flexo presses.
The Center benefits from an “open-partnership” system, meaning all of BOBST’s valued industry partners are present, ensuring the integration of all the elements that combine to make a flawless end-to-end process.
“Bobst Bielefeld is now the ultimate Center of Excellence,” said Mark McInulty, managing director Bobst Bielefeld. “It provides an invaluable central facility for testing and continuous development of the ECG process for BOBST and industry suppliers in our open-partnership system. The Center helps our CI flexo printing customers to maximize the advantages derived from the implementation of the ECG process to the fullest.”
The use of ECG is growing steadily. The process uses three additional ink colors – orange, green and violet – on top of the conventional colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, enabling a match with 90%+ of the Pantone book, compared with approximately 60% previously.
BOBST equipment shown at the Open House included:
- VISION CI: launched in October 2019;
- EXPERT CI: a CI flexo press;
- The Digital Inspection Table;
- E-services
Other partners illustrated their technologies and knowledge within the framework of the harmonization of all the elements that concur to achieving the best and most efficient results with ECG printing.
Presentations were followed by print demonstrations on the VISION CI and on the EXPERT CI flexo presses equipped with all the latest technologies presented by the partners in the ECG open partnership project. Quality control of the print samples was made on the Digital Inspection table, while E-services were demonstrated live in the Bobst Bielefeld dedicated Training Center facility.
“Every single partner we work with brings so much to the table in terms of innovation and optimizing the flexo process,” said McInulty. “The Open House is actually the perfect example of seamless collaboration in action – many companies coming together to combine their expertise and resources to create an optimized experience for our customers. We are delighted to work with all of our partners and to welcome them to the Center of Excellence.”