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Soyang and
Heidelberg unveils speediest Meevo deal
Speedmaster yet appointed as the exclusive
Soyang Group has been
UK and Ireland distributor
for Meevo sewing machines.
Heidelberg is targeting Lindt and Yeo Valley. The range is immediately
packaging printers with its Cardbox managing direc- available through Soyang
fastest Speedmaster yet, a tor Roland Schöberl Europe and Josero, which
new 21,000sph version of its described competition in the Soyang acquired earlier this
XL 106. year, and comprises the MX
The new XL 106 international packaging mar-
Highspeed Version was ket as “fierce”, and said being Event +SEAS (Silicone Edge
unveiled at a special able to achieve consistently Automated Stitching), SM
Packaging Day held at the high productivity was a key Optima +SEAS, and the SM
manufacturer’s Wiesloch- New XL 106 was showcased at Packaging Day competitive factor for the Versatile +SEAS.
Walldorf site at the end of last company. The MX Event +SEAS is a
month, with some 300 exist- the XL technology since it The press is capable of pro- fully automatic sewing
ing and potential customers was originally launched in ducing more than 100m “We are therefore machine, sewing SEG Keder
worldwide attending either 2004. impressions a year and is tar- delighted to be working with to large-format fabric panels
in person or online. The “With the newly unveiled geted at customer that Heidelberg and piloting the “with perfect alignment”,
printing speed of up to Speedmaster XL 106, require “ever higher machine new Speedmaster XL 106, giving a quality finish to
21,000sph makes it the fast- Heidelberg is taking sheetfed output” such as high-volume currently the world’s fastest extra-long panels, Soyang
est sheetfed offset press on offset printing performance packaging. The first pilot sheetfed offset press. said. Its additional Extension
the market. to the next level and enabling user of the new press is Table allows for easier han-
Heidelberg CEO Dr folding carton manufacturers Cardbox Packaging in Following the start-up phase, dling of heavy and oversized
Ludwin Monz said the firm in particular to become more Austria, which prints for we expect it to give us a big display textiles, improving
had continually enhanced competitive,” he stated. leading brands including productivity boost,” he said. productivity.
Xaar officially launches its new Plockmatic’s extra-
printhead for aqueous fluids long stacker for Xerox
Xaar has officially Swedish manufacturer
launched its new printhead Plockmatic has released the
for aqueous fluids, which it MPS XL Multi-Purpose
believes will dramatically
shake up a number of mar- Stacker, a mobile stacker
kets due to its jetting capabil- that can be fitted to a num-
ities. ber of Xerox printers.
The printhead – named The MPS XL, complete
Aquinox – is a development with docking/undocking sys-
of Xaar’s ImagineX platform. Printhead Aquinox is a development of Xaar’s ImagineX platform tem and motorised stacking
Xaar had previously said table, can be attached to the MPS XL stacks over-size stocks
that it would initially target than 100m/min. At the heart belief that it would mark a Xerox Production Ready towards new digital applica-
the £100m market in print- of the new Aquinox head is “revolutionary transforma- (PR) Finisher Plus stapler- tions that require longer
heads for textiles and packag- aQ Power Technology, a tion in aqueous inkjet print- finisher and works with sheets, so print room opera-
ing with the new head, combination of technologies ing.” Xerox’s Iridesse, Versant tors need a solution that will
followed by wide-format that results in a “radically Xaar said the development 4100 and Versant 280 allow them to stack, handle,
graphics and labels – a poten- new approach” to jetting presses. and transport them.
tial £500m market. water-based fluids reliably. It had included close collabora- The XL has been designed “The MPS XL makes print-
The native resolution of also uses Xaar’s established tion with developers and
the Aquinox is 720dpi, and TF Technology for ink recir- manufacturers of aqueous specifically to support the use ing and transporting long
Xaar said that its High culation. inkjet inks, with the Aquinox of over-size sheets, allowing sheets as easy as standard size
Laydown Technology made it Xaar CEO John Mills able to handle dye-based and the user to move sheets from sheets. The product offers a
“ideal for printing textiles, described the new printhead press to finishing device. unique combination of fea-
highly absorbent substrates, as Xaar’s “most significant pigmented fluids and inks, Jakob Ekeberg, tures - stacking, lifting, and
or thick film coatings.” product launch in recent across a wide range of appli- Plockmatic’s VP Products, transporting - in a single
Print speed can be more years” and reiterated his cations. said: “The market is evolving product.”
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