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Fujifilm unveils Labelexpo CMYUK adds
digital cutters
launches JWEI JCUT digital cutting
CMYUK has added the

system to its production
equipment portfolio.
Fujifilm has launched sev- synthetic substrates, they Available in three sizes –
eral new products at are available as press-ready 1.6x2.5m, 2.1x3.1m, and
Labelexpo Europe in Pantone-compliant colours. 3.2x3m – CMYUK said the
Brussels, including a new Steve Wakefield, after- Chinese manufacturer’s
LED-UV curing system for market manager at Fujifilm tables offer accuracy, relia-
flexo presses and an inkset Speciality Ink Systems, said: bility, “and an array of supe-
for indirect food contact. “The launch of CuremaX rior features at an
Luxtreme, an LED conver- IDFC marks an exciting investment level that has
sion kit that can be fitted to time for Fujifilm. We’re con- previously never been
any traditional flexo press, Fujifilm has agreed a distribution deal with Lüscher fident that these inks will attainable”. The largest sized
can cure labels at up to competitors, at up to 25 W/ on food and pharmaceutical enable customers to explore table, the 3.2m-wide model,
200m/min. sqcm. Launched alongside packaging with indirect food new markets and achieve supports super-wide digital
The kit uses 30-60% fewer the Luxtreme is Fujifilm’s contact, and accordingly has new standards with confi- printed textile cutting pro-
LED lamps to achieve the Curemax IDFC inkset, the minimal risk of migration. dence. Additionally, the duction in both the mid-
same radiant intensity as company’s first ever indirect The inks are suitable for nar- dual cure option offers print- range and premium
industrial printer markets.
other comparable curers, food contact ink. row-web labels, including ers flexibility, no matter This model is also fitted
leading to better registration A range of gloss LED-UV applications like self-adhe- what their business require- with a carbon fibre rein-
and less material distortion, inks that can also be cured sive labels, unsupported ments are.” forced gantry that ensures
films, saturated pouches and
Fujifilm said. Luxtreme can under conventional lamps, shrink sleeves. Fujifilm also revealed at stable precision during
also offer higher radiant Curemax has been specifi- Suitable for use on all the Brussels show that it has super-wide intense produc-
intensity than many of its cally developed for printing common synthetic and non- signed. tion cycles.
Bobst unveils Digital Expert ECO3 adds flexo

press at Labelexpo Europe products

Bobst has revealed its lat- ECO3 is expanding its
est roll-to-roll digital label offering into flexo pre-media
press at Labelexpo’s Brussels with the launch of a full
show. The Digital Expert suite of integrated products.
340, an inkjet printer capable The firm was created follow-
of 65m/min as standard, or ing the sale of Agfa’s Offset
100m/min as an upgraded Solutions division to private
version, offers printers the equity group Aurelius.
choice to incorporate a flexo Its new flexo solution –
unit. The machine, printing Digital Expert 340 available in 65m/min and 100m/min speeds initially targeted at label ECO3 is expanding its offerings
at 1,200x1,200dpi, will be printers had its debut at
available from January 2024 hopes to attract customers ule can be retrofitted to Labelexpo in Brussels. It of aqueous flexo plates with
in the UK, as Bobst rolls out new to digital printing, those Digital Master machines. comprises of ECO3’s flat top dots “for the finest
its release through Europe, replacing an existing press, The manufacturer also Amfortis cloud-based soft- dot reproduction”.
America and Mexico, before or who have capacity on revealed a number other ware for packaging prepress
targeting other regions. existing finishing equipment. developments at the Brussels functions including artwork The plate washout is soap-
The Digital Expert 340 will Showcased alongside the event, including its introduc- preparation and plate lay- based and solvent-free. The
be positioned to compete in Digital Expert was the Digital tion of an end-to-end process out.Spir@l screening soft- Magis P-Eco plates can also
price with mid-range roll-to- Master series’ new hardware for linerless label applica- ware and GridTune surface be used with conventional
roll UV inkjet machines, upgrade, a high-speed white tions with Avery Dennison’s patterning are deployed for screening patterns. Magis is
Bobst said. It is available in “optimal ink laydown and Latin for ‘more’ or ‘greater’.
four-colour with white chan- printing module. Designed ADLinrSave, targeted at the increased print latitude”. ECO3 said it would focus on
nel, or in six-plus-white con- for high-opacity printing – prime label market. Fl ex o plate ma kn g
figurations. Bobst said it was and achieving up to 72% Bobst has also committed involves the new Magis Europe and Latin America
aiming the launch at a broad opacity at 100m/min and to release a new range of digi- range of equipment and con- initially, before expanding
tranche of the market, with 80% at 90m/min – the mod- tal UV inks by early 2024. sumables for the production the flexo roll-out.
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