BOBST launches major breakthrough products and solutions, providing new business opportunities for converters and brand owners
April 10, 2019BOBST, along with Mouvent and 12 REVO partners, has unveiled major new innovations that will help to redefine the future of labels and packaging production.
Converters and brand owners attending the BOBST Labels & Packaging
Innovation event in Florence this week (April 1st– 4th) are the first to see
the new solutions in action. The event is addressing three key industry needs:
improving time-to-market, guaranteeing color consistency and monitoring food
packaging safety.
BOBST is showcasing two revolutionary solutions, which will change the
established flexo process.
- The
new Ink-on-Demand (IoD) system eliminates ink trays and chambered doctor
blades. It only requires 30 grams of ink in the print unit to operate. Full
wash-out and ink change are performed in minutes with only a few grams of ink
and washing liquid wasted. This will establish a new benchmark in the market, reducing
costs and environmental burdens.
- The new DigiColor system performs “on-the-fly” job changes of color Delta E. Each of the seven Extended Color Gamut (ECG) inks is split into a darker and a lighter ink, which are mixed in-line to match the targeted Delta E. Closed-Loop color control of DigiColor achieves “digital” color-matching, color consistency at any speed, on any substrate, with any operator worldwide. Converters and brand-owners will now be able to rely on a new “digital” technology to protect their brand identities. Converters will benefit from major time savings and quality improvement benefits.
BOBST is also presenting a world premiere for a solution that enables the full
traceability of every piece of packaging. In collaboration with ESKO, AVT, Pantone and X-Rite, the new solution allows the
“digital” traceability from the original file, to the press, to the job validation
and final storage of digital data generated from the final printed job. It is
built on the BOBST Digital Flexo technology and combines WebCenter, ColorCert,
SpectraLab and PantoneLive assets. This enables a fully digitalized and
connected workflow, transforming the way labels and flexible packaging can be
done – timely, with the right quality control and the proper costs.
The traceability project is based in the REVO Academy in
BOBST Firenze. REVO Academy is
open to converters worldwide to test and get training on turnkey ECG solutions,
delivered by the 12 REVO Members and Partners.
Meanwhile, Mouvent, the
digital printing competence center of the Bobst Group, is showcasing the
recently announced LB702-UV digital press. There will be live demos of the
machine at 100 m/min with 6 colors and 1200 dpi resolution on multiple jobs and
various substrates. The LB702-UV will set a new benchmark for digital label
printing, combining, quality, speed and affordability, without any trade-off.
During the event, BOBST Flexo and Mouvent Digital presses will also showcase how
different print technologies on different substrates can achieve the same Delta
E, maintaining accurate color consistency. This is very important as brand
owners have various requirements, which can’t always be met by one technology
only.
Finally, BOBST is providing brand owners and converters with new opportunities
to increase the safety of food packaging. In collaboration with Flint, GEW and the UVFoodSafe Alliance, BOBST is
announcing the digital control of UV energy. This allows for the unique safety
traceability of each printed meter of substrate, opening new opportunities for
UV printed food packaging production with new food safety certifications.
Compared to solvent and water-based inks, UV inks achieve higher print quality
and color consistency combined with the absence of VOCs (volatile organic
compounds), improving ink stability and sustainability.
“The label and packaging industry is clearly going digital, in terms of
processes, value creation, and new business models,” said Jean-Pascal Bobst,
CEO of BOBST “The collaboration between partners is essential to the success of
our industry and the packaging industry as a whole. BOBST is helping to drive
the industry transformation with meaningful innovation and real collaboration,
which will result in solutions that fulfil the requirements of converters and
brand owners alike.”