Japanese web-to-pack printer chooses Heidelberg Primefire 106
June 19, 2019
Kyoshin Paper and Package decided to choose Heidelberg
Primefire 106as their next digital press to expand their web-to-pack business
on top of the traditional packaging business by signing a contract of the first
Primefire 106 in Japan in April 2019. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
(Heidelberg) will install the digital printing system in Kyoshin Paper and
Package´s brand-new Kanto plant in summer this year.
Kyoshin Paper and Package was founded in Kobe, Japan in summer of 1948. Since
then, their “challenging spirit” is their beating heat of the company as a
successful packaging service provider and currently 290 employees are working
with the company.
In 2013 the company expanded their packaging business launching web-to-pack
service called “Hacoplay” focusing on the demand of small size and small
quantity with digital presses. They receive an order even from one box in three
days as their shortest delivery time. Currently the maximum size they can print
on their digital press is B2 as maximum, but in order to further expand their
web-to-pack business, they were looking for B1 digital press that could meet
their demanding customer needs.
The first time they saw Heidelberg’s Primefire 106 was at drupa 2016 and they
were impressed enough to ask Heidelberg to do print test with their challenging
images. According to Mr. Kazuhiro Kajikawa, executive managing director
of Hacoplay division, “The result of the print test was excellent. The
print quality such as green and orange were outstanding and we felt that the
quality of print by Primefire 106 was the most beautiful we have ever seen. The
consistency of quality between first and 500th sheets was also amazingly stable
that surprised even our offset press operator who was with me for the test.
Other interesting feature of Primefire 106 for us is to be able to cover 95 %
of Pantone color because we as packaging printer have to use a lot of special
colors for package printing. By enlarging the size from A3 to B2, we were able
to expand our business and we are expecting more by going for B1 size with
Primefire 106.”
The Primefire 106 is the first available industrial digital printing press for
packaging in B1 format. “Japan is for us a very important market as it is among
the top countries for folding carton production and it has probably the highest
standards of image quality in the world,” explains Montserrat Peidró-Insa, Head
of Digital Print Business at Heidelberg. “The success of Primefire customers is
what drives our entire team. We are proud to have such a renowned company like
Kyoshin Paper and Package selecting Primefire 106 to accelerate their company
growth. With this new installation, Primefire is expanding its global presence
even further and consolidating itself as a business growth enabler in
packaging.”