May 31, 2024
HP and Cimpress Embark on a New Collaboration See p. 4
Kodak: A Partner for Analog and Digital See p. 8
Canon Has the Power to Move Publishing See p. 9
Landa Showing B1 Digital Press with Offset Capacity See p. 40
Winning in Flexible Packaging through Chem-Stack Design Mit flexiblen Verpackungen gewinnen durch Chem-Stack-Design BY MARY SCHILLING Digital inkjet printing has impacted most industries over the last 10 years, but flexible packaging has been the slowest to integrate inkjet due the sheer complexity of the materials used and the challenging chemistry requirements to ensure successful lamination.
Winning at Flexible Packaging
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) (Hall 16/D20) is part of the Barry Wehmiller Converting Solutions (BW) family. Acquiring technology companies serving the packaging and mailing industry, the BW family manufactures varying equipment such as Fusion flexo presses, mail solutions, pouch-making lines, in-line print camera systems and their new ION press for flexible packaging.
PCMC seems to have solved the chem-stack puzzle for flexible packaging with their new ION platform. Working over the past year with internal manufacturing, chemists and vendors, the ION team has developed a repeatable chem-stack “recipe” for substrate, ink compatibility, wet-out, ink balancing and drying on non-porous PET poly flexible materials printed at high speeds. This recipe creates the perfect condition for reproducing detailed text and imagery on finished, laminated packaging. The ION is a digital/hybrid flexible and folding carton solution designed to remove industry barriers of quick change, quick turn, on demand variable printing barriers for flexible packaging. The ION is highly configurable. Flexo decks and modular extended drying can be integrated for pretreatments, OPV’s or ink stations pre and post of the Memjet DuraLink 2.1pL, CMYK aqueous pigment thermal print heads. Available with inline lamination, the ION is offered
People Profile: Maria Aumüller BY CARY SHERBURNE Maria Aumüller is the Production Manager at Aumüller Druck GmbH & Co. KG, located in Regensburg, Bayern, Deutschland, a role that she has held for almost four years. Previously, Maria was Product Manager for Digital Print at Heidelberg. Prior to joining Heidelberg, Maria did an internship at Warneke Paper Box Company, as well as at G. Peschke Druckerei GmbH, and a previous working internship at
PCMC ION shown with two flexo stations/ CMYK inkjet digital/two flexo station configuration with in-line lamination. PCMC ION mit zwei Flexostationen/CMYK-Inkjetdigitaldruck/Zwei-Flexostationen-Konfiguration mit Inline-Laminierung. in web widths of 32-, 36-, 42-, and 52-in. utilizing 42-in. OD roll, running up to 400 fpm at 1600 dpi cross web and 790, 925, or 1600 dpi down-web resolutions (speed dependent). The ION jets a 2.1pL drop which eliminates any graininess or ink plugging typically seen when reproducing challenging highlight/shadow balance of flesh tones. Continued on Page 2
Aumüller Druck, learning the printing business from a variety of perspectives. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Socioeconomics from Hamburg University. This family-owned business, founded in 1913, prides itself on a love of craftsmanship in industrial print production. Modern technology, intelligent processes and committed employees are the ingredients for their success in industrial commercial printing. Aumüller Druck has implemented lean management as a means to optimize processes through Continued on Page 4