Inkjet & Digital Printing

BOBST at Labelexpo Europe 2015

Friday 18. September 2015 - BOBST announce that two completely new press lines will be shown at Labelexpo Europe 2015.

The new M4 press (430 mm width): the most effective press for printing Labels and Flexible Packaging with excellent register stability at all speeds.
The new M6 press (670 mm width): a dedicated mid-web press for the Flexible Packaging market.

M4 Line – Printing press for labels & flexible packagings

Both presses will be showing the Digital Automation program in the print cylinder configuration for M4 and in the print sleeve configuration for the M6.

During the show “live” exchange of multiple jobs with less than 10 meters of substrate waste and 1 minute of set-up time will be performed.

BOBST confirms its full commitment for the REVO Project for 7 Colors Extended Gamut technology and will proudly host the full REVO plate manufacturing process with new plate manufacturing and printing “live at the show”. New sets of plates will be produced and used for printing jobs on both presses everyday.

REVO Digital Flexo and BOBST Digital Automation will prove that traditional Digital and Digital Flexo process are comparable for flexibility in running short runs, with clear economic advantages for Digital Flexo.

At Labelexpo the REVO Team will introduce the concept of Non-Stop Digital Flexo with the aim to achieve up to 95% press up-time. To achieve this objective on the new M6, BOBST automatic turret un-winder and re-winder will be shown. On both M4 and M6 presses BOBST Excellence Technology will allow for fully automated job exchange on-the-fly without stopping the press.

BOBST confirms also its commitment towards the introduction of UV Flexo Technology in the Flexible Packaging also for food applications, a complete new set of technologies and procedures will be unveiled at the show.