Dutch company Decolabel has installed an additional UV printing press to boost the reliability of its production and overall efficiency.
The company added a new Nilpeter flexo machine with a GEW UV curing system: an FA-4* eight colour press with eight 45 cm wide GEW UV-curing positions, four hot air dryers, a double die-cutting unit and a crossover unit handling Zeller+Gmelin inks on substrates between 75 and 350 microns.
The decision in favour of the GEW UV system was largely due to the company’s desire to ensure new investments go only into reliable, future proof technologies.
Leander Dekker, production manager at Decolabel, explained, ‘Our objective was to increase our production speed, allow to very fast job changes, while at the same time maintaining our high quality levels at competitive prices. GEW’s UV system conclusively offered that package of efficiency, reliability and consistent productivity.’
With the GEW E2C system Decolabel is able to generate fresh turnover with new and established customers by further improving on its offer for sandwich labels and multiple-layer labels including special UV varnishes and glue-killers. ‘We are able to achieve very high scratch resistance which is important to our customers with high demand labels’, added Mr Dekker.
The GEW UV system based on the high efficiency E2C unit brings the additional benefits of fast burn-in and shut-down times with long production runs without unscheduled stoppages. He concluded, ‘The E2C lamphead combined with the e-Brick power supply ensure accurate curing at high speeds with no downtime.’
