Lüscher’s head office in Gretzenbach
Two long-established Swiss companies, Polytype SA, a worldwide leader for systems for tubes, cups and cans (part of the wifag//polytype group), and Lüscher AG Maschinenbau, a leading supplier of pre-press systems for the graphics industry, have agreed on a global distribution partnership of Lüscher machines that will greatly extend the strategic areas of activity of both companies.
This distribution partnership will enable Polytype SA to round off its product portfolio and develop into a full range supplier. ‘This will not only lead to considerable cost savings but will also massively increase our customers’ flexibility,’ said Daniel Wider, head of business unit cup decoration, and Alain Berset, head of business unit tube decoration.
Through the partnership, Lüscher will be able to expand its market for plate CTP systems due to the use of new, pioneering imaging technology. Customers will benefit from a hybrid imaging system which will allow them to image the whole range of print formes such as dry offset plates, offset plates, flexographic plates, rotation screens and all types of flat screen using a single machine. In addition, these systems will permit the imaging of magnesium and copper plates for foil stamping applications.
According to Anton Tanner, COO, and Urs Bachofner, sales and marketing director of Lüscher, ‘In Polytype SA, we have an exceptionally well established partner whose international market leadership in a sector in which we have not previously been active will open up long term opportunities for us.’
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