Ink dispensing equipment manufacturer GSE has introduced a program of refurbishment, upgrades, retrofits and preventative maintenance, designed to help flexo printers to extend the lifecycle of dispensing systems, maximising their investments.
The Extended Life Program brings these services together under a structured offering that will also serve to optimise the performance of equipment, as well as reducing carbon impacts and enabling printers to adapt to changing requirements.
Alongside the core services listed, the program can also cover software updates, energy efficiency improvements, solvent extraction retrofits and relocation ink changeover and support.
Maarten Hummelen, marketing director at GSE Dispensing, explained: “Converters are under pressure from many directions – sustainability targets, cost control, shorter lead times and supply chain volatility that affects availability of critical resources. The Extended Life Program is about helping customers protect and improve the value of the equipment they already have, while reducing environmental impact and maintaining high operational performance.
“Innovation is not only about developing new equipment. It is also about continuously improving installed systems, so they remain efficient, reliable and fit for the future. With modular design principles, many components can continue performing for decades while controls, software and selected parts can be upgraded as requirements evolve.”
As part of the Extended Life Program, GSE is developing its “Next Life” program for selected dispensing systems. This involves refurbishing and reintroducing suitable systems to the market following restoration, testing and performance validation.
