Offset with sleeves ready to market the first xflex x6 equipped with offset sleeve groups has been successfully installed at customer masterpress in poland a 10color xflex x6 430 with 5 offset sleeve groups, 5 uv flexo units, cold foil, rotary diecutting and vision1 automatic register system is the first press by omet equipped with the new offset group with sleeves. The press, ready some time ahead than scheduled thanks to the hard work of omet r&d and technical teams, has been installed and commissioned and has gone through final acceptance during the month of december 2012 at customer masterpress, located in bialystok, poland. The customer, a major player at international level, has already five omet machines, including this last one, and is using this press to print mainly refined shrink sleeve and inmold labels for the food sector.
Omet offset sleeve group, firstly introduced during labelexpo 2011, is now a reality and an integral part of omet combination printing presses package. &ldquowe are proud to have our first press equipped with sleeve offset at such an important customer&rdquo, informs marco calcagni, omet sales and marketing director. &ldquothe choice was strategic for both masterpress was looking for one inline offset press with characteristics of high speed, excellent quality results and ease of management, while we were looking for the right customer who could fully exploit the machine potential&rdquo. The customer was so favorably impressed by the results obtained that has already put an order for a second machine in 670 mm width. The new offset group equipped with sleeves offers many advantages to the customer the extension of the format range with 148 inch incremental steps ease of job change because the storage space and the handling burden have been dramatically reduced thanks to the use of lightweight sleeves.
Plus, there is abundance of technological novelties on board antighosting system, extra rigidness and absence of sliding parts to avoid unnecessary vibrations, print regulations performed outside the group, maximum printing speed up to 200 meters per minute, format range from 14 to 25 inches, pneumatic blocking of the sleeves directly on the machine like in flexo, integrated automatic register and preregister both longitudinal and transversal controls, remotely motorized ink trays and automatic dampening system, enhanced automatic pressure, temperature and tension controls. After xflex x6 presses, offset sleeve will be available on the whole range of omet multiprocess and platform presses up to 850 mm on varyflex v2 machines for flexible packaging printing. Omet suzhou proudly presents its new technology center omet suzhou mechanical co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the italian company omet srl was founded in 2007 and is in charge for the sale of both printing presses and tissue converting machines in the territory of china, as well as a large production department dedicated to omet systems in motion. Since 2012 the chinese plant has its own printing technology center with presses on display.
The technology center and showroom is strategic to the development of the relationship with customers and above all offers the possibility to show the machines at work by giving the clients an intuitive and active grasp of the equipment potential. In omet suzhou technology centre work full time two skilled engineers that were trained in italy. The center is about 200 square meters and has presently on display one xflex x2 370, which has been sold already to yanfeng plastic packing co. Ltd., china. One xflex x4 370 mm with 12 colours, 2 screen, 2 cold foil and 2 rewinders is on its way to china and is scheduled to arrive within february 2013. Omet suzhou is a vital reality, perfectly integrated in the chinese printing market and with great possibilities of expansion.
China printing industry, which held a 9,16 of the global output in 2011, develops rapidly as a whole with the packaging and decoration sector holding the largest proportion up to 33.3 and the best growth rate. In november 2012 an open house was held with more than 50 representatives from 25 companies including present and potential customers. The general feeling was that omet presses are a true response to the present market requests and all the delegates showed a lot of interest in omet innovation. The flexibility on all types of materials and their sturdy construction were a new open house will be organized as soon as possible with the arrival of the new press to china.
