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PRESS RELEASE 04/09/11

Customised web transport bases

KPG have extended their DP Series of web transport bases and are now able to offer three standard web widths; 150mm, 250mm and 350mm.  The Company can supply a total package of transport base, with inkjet printing heads, or simply a customised base, with heads specified by the customer.

Operating speed is from 15 – 100m/min, depending on printed design, number of colours and type of digital printing system. KPG’s standard inkjet print engine is capable of 50m/min 600 X 600dpi, 75m/min 600 X 480dpi and 100m/min 600 X 300 dpi (all CMYK or monochrome).

Additionally, a monochrome or CYMK inkjet printing module for retrofitting to existing narrow and mid-range presses, is also available from KPG.  This in-line facility is ideal for producing variable data and/or changing full colour images on a pre-printed web; the latter being of particular benefit to print buyers requiring limited label quantities for brand or test marketing, language and product variations.

Designed for integration with digital printing heads, the D P Series of bases provide cost effective label production, even when producing small quantities.  With minimal down time, and high quality printing, label manufacturers are able to quickly respond to customer demands for low volume orders and short lead times. 

The KPG bases have been designed on a modular basis, enabling the simplest version to be for roll-to-roll production.  Customised bases can include UV flexo varnish and die-cutting, coupled with many proven processing and converting features. Options include UV flexo coating unit, semi-rotary die cutting and waste stripping with jog facility and buffer system, UV flexo varnish, laminating, product/meter counter, back-slitter, sheeting and conveyor, corona treater and static eliminator. BST web guides, GEW UV/IR system, touch screen controls, splicing table with clamp, product unwind/rewind are all standard features.

Pressure sensitive label stock, unsupported films and metallic foils can be printed/converted using KPG’s DP series of bases.

With over thirty years experience of designing and building specialist presses, KPG has utilised this vast experience , to develop a transport base incorporating the same converting and processing technology as used in KPG specialist presses.

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For further information contact KPG European office:

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PRESS RELEASE 02/09/11

Euroflex ‘One Press’ for multiple applications

KPG are launching their Euroflex ‘One Press’ at Labelexpo.  As a sponsor of the newly established Print Packaging Zone, the company decided to take the opportunity of showing this packaging press for the first time at Labelexpo.  The new press illustrates the diverse applications possible, with just one press and the opportunities available to label manufacturers looking for new markets.

The Euroflex ‘One Press’ from KPG has been designed for multiple packaging applications.  Just ‘One Press’ is capable of printing polyamide casings, polybags, ABL/PBL tube laminates, packaging and shrink films, labels and small cartons.

Based on one or two temperature controlled central impressions drums, pin-point print registration and consistent web tension control is assured.  Excellent print quality and reliability are key features of the Euroflex, which is designed to operate at high speeds, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

An extensive range of options including different print processes, UV varnish and converting features, provide maximum production versatility. A unique feature designed specifically for the printed casings market, is the KPG scraper system, which enables 360 ⁰ printing for all-round graphic designs.

Available in two standard web widths of 270mm and 400mm and with up to 16 colours located on 1000mm or 1800mm steel central impression drums, the Euroflex can also be specified for non-stop production, assuring minimal down-time and waste.  The Euroflex is available with UV, IR or hot air drying systems and with open or closed ink chambers.

Additionally, dual-pass technology further enhances the colour capacity of Euroflex and provides a cost effective option for printing full colour on both sides of the web.

With  only minor changes in specification,  the Euroflex ‘One Press’ is ideal for printing a range of products for different markets.  The one press for all strategy, enables maximum press utilisation and as such, an exceptional return on investment.

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PRESS RELEASE 05/05/10

NEW EUROFLEX CASINGS PRESSES

Specialist press manufacturer, KPG have added to their range of purpose designed Euroflex casing presses, with the launch of a 520mm web width version and presses for use with solvent based inks.

Fitted with closed chamber printing units and air drying, the new explosion proof presses are suitable for printing all types of casings and polybags, whilst the 520mm version is also ideal for printing packaging films.

All three web widths of 260mm, 400mm and 520mm are available as semi-automatic or fully automatic presses. The semi-automatic version is fitted with two AC servo driven accumulators, two unwinds  and two rewinds, with the press automatically slowing to 25m/min, allowing the operator 45 seconds to splice the new roll.  The press then automatically returns to the original production speed. The fully automatic version utilizes a Martin Automatic flying or butt splicer and turret rewinder, providing non-stop production. Both configurations result in no down-time for roll changes and no waste.

All Euroflex Casing Presses utilize steel temperature controlled central impression drums and can be configured for single or dual-pass.  The dual-pass models provide extremely cost effective production, with the same colours being printed on both sides of the web and the option still remaining for single pass printing of a wider web.

Up to 18 colours are possible, using either twin 1800mm central impression drums, with fully automatic registration front-to-back printing or a single CID dual-pass.  Flexo varnish units can also be specified.

All KPG casing presses are fitted with a unique scraper system, allowing for 360 degree printing – a must when producing all-round graphic designs for maximum point-of-sale impact.  Chiller and chill rollers, BST web guides, double-sided corona treater and web tension control system are standard features.

Euroflex presses have a mechanical speed of 150m/min and a maximum operating speed of  100m/min (depending on design).

A second Euroflex 12-colour, fully automatic press will shortly be installed at SLAVA, a leading Russian supplier of printed casings.  This new press, built to the same specification as the first, will be their second KPG press to be installed at the company within three years.

A video programme featuring Euroflex casing and film presses is available on request.

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For further information contact KPG European office:

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PRESS RELEASE 05/08/09

PRESS TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES TRANSPORT BASE DESIGN

A range of web transport base systems will be launched by KPG at Labelexpo.

Designed for integration with digital inkjet printing heads, these systems provide cost effective label production even when producing small quantities.  With minimal down time, and high quality printing, printers are able to quickly respond to customer demands for low volume orders and short lead times. 

With over thirty years experience of designing and building specialist presses, KPG has utilised this vast experience , to develop a transport base incorporating the same converting and processing technology as used in the KPG presses.

Currently two standard base widths are available 250mm and 400mm, with the 250mm accommodating up to 15 inkjet printing heads.  KPG can supply a total package of base with inkjet printing heads (giving a maximum print width of 210mm), or simply a transport base, for use with heads specified by the customer.  Operating speed is variable from 15 – 80m/min depending on design, number of colours and type of inkjet heads.

KPG is also offering an inkjet printing module for retrofitting to existing KPG / Ko-Pack presses, so providing an in-line facility for producing variable data and changing full-colour images, on a pre-printed or plain label – the latter capability being of particular interest to print buyers needing brand or product variations.

The KPG bases have been designed on a modular basis enabling the simplest version to be for roll-to-roll production, with UV flexo varnish and die-cutting, with the most comprehensive including many proven  processing and converting features. Options include UV flexo coating unit, semi-rotary die-cutting with jog facility and buffer system, UV flexo varnish, laminating, product/meter counter, Teflon coated steel suction plate and BST web guides, back-slitter, sheeting and conveyor, corona treater and static eliminator.  GEW UV system, touch screen controls, splicing table with clamp, rotary die-cutting and waste rewind, product unwind/rewind are all standard features. Additionally, tooling used by existing KPG press customers is compatible with the new web transport base system.

Combination printing is also possible with optional modules for rotary screen  plus high powered UV lamp and chill roller, UV flexo,  coldfoil , hotfoil with UV lamp and chill roller.

Pressure sensitive label stock, unsupported films and metallic foils can be printed/converted.

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For further information contact KPG European office:

info@kpgeurope.com

PRESS RELEASE 02/03/09

NEW 8 COLOUR FLEXO PRESS FOR TUBE LAMINATE PRINTING 

Specialist press manufacturer, KPG have added to their range of purpose designed machines with the launch of a single drum Euroflex 9-colour press, including varnish.  Specifically designed for printing ABL/PBL tube laminates, the press provides non-stop production.

Fitted with two AC servo driven accumulators, unwinds (2) and rewinds (2), the press automatically slows to 25m/min, allowing the operator 45 seconds to splice the new roll.  A strategy resulting in no down-time for roll changes and no waste. Should slitting after printing be required, then the press can be fitted with two additional rewinds for narrow edge leading tubes.

The eight open chamber flexo units are located on a single temperature controlled 1800mm dia steel central impression cylinder.  Print units are fitted with fully retractable print cylinder shafts to facilitate quick and easy plate changes.

Following the launch of the Euroflex Tube Press at TokyoPack in September, KPG have installed the first press at a leading Japanese printer of tube laminates.  The customer specified 8-colours in order to meet the increasing design demands of the Asian market for high quality printed graduations on tubes.  Up to three similar colours can be used to create the graduation, leaving one print unit for special branding/company logo and four for the CMYK colours.

With a web width of 270mm the press incorporates an extended web path to allow good varnish flow and a high gloss finish. 

Fitted with GEW interstation UV lamps plus final cure with  ‘E’ brick controls, other features include chill roller and chiller system, corona treater and static eliminator, BST web guides with infra-red sensors, web tension control and video scanning system.

With a mechanical speed of 150m/min and a maximum operating speed of 100m/min (depending on design), the press output easily fills the capacity of tube forming equipment ie 1 X AISA and 2 X KMK (PSG).

As well as the full range of tube laminates, this roll-to-roll press is also able to provide high quality printing of films from 25 – 350 microns. The press is also available with a 400mm web width.

Serious interest is now being shown in this technology by major European tube printers and similar Euroflex presses for printing polyamide casings and polybags have been installed in Poland, Russia, Slovenia and the Ukraine.

A CD of the press is available on request.

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For further information contact KPG European office:

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PRESS RELEASE 14/07/08

18 Colours for casings

Believed to be the only press of its type in the world, KPG Europe has installed an 18-colour 270 flexo press for printing artificial food casings at the Supravis Group S.A. Based in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Supravis is recognised as being a major producer of food packaging for the Polish market, as well as exporting some 50% of their output.

Utilising twin temperature controlled impression drums; the Euroflex Press is also ideal for printing packaging films, polybags and labels, as well as all types of artificial casings.

A unique feature is the capability to produce 360^o printing, enabling all round product graphics, which is a major benefit when high impact packaging designs are needed. This is achieved by a purpose designed scraper system mounted on each drum.  Fitted with programmable controls, the dry ink is removed using a suction system. For both sides printing, the front-to-back, drum-to-drum, auto register guarantees exact registration.

Designed for non-stop production, with fully automatic roll change, operating speeds of 80 - 100m/min (dependent on application) can be easily maintained without loss of print quality. Available in two web widths of 270mm and 400mm, the press has been designed for use with specially formulated cationic inks – a must for printing polyamide casings.  Conventional free radical uv flexo inks can be used when printing films.

Eight open chamber flexo print units complete with GEW high powered interstation lamps, are located on each 1800mm diameter drum.  The UV flexo varnish units complete with final cure, mounted above each print section, enables both sides of the web to be varnished.  An innovative feature is the solid metal anilox sleeves, which are distortion and temperature resistant. 

Press down-time is minimized with the inclusion of a flying splicer and turret rewind, also fully retractable plate sleeve mandrels.  The AC servo infeed which maintains constant web tension whether the substrate is 25 micron film or 300 micron polyamide and chill rollers coupled with the temperature controlled central impression drums maintain a constant web temperature irrespective of substrate. Other standard features include a double-sided corona treater, four BST web guiding systems and twin-camera web scanning system.

Glenn Miller, Technical Sales Director of KPG (Europe) said that “it took more than 18 months to finalise the technical specification of the press to meet the application requirements of Supravis. The result is a high performance press meeting a very specific application. This has been a complex but rewarding project, working closely with Supravis; to take a new design concept, to press manufacture and finally press installation”.

This Euroflex specialist press is available with various configurations including a dual-pass version. This is a very cost effective option based on a single impression drum, turn-bar with cross-over unit and web compensator. Fitted with six or eight print units, the same colours can also be printed in register, on the reverse of the web.  A semi-automatic version with festoons, allows the web to be manually spliced without stopping the press. A start/stop press is also available.

A CD of the press is available on request.

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For further information contact KPG European office:

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PRESS RELEASE 07/08/07

Reciprocal Agreement

GIC-OMEGHER leading producers of web and label finishing equipment, have appointed KPG (Europe), well known suppliers of flexographic, combination and specialist presses, as their UK distributor. GIC have been the French distributor of the Toyokoki / KPG built presses for many years. Additionally, the two companies have become OEM partners enabling joint developments to be bought to the market place, including the integration of the GIC-OMEGHER finishing systems into the specialist presses of KPG.

Bruno Vitali, Managing Director of GIC-OMEGHER states that the agreement with KPG Europe “will enable customers to benefit from high speed in-line solutions, by combining our technology for RFID product applications and booklet label encapsulation, into KPG specialist presses. The aim is to combine our expertise, so that we are able to provide customized solutions to meet specific printing, converting and product finishing applications”.

Glenn Miller, Managing Director of KPG (Europe) believes that the three-way agreement with GIC-OMEGHER is an exciting and natural development for both companies; with complimenting technology enabling customers in very competitive markets, to take advantage of added value solutions, jointly developed by GIC-OMEGHER and KPG (Europe).

GIC-OMEGHER have recently launched their new A4 Moduform Compact.  This sheet-fed web finishing machine is able to integrate labels, plastic cards and RFID products onto pre-printed sheets.  These are all applications required by the mailing and direct marketing industries. The Moduform Compact is the only system world-wide, to match the sheet-fed market in terms of high speed production, whilst simultaneously providing a real added value solution.

For roll-fed printers and finishing houses, GIC-OMEGHER supply the Modular 50 reel-to-reel web finishing machine.  With a running speed of 150m/min, the machine will demonstrate a RFID application unit and a DIN A4 Dual-Cutter.  Providing significant increased productivity, this machine is of particular interest to the high quality business forms market and reel-to-reel printers.

Further details are available from the web sites www.gic-omegher.com and www.kpgeurope.com

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PRESS RELEASE 01/07/2008

Dual role for new President

Hideya Suzuki, President of KPG Corporation (Japan) has been appointed President of Toyokoki Company Limited. Toyokoki has manufactured Ko-Pack rotary presses for over 20 years and since 2006, specialist presses for KPG wordwide. Mr. Suzuki will also continue to be President of KPG Corporation (Japan).

This dual role for Mr. Suzuki will serve to strengthen still further, the relationship between KPG and Toyokoki, combining the design and engineering skills of Toyokoki with the sales and marketing operations of KPG. As former Technical Director of Ko-Pack International, Mr. Suzuki has many years experience of press design/development and engineering. In this role , he has been responsible for many projects resulting in innovative press designs for specialist applications.

This new appointment signals the start of a new era for both companies, enabling KPG to respond to new market demands from a proven engineering design base, whilst at the same time utilising many year's experience in providing solutions for difficult and unusual printing/packaging applications.

This autumn KPG will be showing the new in-line presses at the following exhibitions: 

China Label 2008, Shanghai 3-5 September and Tokyo Pack, Tokyo 7-11 October.

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PRESS RELEASE 01/08/07

Launch of combination stack press

KPG are using the opportunity of the forthcoming Labelexpo to launch their new combination stack press.  Utilising four different print processes; screen, uv flexo and letterpress and cold-foiling, the Euro 400 label press has been configured to give the customer maximum production flexibility.

With a choice of web paths, the order of printing can be varied to suit the product design required. Auto register controls ensure accurate print registration between the different processes and converting, guaranteeing a high quality label every time.

Additionally the press is specified with a festoon enabling reverse side printing in complete register, even when printing filmic labels. At Labelexpo the press will demonstrate the accuracy of this, by printing on the adhesive whilst the festoon takes up the film backing web, prior to relaminating.

With a maximum operating speed of up to 100m/min, each letterpress print unit is fitted with a fully retractable print cylinder shaft, making plate changes a quick and easy process. Make-ready is further aided by the inclusion of automatic wash-up on each print unit for cleaning rollers and pre-inking.

Other features include the flexo varnish/coldfoil unit being mounted on a second stack providing easy access, corona treater, waste matrix web break sensor, automatic web tension control, heavy duty rotary die-cutting, spot cooler and chill rollers. The press has been designed so that a further rotary die unit or hot-foiling system can be added at a later date.

KPG operates a worldwide after-sales technical support service.

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Photographs are available from our stand - Hall 6 Stand H45 or the show press office.

PRESS RELEASE 28/04/07

360° printing of artificial casing enhances product sales appeal

Specialist press manufactures, KPG (Europe) market a range of presses specifically designed for printing all types of polyamide used for artificial food casing and polybags, as well as packaging films. All models are capable of 360° printing – an absolute must for all-round product designs. Multi-coloured printing in up to 18-colours, greatly enhances the  point-of-sale appeal of packed sausages, meats, smoked cheese and fish. Additionally, high impact printed casings promotes product awareness, attracting customers, increasing brand awareness and sales.

Available in two standard web widths of 270 and 400mm and with a maximum operating speed of 150m/min, various press designs are available; non-stop with fully automatic flying splicer/turret rewinder, semi-automatic with unwind/rewind festoons and start/stop with manual roll change.

Configured for UV curing, KPG Euroflex presses utilise specially formulated cationic inks, certified for use on polyamide casings.

The Euroflex is specified with either single or twin temperature controlled central impression drums of 1000mm or 1800mm dia. With chill rollers and chiller system, AC servo web tension controls and programmable dried ink-scraper system, each press includes a purpose designed web advance/retard control. Other features include automatic register control drum to drum, which ensures accurate print registration on both sides of the web, even when reproducing intricate designs and if required, flexo varnish units with high powered final cure UV lamps. The addition of waste rewind and rotary die-cutting unit also enables label production.

The Euroflex Dual-Pass press has up to eight flexo print units mounted on a single central impression drum. On the first pass, the web can be printed in up to eight colours. The web is then turned by utlising a turn bar and then moved to the gear side of the press by means of a web cross-over unit. This then enables the reverse side to be printed using the same eight print units and colours.  This is a very cost effective option for printing both sides of the casing in up to eight colours. The maximum web width when utilising dual-pass technology on a 270mm press is 125mm and on a 400mm press is 190mm. Alternatively, the full print width of 260mm or 390mm can be printed on the face.

Euroflex Casing Presses are marketed worldwide, with sales and technical service being provided by KPG offices in the UK/Europe, USA and Japan. KPG is also supported by a distributor network.

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