Folding Carton Printer Embraces New Technologies

Going digital to keep pace

Change management on entirely different levels was the impetus behind CANAMPAC's 2010 founding of LYFT Visual and its concurrent investment in Agfa Graphics' 25˝ Dotrix Modular digital printing system. The Dotrix enables the company to meet a growing need for shorter print runs, and offers promising applications in the area of point-of-purchase (POP) marketing materials such as sales samples and mock-ups. The press's digital printheads can produce variable graphics, and two conventional flexo stations can be employed for coatings, special colors, and white inks. In-line slitting, diecutting, and sheeting modules can also be integrated. Packaging substrates that CANAMPAC has used on the press include foil-board folding carton, clear PVC folding carton, paperboard, flexible films, and shrink film material.