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Dion Label Expands Digital Printing Capacity with HP Indigo Addition
PALO ALTO, Calif—Dion Label has expanded its digital printing capacity with an HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press to support continued growth of its label and packaging converting business. The press will accommodate its customers' growing demands for fast turnaround, high quality and streamlined, multiple-SKU production.
Installed in early March, Dion Label's new press runs alongside the firm's remaining HP Indigo press ws4050. Both presses use a suite of HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging workflow solutions developed by converting prepress technology firm EskoArtwork.
"Short run, multiple SKUs, repeatable high-quality printing, and the ability for variable data has helped to maintain our steady growth," said Randy Duhaime, vice president, Dion Label. "The purchase of the HP Indigo WS6000 will allow us to continue this trend with longer run lengths transitioning from our conventional flexographic printing department to our digital department. WS6000 enhancements, such as its large repeat length and its ability to print on substrates from 12 microns to 450 microns, will open additional opportunities."
GEORGIA
COLLEGE PARK—Star Packaging has ordered a 10-color MIRAFLEX CM flexographic press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation. The press will be installed in September. The company expects the press to generate less waste and provide quick setup and run times.
NEW JERSEY
PISCATAWAY—Graphic Packaging International, Inc. has purchased an 8-color Mitsubishi Diamond V3000LX equipped for applying ultraviolet (UV) coatings. It has targeted the highly automated press for its consumer products division located here.
SOUTH CAROLINA
CLEMSON—Asahi Photoproducts has placed its environmentally-friendly platemaking system at Clemson's Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics. Clemson students, faculty, and researchers will gain hands-on experience with the latest in digital platemaking technology thanks to a recent installation of the AWP 230W water-washable plate processor along with its AFP 912 exposure/drying/light finisher unit.
WISCONSIN
NEENAH—The folding carton group of Menasha Packaging Co., LLC has taken delivery of a Heidelberg Diana Pro 114 high-performance, straight-line folder/gluer and Diana Packer. The new additions offer reduced makeready and changeover times. pP
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