Bridging the Gap

Before purchasing the Gallus press, the company had no capability for screen/combination printing. The EM280’s interchangeable print heads accommodated the processes GS wanted to utilize. “The modular head system eliminates the need for a ‘rail system’ where the screen heads and hot stamping units are located overhead of the flexo print stations,” adds Mountford. Also impressive to GS was Gallus’s screeny system of rotary screen printing. “The system to make the screen forms is very easy to use and allows us to make all our screens in house,” says Mountford. He claims that these features have allowed the company to target short to medium runs in the combination label market in a cost-effective manner.