In-line Insights

The added benefit of registered cold seal is precise placement of the adhesive for low usage and waste levels, which in turn helps create a crisp-looking package, Jacques adds.

Flexographic presses have led the charge toward in-line installations, primarily because setting up a coating/laminating unit for flexo is easier and cheaper than for a gravure press, and the flexo process offers more flexibility in the face of changeovers. Gravure in-line coating/laminating units are more often dedicated to one job, observes Tielkemeier.