Demanding It All

Enhancements to Omet presses include the Twin-Cut diecutting system, and a Holo-Foil King hot foil and hologram insertion unit. “This unit allows up to six independent streams of hot foil or holograms to be inserted across the web at any station in the press,” he says.

According to Paul Teachout, product development manager for Aquaflex, Inc., “Our customers have the same demands as always—they’ve just bumped them up to another level of performance. Industry advancements in prepress and consumables have allowed us to make higher performing machines.” Teachout explains that Aquaflex’s new presses offer better dot reproduction, tighter registration, higher running speeds, and multi-process features such as rotary screen, hot and cold foil, and gravure. “Today’s presses can be changed over faster with shorter makereadies. They have less downtime, and require less maintenance. Many of these benefits are a direct result of our servo technology,” he says.