ProLabel Taps Xeikon Technology to Expand Digital Label Business

ITASCA, IL—April 10, 2012—Xeikon NV, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced today that ProLabel, a manufacturer of digital labels, has purchased and installed a Xeikon 3030 to meet its customers' growing demand for high quality digital labels.

Established in 1995, ProLabel specializes in digital color labels for the cosmetics, food and beverage industries. The company is based in southern Florida and serves customers across the United States.

Since its founding, the company had always used a conventional flexographic press. ProLabel's founder, Ramon Fernandez, began looking into digital presses when he started to see a shift in his business turning towards shorter runs. The flexo technology, which requires lengthy plate processing and make-ready times, wasn't up to the task of handling shorter runs cost effectively. "I took an exhaustive look at what was available on the market, traveling across the United States to see for myself what could satisfy ProLabel's customer base," Fernandez said. "I needed a digital press that, once installed, I wouldn't have to worry about a thing. That's when I found the Xeikon 3030. This press delivers high-quality labels in a much shorter timeframe than what we were used to."

The Xeikon 3030 is the entry-level model in the Xeikon 3000 series of digital label presses. This enabled an easy transition to digital technology for ProLabel. The press is capable of handling web widths of up to 13 inches to meet growing demand.

As ProLabel's business grows, the company can upgrade its Xeikon 3030 to one of the other press models in the Xeikon 3000 Series in the field to handle wider web widths (20.3 inches) and/or faster print speeds/monthly duty cycles to match the increasing demand.

"Shorter time-to-market windows have increased demand for shorter label runs and less waste," said Michael V. Ring, president of Xeikon America, Inc. "By investing in digital technology, ProLabel can print exactly the quantity of labels that its customers need and be confident that their customer will be satisfied with the image quality of the output and the turnaround time to deliver the finished products."

For more information about the Xeikon 3030 press please visit www.xeikon.com/Solutions.

About Xeikon
Xeikon NV. (XEI: AEX) is an innovator in digital printing technology. The company designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital color presses for labels and packaging applications, document printing, as well as commercial printing. These presses utilize LED-array-based dry toner electrophotography, open workflow software and application-specific toners.

As an OEM supplier, Xeikon designs and produces platemakers for newspaper offset printing applications.

Xeikon also manufactures basysPrint computer-to-plate (CtP) solutions for the commercial printing market. These proven CtP systems combine the latest exposure techniques with cost-efficient UV plate technology, high imaging quality and flexibility.

For the flexographic market, Xeikon offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name. ThermoFlexX systems provide high resolution plate exposure including screening, color management, as well as workflow management.

All the Xeikon solutions are designed with the overarching principles of profitability, quality, flexibility and sustainability in mind. With these guiding principles and a deep, intimate knowledge of its customers, Xeikon continues to be one of the industry's leading innovators of products and solutions.