Xeikon to Introduce Slate of New Products at Labelexpo Americas 2012

• Xeikon 3300: At its booth, Xeikon will be demonstrating the Xeikon 3300, its main narrow webfed digital color press. The press will produce label applications in a roll-to-roll configuration. The labels will be finished offline on a Delta converting unit.
• Xeikon X-800 Vectorizor (Patent Pending): In the technology corner, Xeikon will demonstrate how the Xeikon X-800 Vectorizor is creating new opportunities to further automate label production. This software tool enables a Web-to-label-production integration which will be demonstrated live in cooperation with Hybrid Software.
• ThermoFlexX: At the Xeikon booth, the company will demonstrate, for the first time in North America, its new ThermoFlexX flexographic platemaking solution, which gives customers a total solution for either digital or conventional label and packaging printing. This will include a demonstration of Kodak's Prinergy workflow, which automates prepress processes.
• Offline Workstations: Also at the Xeikon booth, the company will have offline workstations that will show the following:

  - The capabilities of the Xeikon X-800 Digital Front End
  - The InterTech Award-winning VariLane software add-on, which allows label printers to combine labels of different sizes and different SKUs within the same print job, thereby increasing productivity
  - The new Vectorizor software tool
  - Xeikon Color Control, which is a cloud-based color management and optimization software tool for label and packaging applications
• Package Printing Zone: Within the show's Package Printing Zone, Xeikon will be showcasing a Xeikon 3500 digital label press with inline finishing. This configuration will be used to produce in-mould labels, heat transfer labels and folding carton planes ready to be folded and glued.
• Technology demonstrations: Xeikon will also be showing technology demonstrations:
  - Compact inline finishing/converting equipment, including digital spot varnish capabilities for folding carton applications
  - Digital IML (in-mould) technology demonstration for thick material objects such as pails (buckets)

"At Labelexpo 2010, we planted our proverbial flag in the ground and made a strong statement with our Xeikon 3000 Series of label presses. We demonstrated that we were committed to the labels and packaging space," said Wim Maes, CEO of Xeikon NV. "Now, we're amplifying that message with a set of technologies, solutions and products to give label and packaging converters even more choice, opportunities for greater productivity and more business opportunities."