Xeikon Unleashes Cheetah at Labelexpo Europe 2015

Xeikon has announced the worldwide commercial availability of its groundbreaking Xeikon CX3 digital label press, based on Xeikon Cheetah digital print technology. The press will be available for order taking as of September 29, the opening day of Labelexpo Europe 2015. The Xeikon Cheetah technology is in pilot operation at five sites around the world, where it has delivered outstanding performance. At the show, Xeikon will unveil the newly designed press and conduct live demonstrations of the Xeikon CX3, the fastest five-color digital label press in its class. Labelexpo Europe takes place in Brussels from September 29 through October 2.

“Our extensive presence at Labelexpo Europe 2015, the world's largest event for the label industry, reinforces our dedication to bringing innovation, productivity and profitability to the label printing business, which has grown to represent more than 50 percent of our revenues,” says Wim Maes, Xeikon’s CEO. “We are very excited to be making the Xeikon CX3 available for all digital label printers and converters worldwide as of the first day of the show. We have been extremely pleased with the feedback received from the Xeikon Cheetah’s pilot sites, and we look forward to seeing those results replicated with many more customers around the globe.”

In addition to Xeikon Cheetah technology, the company will have its end-to-end solutions approach for digital print production that address the five primary components required for digital label printing success: printing, toner, workflow, converting and services.

Next to the Xeikon CX3, Xeikon will have a Xeikon 3300 on the booth, its flagship narrow-web label press with printing widths of 200mm (7.9”) up to 330mm (13”). This press is ideal for printing self-adhesive labels at top speeds, and will be printing wine, health & beauty, food and industrial applications.

At Labelexpo, Xeikon will also be unveiling two new luxury-look toners: MatteSilver and PalladiumSilver. The first products in the new Xeikon Creative Colors toner group, MatteSilver offers the luxury of a rich metal finish to the print substrate, while Palladium – uniquely available for digital print in the Xeikon portfolio – features a speckled silver sparkle for extra textural interest.

Xeikon will also have a workflow focus, with enhancements to its X-800 digital front-end (DFE), the latest version of which, the Xeikon X-800 4.0 is being released at the end of June. A unique capability included in the new release is the next-generation VariLane tool, designed to optimize productivity and profitability by printing labels of different heights, widths and run lengths on the same web in separate lanes. The latest X-800 release also includes full support for the Adobe Mercury RIP Architecture and ColorKey, a new option that takes advantage of the inline spectrophotometer that is an integral part of Xeikon presses.

In addition, the company will demonstrate finishing capabilities of its Label and Packaging Suites for finishing, including coating, varnishing, lamination, semi-rotary die cutting, slitting, and more.

Source: Xeikon.