Labelexpo Americas 2022 / Finishing and converting | 135single pass using UV inkjet technology and inkheads fring at 30,000 droplets per second. Next door to JetFx was AB Graphic International’s booth which featured the Digicon Series 3 that includes two DigiJet inkjet heads to allow for spot varnishing, digital foiling, and tactile fnishing on any size of print run in a single pass.Orthotec spoke about its newly-introduced digital screen varnish of digital embellishment module for the SRFD3030 Screen Printing and Hot-stamp machine.‘The new modular model allows us to apply digital screen varnishing digitally in just a single pass or multiple passes,’ says Jason Huang, manager, Orthotec. ‘The machine can produce a very high relief varnishing which is typically diffcult to achieve with screen printing.’Huang adds that the machine can create multi-layer screen varnish effect digitally by Labelexpo Americas 2022 featured a Digital Embellishment Trailinkjet head, such as braille printing or silkfoil that is typically associated with fnishing or metallic doming in a thick and very high “THE FULL-COLOR DIGITAL equipment. varnish result. PRINTING HAS REALLY ‘Mark Andy is moving with the times,’ LemuGroup brought it’s MA-350 digital according to Phil Baldwin, European sales fnishing and embellishment system with TAKEN A LARGE PART OF THE manager at Mark Andy, highlighting the an incorporated robotic roll packaging. MARKET, BUT NOW IT’S TIME fact that at Labelexpo Americas 2022, The system is capable of spot varnishing, TO EXPAND INTO OTHER digital seemed to take over the show foor. hot stamping and screen printing with Bringing its Digital Series HD press to the GTU glueless turret rewinder and robotic MARKETS. THINK ABOUT show, the press featured many in-line boxing system.WINE AND SPIRITS AND embellishment and fnishing options like FOOD LABELS, THOSE AREAS silver metalized foil with textured varnish or EASING AND SPEEDING CONVERTINGclear foil with a matte varnish. The converting process can sometimes be WANT THAT ADDITIONAL Prati’s DigifastOne digital fnishing more complex than the printing process, FACTOR THAT’S WHERE line was the highlight of its booth. The so it can lead to production bottlenecks. DIGITAL EMBELLISHMENT DigifastOne looks to compete in the Suppliers at Labelexpo Americas 2022 high-end label fnishing market like wine showcased its latest innovations that look WILL COME INTO PLAY, and spirits by featuring die-cutting units to change that.OPENING NEW APPLICATION with a wide range of fnishing technologies AB Graphic International (ABG) has CAPABILITIES FOR THE such as tactile effects and varnishing all said that it brought more equipment directly in-line on a variety of materials than ever to Labelexpo Americas 2022, CUSTOMERS BEYOND JUST between 12 to 350 microns, according showcasing various converting systems like FULL-COLOR PRINTING”to Matteo Bertoni, area manager and its nonstop converting line for the frst time Digifast20000 product leader at Prati.Xeikon brought various presses to the show, highlighting its commitment to its customers in a wide range of industries that are now wanting the shelf appeal that wine and spirits tend to have.‘If you look to the digital printing market, Xeikon has been there as a supplier for more than 25 years,’ says Filip Weymans, vice president marketing at Xeikon. ‘The full-color digital printing has really taken a large part of the market, but now it’s time to expand into other markets. Think about wine and spirits and food labels, those areas want that additional factor that’s where digital embellishment will come into play, opening new application capabilities for the customers beyond just full-color printing.’Other companies exhibiting digital embellishment technology included JetFx that featured its DigiJet print bar that allows for digital fnishing in just a Cartes showcased its Jet D-Screen digital embellishmentOct - Dec 2022