| 79Labelexpo India 2022 review “Labelexpo India 2022 was the biggest show so far in its history in terms of both participation and visitors. The four-day show was packed with new visitors from commercial print industry eyeing labels market and neighboring countries including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka”and new operator friendly features. LED-UV curing and capable of printing Press manufacturer Webtech The company also showcased the new E4 an additional digital varnish in the same International Machineries launched press with twin servo technology and a full pass. The press has a total of eight print its latest generation Labeltech X1 Series LED UV confguration. stations and incorporates two fexo fexo press in an 8-color, 410mm wide A QSR Slitter rewinder with 100 percent units. Confgured with chill drums the confguration. defect detection ran live at the show. press can handle materials down to 20 Domino was showcasing its K600i Visitors saw live demonstrations of microns, opening up applications in fexible monochrome UV inkjet unit for adding printing on thin substrates including packaging and unsupported label materials. variable data at speeds up to 150m/12-micron PET, 2-layer labels and features The Aobead press is currently min. Applications include printing serial such as auto-registration. The company manufactured in China, but an additional barcodes and single-color variable data.introduced several new features in its production facility will be opened in India in UV Graphics booth launched the presses at the show. the near future. Ultrafex Dominator hybrid press. The Flexo Image Graphics, Mark Andy’s The press will be distributed in the press consists of four fexo print stations, representative in India, promoted its newest US and Mexico by Ajay Mehta. Mehta is a Domino N600i 7-color engine and a fexo and digital/hybrid technology. It a well-known fgure in the Indian label retractable Domino K600i module for signed several contracts, mainly with Indian industry as the founder of self-adhesive variable data or variable varnish. The press and Chinese companies. laminate manufacturer SMI, which he is equipped with semi-rotary die-cutting Omet promoted its range of printing recently sold to Jindal. units, but converters can add an optional presses, their features, advantages and Representing Taiyo Kikai Japan, Standard laser die-cutting unit. the new technologies developed by the Printers Providers promoted Taiyo’s Also on the booth was the Ultrafex UFO company. In particular, it promoted the new UV fexo narrow web label press capable 450 8-color fexo press confgured with full KFlex fexo press. of handling a wide range of substrates LED-UV, delam and relam, turn bar, peel The KFlex is a new fully servo-driven including paper, flms, light-weight carton and seal and cold foil, with the facility for model with a web width of 430mm and laminates. extended content label production. The or 530mm and a maximum printing Vinsak promoted Lombardi range of fexo manufacturer secured fve orders during the speed of 200m/min. The Switch presses including the newly launched I2 frst two days of the show. system allows the press to be quickly mid-web press, along with the Iwasaki range NBG Printographic Machinery adapted to new production needs using of semi-rotary presses including the newly demonstrated a 430mm (17in)-wide interchangeable modules. launched IF 330 intermittent fexo press. 8-color Starfex narrow web press, capable HP Indigo in collaboration with Printing and converting machine supplier of printing at up to 200m/min. The press Technova Imaging Solutions showcased S Kumar sold multiple presses at the show. was demonstrated with LED-UV curing an HP Indigo 6K digital press, with Shri Morya Labels in Mumbai bought a throughout, printing with Siegwerk inks and applications shown across labels, shrink 6-color UV label press and Maurya Labels including a cold foil station. sleeves and fexible packaging with live in Mumbai purchased a fully loaded 6-color The Starfex press at the show was demonstrations. The company announced fexo press. S Kumar is also the distributor confgured with a servo-driven web the sale of the 6K press to Wonderpac on of Zonten machines in India. The supplier transport and shaft-driven print units, the frst day of the show. sold multiple Zonten presses at Labelexpo and achieved speeds up to 200m/min. Pulisi launched its Aobead digital press India 2022 including the three machines on Optionally the press can be delivered with using Epson PrecisionCore printheads with display at its stand. servo-driven print units. It comes with a range of options including offset, letterpress, screen, gravure and digital modules. With chill drums it will handle unsupported flms down to 12 microns.Finishing and convertingExhibitors at Labelexpo India 2022 took fnishing and converting technology to the next level with high quality digital die-cutting technologies, in-line inspection and options for fnely detailed embellished labels. Konica Minolta showcased digital die-cutting technology. Post-printing of the label, it showed a live demonstration of a digital die-cutting all-in-one system that unwinds, laminates, digitally die-cuts, Epson relaunched its range of SurePress digital label presses in India after a four-year breakremoves waste, slit and rewind. Jan - Mar 2023