Labelexpo Mexico 2023 | 79all over the country. It’s a high-quality audience with many big converters here.’Flexo Wash featured its FW Handy Mini 2 anilox cleaner and the PW 45 WR plate washer.The FW Handy product line of anilox cleaners are fully-automatic units designed to deep clean/restore anilox rolls and print sleeves of all sizes. The fully-automatic plate washers are designed to gently wash fexo polymer plates and letterpress plates, leaving them 100 percent clean and dry, ready for immediate reuse.GEW showed its AeroLED system for full cure, printing, coating and converting applications up to 60cm wide. It is also compatible with GEW’s ArcLED system. Using the same fan and ducting arrangement as the industry standard E2C, customers have fexibility to switch between arc and LED curing on any station. “It’s important for the Latin American region The switch to GEW’s LED technology is ‘super quick and easy’, according to VP of to have a Labelexpo”sales Amir Dekel. ‘It has been a very good Enterprise Edition offers a set of capabilities enhancements to its Sispro production and show – better than expected,’ he said, designed to serve the requirements of planning software. A new cellphone app confrming that the company has signed up multi-site organizations. At the show, allows remote monitoring of production for the next edition in Guadalajara in 2025.Label Traxx unveiled a new subscription machines in real time, while various new Heaford received more than 50 leads on pricing model which requires only a small modules are being launched this year the frst day of the show alone, according initial investment, helping Latin American including for quoting and production to international sales manager Nick Vindel. converters to invest in its software. ‘The orders, according to CEO and founder The company was demonstrating its market is ready, and the product is ready,’ Sergio Perez. The Argentine company sells best-selling FTS plate mounter as well as a says Label Traxx president Rob Mayerson. exclusively to Latin American clients, and new plate demounter.‘There is a generation shift in owners – the cites Mexico, Chile and Ecuador as its Kocher + Beck showcased the latest new generation is tech-savvy, used to the fastest-growing markets currently. With development within its GapMaster range, digital world, and is embracing software. two local distributors in Mexico, it has the new GapMaster EM, in addition to its We are excited by the opportunities in the around 20 installations in the country ranges of magnetic die-cutting technology Latin American market. The sky is the limit.’ across various print sectors, including labels such as magnetic cylinders and fexible Mayerson reported the frst sale in Mexico and corrugated. dies. Amin Silva, sales manager for Mexico of Siteline, Label Traxx’s online ordering and South America, reported seeing ‘a system, on the frst morning of the show as Ancillary equipment huge number of new potential companies’ well as ‘lots of leads’. Alphasonics demonstrated its Melanie at the show. ‘I’ve been able to talk to not The company has a new team in Mexico, anilox cleaning system. ‘We are the only only CEOs but also plant managers and with sales executive Isaac Velasco, formerly company in the market that can clean technicians, who are the people I sell to. I’m of HP Indigo, and training and support aniloxes 100 percent,’ says Chris Jones VP surprised at how good a show it has been.’specialist Elias Barajas Alvarez, formerly of Alphasonics USA. The company serves Martin Automatic promoted its range of Multi-Label Corporation, joining the Mexican market from its US operation of web handling equipment. The company’s the company this year and present at in Virginia, and has recently increased its Kelly Hart says: ‘Martin Automatic has Labelexpo Mexico alongside Mayerson. presence in Latin America through the been a consistent exhibitor at every Label Unilux showed the newly launched appointment of ELO Graphics as its agent Summit held in Mexico, and the recent UniPrint inspection system. UniPrint is in Brazil. It has also partnered with Laserfex Labelexpo event surpassed expectations. a print monitoring system which the in the same country to install a demo The attendees showed genuine interest and company says offers ‘similar features to system at its facility. presented Martin with numerous inquiries. comparable vision systems at a more Etirapid represents brands such as Epson, As a result of this positive experience, affordable price’. The most signifcant Godex, Argox, Eclipse, Austik Technologies Martin Automatic plans to participate in innovation comes in the ability to inspect and Afnia. Daniel Cahmi, general manager, the next Labelexpo Mexico.’standard and UV-visible inks and coatings says: ‘It has been a great show. We sell Wilson Manufacturing promoted its with a single system. mainly into Mexico, and are impressed by ranges of custom-manufactured engraved UpSoftware showed the latest how many converters have come from cutting dies, fexible sheet dies, magnetic cylinders, print tooling, accessories and more. Among the products on show was a Bogota to host Label Summit Latin America 2024magnetic cylinder with a fexible die sheet.The next edition of Labelexpo Mexico will be held in Guadalajara in 2025. Label Summit Latin America – a two-day conference and table-top exhibition – will take Visit www.labelexpo-mexico.com place in Bogota, Colombia, on March 12-13, 2024. for more informationJul - Sep 2023