All4Labels | 41First V12 heads to All4Labels The global All4Labels packaging group continues to lead the labels industry in its digital transformation with the frst installation of an HP Indigo V12 digital press. Andy Thomas-Emans reportslobal labels and packaging group All4Labels has been announced as Gthe frst beta site for HP Indigo’s ground-breaking V12 digital press. The V12 uses HP Indigo’s new LEPx imaging platform, where a continuously rotating blanket rather than an intermittent blanket cylinder builds up the color image before ‘one shot’ transfer onto the substrate. This allows the V12 press to reach speeds of 120 m/min in six colors selected from 12 in-line color stations.All4Labels is an established pioneer of digital label printing technology with a digital center of excellence located in Hamburg. This site has already implemented an advanced digital workfow, as Massimiliano Martino, All4Labels chief technology offcer, explains:‘While we are contributing to the development of new HP Indigo presses, including the V12, we have already All4Labels marks 25 years of using HP digital technologyimplemented an advanced digitalization program that includes a robust online portal where customers can directly order “We have already implemented an advanced to press. We are connecting our HP Indigo printing lines to automated vehicles and digitalization program that includes a robust robots to drastically enhance safety and online portal where customers can directly effciency. All our HP Indigo presses are connected to monitor their production order to press. We are connecting our HP Indigo performance live, and we are establishing a central control room in our Hamburg printing lines to automated vehicles and robots headquarters to monitor, navigate and manage our digital production worldwide.’to drastically enhance safety and effciency”Step changeAll4Labels companies have been pioneering digital printing for over 25 years, having successfully industrialized several beta press series including the HP Indigo 4000, 6000, 20000 and 8000. ‘We are determined to continue leading digital printing across the industry,’ states Martino. The HP Indigo V12 represents a real step change in All4Labels’ mission to digitize its production processes. ‘Our digital portfolio continues growing, becoming more and more complex, especially on medium-run lengths, thus requiring the technical capabilities of a fully industrialized and automated V12 to produce at the most sustainable level possible,’ enthuses Martino. ‘The powerful software front-end will drive unprecedented production speed, agility, effciency, versatility and quality to sustainably increase our production throughput, so we are able to deliver HP launches the V12 at Labelexpo Americas 2022complex jobs in short lead times while Jan - Mar 2023