Gravure Printing

 “Gravure printing offers great potential for the circular economy: its major ecological advantages are the re-usability of the printing cylinder and closed material cyles which enhances the sustainabilty of the gravure process.” These are the most relevant conclusions of a survey on the sustainability of the gravure process carried out by the Leipzig University of…

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The European gravure industry met at ERA’s Packaging/Decorative Gravure Conference in Baveno, Italy from 21 to 23 September. The event was held in conjunction with the ERA General Assembly on 21 September which elected Davide Garavaglia, CEO of Bobst Italia, as new ERA President.

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The printing and packaging market is set on its way to profound changes driven by customers’ expectation for faster time-to-market, less energy consumption with sustainable solutions.

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Ulrich Harte has taken his well-deserved retirement on 1 July 2022 after more than 32 years with the German mechanical engineering company Windmöller & Hölscher.

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Indian company Pelican Rotoflex, based in Jamnagar/Gurajat, has joined the European Rotogravure Association.

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Kohli offers a wide range of gravure presses for different applications, but also equipment for the converting sector such as the solvent-free laminator Gaia-405, the winder Zeus-630 and the reversible inspection winder Eos-630. Regarding gravure presses, the product portfolio includes the Rhea series with mechanical shaft drive and the Thea series with electronic shaft drive.

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Davide Garavaglia, CEO of Bobst Italia and responsible for the company’s gravure printing, laminating, coating and vacuum product lines, was elected as new President of the European Rotogravure Association by the ERA General Assembly.

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On 6-18 November 2022, the European Rotogravure Association (ERA) will organise the second seminar “Gravure at your fingertips” at the Stuttgart Media University (HdM). This English language seminar is an introduction to gravure cylinder preparation and printing with demonstrations and practical exercises.

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The AST 60 charging station is a non-contact system and ensures secure fixing between materials in preparation for lamination as well as splicing operations on Slitter/rewinders. It is designed to facilitate automatic reel changes in winding applications without the need for splice tapes. Instead, the web is electrostatically fixed to the core.

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According to BST, the main advantages of the new eltromat Twinstar register control system are fast set-up times, minimal waste and very easy handling.

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As a manufacturer of high-quality wrapping paper and packaging, STEWO has the highest requirements on the production quality of its machines. Against this background, the Swiss company had its Lucerna Concorde Schiavi 6-coloor gravure printing press upgraded by Bobst with a Registron S6100-D register control system, and the latest drive and control technology.

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Bobst’s advanced register control for precision printing and ECG in Gravure has been judged “Best of the Best” in the Technical Innovation category of the 2022 AIMCAL Golden Cylinder Awards.

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With HelioSprint 2, improvements made over many years have resulted in a new universal broadband engraving system: One-for-All.

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Many people in packaging gravure are sceptical or even dismissive of “7-colour printing”. It is “technically not possible” or “our customers won’t accept it” are the arguments given.

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ESA Static Loop 360 is a patented further development of the ENULEC ESA technology. At its core is an iterative process of static load monitoring, which achieves highest levels of safety, especially in potentially explosive atmospheres.

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