From left to right: Manuel Schrutt, Director Business Strategy – Packaging, Fujifilm Corporation, David Smith, General Manager, Eco Flexibles, Simon Buswell, Sales and Marketing Director, Eco Flexibles, Raynald Barillot, Category Manager Digital Packaging EMEA, Fujifilm Europe, Matt Francklow, Director, Eco Flexibles, Andy Kent, General Manager, Fujifilm UK
Fujifilm today announces at drupa 2024 that Eco Flexibles, a sustainability-focused flexible packaging specialist, has invested in its second Jet Press FP790, following the initial sale announced earlier this year. The second investment comes as a result of unprecedented demand from customers for work printed on the company’s existing Jet Press FP790.
The Northampton-based printing company became the first outside of Japan to install the water-based inkjet digital press, which is located at its newly opened 40,000 ft2 production site and headquarters. Now less than 12 months later, a second order has been placed. The first press forms the heart of an overall digital flexible packaging production environment, including slitting and lamination. Fujifilm’s Jet Press FP790 prints CMYK+WW at 50m/min, with a 1200x1200 dpi resolution. Two digital white channels can achieve an opacity of 55-58%. Handling substrates up to 790mm in width, the press is targeted at industrial-scale digital flexible packaging production, combining the throughput of flexo with the quality of gravure and the flexibility of digital.
Mainstream digital flexible packaging production is a rapidly advancing market, being progressed by both new technologies and evolving market needs and demands. It is this market that Eco Flexibles has sought to target, and which it has successfully appealed to, having made its initial investment a little over a year ago.
Since completing the beta test phase with the first press and commercialising the production process, Eco Flexibles has experienced first-hand the level of appetite and demand from brand owners for the capabilities of the Jet Press FP790. These include customers big and small, operating in markets as diverse as confectionery, snacks, protein and fresh produce, where speed to market is paramount. Brands are using Eco Flexibles’ digital flexible packaging manufacturing capability to produce runs from 1,000 Sq.M up to 20,000 Sq.M.
Simon Buswell, Sales and Marketing Director at Eco Flexibles said:
Manuel Schrutt, Head of Packaging, Fujifilm EMEA comments:
To learn more about the Jet Press FP790 visit Fujifilm at drupa on Stand A02, Hall 8b.
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