Conventional press manufacturers have marked record sales in recent years as converters looked to add capacity in the wake of the pandemic surge ordering. But at Labelexpo Americas 2022 – the industry’s biggest reunion in four years – flexographic presses were nowhere to be found, while digital press technology stole headlines. It left many wondering: is flexo dead?
The KFlex is a modular platform press handling substrates from 12 microns up to aluminum lidding and light cartonboard. Targeted at end-use applications in the wine and spirits, food and beverage, household, industrial, healthcare and cosmetics markets, the press is designed to handle everything from self-adhesive labels to wet glue, multi-layer, wraparound and shrink sleeve
Gallus already has a hybrid digital press, of course, the LabelFire, but this is positioned as the company’s ‘Rolls Royce’ at the top end of the market, along with all the inline options one would expect from a top-of-the-line flexo press. The revelation about Gallus’ new digital press, the Gallus One, is that it targets the mid-market sector. It is a standalone press without