The Gallus Group, originally formed as Schuster & Co. in 1925, produced a hand-powered printing press, which became their first label press, the Gallus Junior. In 1950, they introduced the first Gallus flexographic self-adhesive label press at the graphics trade fair in Chicago. In the 1970s, the company restructured their manufacturing processes and invested in NC machines (CNC) and continued to produce high-quality flexographic presses for global distribution. In 1999, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (aka Heidelberg) acquired a 30% stake in Gallus and in 2014 acquired the remaining 70%, making Gallus a Heidelberg company. The company is now embarking on its next 100 years with a new vision and corresponding expandable ecosystem.

Heidelberg announced their new Gallus One digital all-in-one press at Labelexpo Americas. This all-digital roll-to-roll press is designed to offer digital print to flexo label converters as well as commercial printers a way to enter the digital label converting market. The press has its roots in the Gallus/Heidelberg jointly-developed Gallus Labelfire 340 hybrid flexo/digital label press introduced in 2016. 

The Gallus One roll-to-roll press prints at 70 m/min. with a 340mm printing width, which it is on the wider side of many of the other all in one presses which tend image around 320mm. It uses Dimatix Samba printheads on printbars which are attached directly to the machine that can achieve levels of print quality that match those of high-resolution offset printing. This is accomplished at a native (physical) resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi with a droplet size of just 2pl and four different available drop sizes, providing a visual resolution of 2400 x 2400 dpi. The printheads have integrated printhead capping and an automated ultrasonic cleaning system which can minimize manual cleaning and downtime.