CAPE TOWN, South Africa—ROTOCON has confirmed an order from the Cape Town label printer SA Litho for a Pantec RHINO E 340 flatbed hotfoil embossing unit integrated with a ROTOCON CHROME RDF digital finishing machine and a Wink SmartGap Touch adjustable anvil system.

The Pantec RHINO E 340 flatbed hotfoil embossing unit features stamping up to 18´000 strokes per hour, maximum web speed 85 m/min, multi-stroke with 90° rotatable foil head in web direction or across the web, two foiling levels for optimal foil saving, application of registered hologram foils, and two independent heating zones for optimal foiling temperature for every foil.

The modular ROTOCON CHROME RDF digital finishing machine for embellishments is designed for converters looking to integrate cold and hotfoiling, embossing, and rotary screen printing to produce premium finished labels. Wink’s SmartGap Touch is a digitally controlled adjustable anvil system offering a wide range of smart functions to make the die-cutting process faster, easier, and more efficient.

“Owning the first Pantec RHINO embossing unit in South Africa, SA Litho is uniquely positioned to provide world-class embellished labels for the wine and luxury markets at an international quality level,” said Michael Aengenvoort, ROTOCON group CEO. “This is an exciting milestone for ROTOCON and South Africa.”

SA Litho is locally and internationally recognised for producing premium quality sheetfed and reelfed labels for a wide variety of market leaders in various industry sectors. The order confirmation was announced during Propak Cape 2023, an event which ROTOCON exhibited at and proudly sponsored.