Waterless plate specialist to combine expertise with intermittent feed presses manufacturer Codimag

Neu-Isenburg, Germany, – Waterless platemaking specialist Toray Industries and intermittent feed presses manufacturer Codimag will  combine their expertise at Labelexpo to showcase a range of optimized flexible print production solutions for label and packaging markets (Brussels Expo from September 28 to October 1 in booth 11R30).
 
Equipped with Toray plate processing capabilities Codimag's VIVA 340 will run four jobs a day to highlight live changes, proof-matching and day-to-day reproducibility while the VIVA420 will run one job per day in combination with hot-foil. Both will feature the innovative Aniflo unit (keyless anilox offset) that offers a predictable and repeatable print system, for reliable colour management.
 
The event will also showcase various applications of waterless offset in the high-end label and packaging markets from labels, plastic card printing, CD/DVD printing, security printing, packaging up to newspaper printing. This includes the daily distribution of Le Figaro, the first French newspaper printed waterless offset on a KBA Cortina press, and also De Morgen printed by Eco Print Center on 12-tower KBA Cortina waterless press – both using Toray plates.

Pascal Duchêne, Managing Director at Codimag, comments: "As a press manufacturer, Codimag has been active in waterless offset technology for label printing since 1999. We are convinced that this technology brings many advantages to our customers. Printing labels inline in one pass improves register between the processes and reduces time and material lost in second or even third passes while optimizing productivity. Codimag's intermittent feed presses work with all sizes without the need to change cylinders or rollers while enabling fast make ready, low waste and high productivity.
 
As for the Toray relationship at Labelexpo he adds: "We are very pleased to work in partnership with Toray and show how the waterless world is much broader than label printing, with high quality newspaper, plastic card or commercial printing also achievable."