Xeikon has introduced its new digital printing solution for stand-up pouches for the food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which has been developed in cooperation with CS Labels in the UK.
Filip Weymans, vice president of marketing, said, ‘This is a prime example of what we call ‘customer driven innovation’. By focusing on this application, we are supporting our customers’ requirements and also responding to the current trends in consumer preference. This development takes our digital production portfolio to the next level.’
CS Labels has been a Xeikon customer of since 2007 when the company’s first digital press was installed. Since then, it has invested heavily in a research and development programme to push the technology further, resulting in a new method of producing digitally-printed stand-up pouches in short runs. Using the higher speed of its CX500 digital press and a water-based thermal adhesive in the lamination process along with in-house pouch converting, the company has shortened the production process significantly, reduced lead times and minimum order quantities for customers.
