Siegwerk has opened a fully automated facility for the production of customer inks at its headquarters in Siegburg, Germany.
The new blending facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, serving as an example for the networked Industry 4.0. The new blending centre complies with all current legal requirements and offers the advantage of consistent product quality through highly reliable, standardised processes, in addition to solid delivery performance with expanded capacities.
By commissioning a fully automated production facility in Siegburg, Siegwerk noted that is ‘setting a new quality standard’ for the production of customised printing inks and varnishes, while continuing to push forward its own digitisation efforts. Compared to the previous production setup, the new process is claimed as ‘even more efficient and transparent’, increasing the site’s productivity. Additionally, the new facility will enable safer and cleaner production and support Siegwerk’s endeavours for increased sustainability.
Further, Siegwerk’s new blending centre is now the largest fully automated production facility for printing inks in Europe. A trial operation of the new blending centre is already underway and it will soon be running at full capacity.
Siegwerk CEO Herbert Forker said, ‘The opening of this facility is an unparalleled milestone for us. It is a key component in our global production network a big step forward.
‘The topics of digitisation and automation play a key role. We must also consider, at different levels, which opportunities we take, the direction in which we want to develop and where exactly we want to invest. The new system is one of the responses to this.’
Siegwerk has built an extensive global production and service network over the years to optimally provide its customers with inks and varnishes. This now consists of 16 base ink production facilities, the centres of excellence, and 50 blending and dosing facilities, blending centres. The Siegburg location is expected to play crucial role in the company’s continued profitable growth.
Mr Forker continued, ‘With the new blending facility we are automating our production of customer inks, in order to be able to meet the growing demand for consistent and high quality more easily.’
