UK – Sustainable flexible packaging specialist Eco Flexibles has installed the first-ever Fujifilm Jet Press FP790 outside of Japan.
The award-winning Eco Flexibles develops recyclable monopolymer flexible and paper-based packaging solutions that provide equivalent or improved performance over incumbent mixed plastic designs.
Located at the company’s new state-of-the-art 40,000-sqft factory in Northampton, the investment in the Fujifilm Jet Press FP790 further enhances the company’s sustainability focus by using water-based inks.
Unlike conventional digital presses that rely on toners and electrographic inks, the FP790’s use of water-based inks ensures superior performance while further driving down carbon impact.
Eco Flexibles general manager David Smith commented: “We are in a sustainability-centric market where ‘good enough’ is no longer good enough for brands; we must be constantly pushing harder for lower carbon emissions and higher quality.
“Our mission is to make recyclable monopolymer and paper packaging more accessible for brand owners, and with this multi-million-pound investment, we’re providing our customers with digital press technology with all the benefits that attracts – very short run and variable data printing, fast turnaround and outstanding graphic performance that more than rivals traditional analogue print techniques. We are setting a new benchmark in quality and sustainability.”
The FP790 installed by Eco Flexibles is capable of printing on film and paper and can reach production speeds of up to 75m/min, with no make ready and changeover downtime.
It also offers extended gamut printing with more than 90 percent of Pantone colors without more costly spot color inks.
Fujifilm showcases new products at Peak Performance Print event
In a related development, Fujifilm has used its Peak Performance Print event to host product launches and exclusive previews while making a raft of other announcements.
At the event, taking place this week at the Fujifilm Print Experience Centre in Ratingen, Germany, the manufacturer hosted the first European demonstration of its Revoria Press GC12500.
This followed an appearance of the B2 format sheetfed toner press at Printing United in the US in October, and an earlier technology preview at Igas in Japan in late 2022.
Fujifilm said the first Revoria Press GC12500 has just been installed and is running at a customer site in Italy, the name of which will be announced “around April time”.
The manufacturer also revealed the 100th installation of its Revoria Press PC1120 in Europe. Druckerei Glaudo, based in Wuppertal, Germany, installed the flagship Fujifilm toner press in November 2023.
Peak Performance Print, which concluded on 1 February, has been hosting hundreds of existing and potential commercial and packaging print customers throughout the week, as well as members of the international industry trade press.
Alongside showing a raft of its inkjet, toner, and wide-format printers at the event, Fujifilm also placed a major focus on its workflow offerings, including XMF PressReady, and Revoria Flow DFE.
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