The digital results achieved by the Xeikon Cheetah have been recognised with an EDP Award for Best Label Printing Solution.
Distributed by Absolute Innovative Solutions in Australia, the digital label press received fanfare at the FESPA Awards in Germany soon after installation at pilot sites around the world.
Xeikon CEO Wim Maes believed the technology would have a tangible impact on customers’ businesses through a number of production gains, all at high quality.
“The speed and quality of the Xeikon Cheetah will help our customers win business while opening up new markets through improved cost efficiencies and increased productivity,” added Xeicon's Filip Weymans.
“The new press will also enable traditional label printers to adjust their workflow strategy to both improve competitiveness and expand their offerings,” he said.
“We've already seen these kinds of results at our three pilot sites. We're delighted the EDP judges agree that this press has a lot to offer to the industry.”
The five-colour digital label press runs at up to 30 metres per minute, making it 56 per cent faster than any other member of the Xeikon digital label press family. It has a unique Cheetah toner developed for high speeds and based on Xeikon’s ICE toner technology. It complies with FDA regulations for food contact and offers the ability to print opaque white toner in a single pass. In addition, the low fusing temperature for this toner means that a wider range of substrates can be digitally printed at very high levels of quality. The availability of custom toners also expands the colour gamut that can be achieved, especially when printing brand colours where a process match is difficult to achieve.
