Bobst Bielefeld (formerly Fischer & Krecke) has announced the sale of a 2.2 metre wide Bobst F&K 90SIX flexo press for pre-printed liner board and peripherals to Grupo Gondi, in Mexico. First introduced in 2003 and constantly further developed, the 90SIX is a high performance central impression press for pre-printed linerboard and coated boxboard applications worldwide.
Grupo Gondi is one of the top players in the Mexican paper and packaging market with over 58 years of experience in the industry. The activities of the seven companies that form the group include the production of semikraft and coated paper, corrugated and pre-printed boxes, solid fibre containers, laminated and folding carton containers. The group employs 3900 people and its products are present in over 175 countries.
The press features the same technologies as Bobst’s most advanced compact presses for flexible packaging, including all the same gains in efficiency and flexibility. Carbon fibre mandrels and specially developed auxiliary equipment allow for fastest changeovers, even with the largest repeats of up to 2060 mm and the widest working widths.
Together with the new press, Grupo Gondi also purchased the smartGPS solution for impression and registration setting. This technology does the set up offline during the platemounting stage thereby reducing waste and downtime. This offers significant cost saving potential and opens the doors to new markets as even the smallest orders can still be produced efficiently. The press runsat speeds up to 500 m/min and promises to deliver print quality that can rival offset. Furthermore, savings can be made on substrate as the press is capable of high quality printing on lighter weight papers.
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