Multi Packaging Solutions invests in the world’s first 18-unit packaging press
8 February 2017
Multi Packaging Solutions ("MPS") plans to install the most versatile press Heidelberg has ever manufactured for premium packaging - an 18-unit Speedmaster XL 106 press. The press will be installed during March at MPS East Kilbride and will be fully commissioned by mid-year.
MPS’s latest addition follows significant investment across its global operations. Marc Shore, CEO, MPS, comments: “Once again we are making a significant investment to ensure we can meet the needs of some of the world’s most prestigious brands. In order to offer them the high level of service they demand we require the most advanced technological systems. The highly specified 18-unit B1 Speedmaster we have ordered will allow us to handle even more processes inline and with total quality control. We are committed to continue to strengthen and grow our business and the addition of the latest Heidelberg press allows us to address these priorities.”
MPS East Kilbride has had great success with the 17-unit press it installed four years ago and the new press will offer even greater capability. It will allow designers and brand owners the benefit from special effects in the highest definition with the greatest contrast. The press will have 11 printing units, three coating units, four drying units and an in-line cold foiling system.
The press also has the capability of operating at 18,000sph to meet the high demand for premium branded packaging. The perfector section of the press allows in-line reverse side printing to incorporate design or promotions complementing a full range of effects to a pack’s outer.
Source: lesprom.com