Labelexpo Day 3: Océ into packaging with LabelStream

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Océ marked its commitment to labels and packaging with the LabelStream 4000 at the show, an industrial-scale four to five colour UV inkjet conversion platform for self-adhesive labels and selected flexible packaging applications.

The company says that with this integrated production line optimised for digital workflows, label converters can boost profitability and productivity of short-run and medium-run job sizes, and produce labels of quality and customised messaging.

Speaking to Print21, Crit Driessens, vice president labels and packaging at the company said, “We recognised labels and packaging as a growth area. We knew that with the technological expertise we have, combined with our organisational assets and service support, we would offer label and packaging printers something they have not had before.”

Print resolutions of up to 1080 dpi and print speeds of up to 75 m/min allow label converters to expand their application range while increasing throughput and minimizing turnaround times. The top speed in combination with a 410mm digital print width results in what the company says is an industry-leading productivity of up to 1845 sqm per hour.

A single-pass digital white opacity exceeding 70 per cent can be achieved at standard press speed. Higher digital white opacity of approximately 80 per cent can be attained at a reduced speed, matching the opacity of analogue printing technologies such as rotary screen and flexo. The choice of white opacities at different print speeds enables users to balance application costs and quality for the most profitable production.

The high volume webfed inkjet business at Océ is now worth around €350m a year. For Labelstream it has partnered with FFEI and Edale. Printheads are from Xaar.

It can print on multiple media including film, paper, board, metallics and PP, in a range of thicknesses; for instance, for film up to 400 microns, and for board up to 600 microns.

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