Koenig & Bauer enters flexo with digital press

Press manufacturing giant Koenig & Bauer will launch a digital flexo press, signing an agreement with an un-named partner to develop its RotoJet technology to produce a technology it says will change the face of the market.

The new print solution will use inkjet technology to print with water-based inks onto flexibles and extensible films, with the company expecting manufacturing to begin next year.

The press will feature a maximum web width of 1,380 mm, and will be able to print on both sides of films, with a thickness between 0.12 and 0.3 mm.

Christoph Müller, Koenig & Bauer board member, said, “Koenig & Bauer has built a reputation as a pioneer of high performance, industrial ecological inkjet printing. With our partner, the new press and its water-based inks, we will be in an even better position to promote sustainability, and plan to change the face of the market with digital print for flexible and extensible film aimed at providing improved colour precision and additional printing options.”

The RotaJet is already well established on the market when it comes to paper applications and decor printing. As the next step, Koenig & Bauer now wants to venture further into digital printing on flexible and extensible films, and will be working together with what it says is “one of the top global players in this field”.

The press will feature a maximum web width of 1,380 mm and will be able to print on both sides of films with a thickness between 0.12 and 0.3 mm. “Koenig & Bauer has built a reputation as a pioneer of high performance, industrial ecological inkjet printing. With our partner, the new press and its water-based inks, we will be in an even better position to promote sustainability, and plan to change the face of the market with digital print for flexible and extensible film aimed at providing improved colour precision and additional printing options,” added Müller.