MGI unveils a slew of digital presses and coaters

MGI celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in digital print equipment manufacturing and its fifth participation at Drupa by unveiling a line of digital presses and digital spot UV coaters, including the new B2 sheetfed digital inkjet press, the Alphajet, which is another addition to the slew of inkjet presses being showcased at the show.

05 May 2012 | By PrintWeek India

The six-colour UV inkjet Alphajet technology is based on the Jetvarnish plus Jetcard platforms, which according to MGI “effectively bridges the gap between the advantages of speed, accuracy and quality of offset and benefits of on-demand, no makeready and variable data offered by digital technology”.

V Natarajan, the managing director at Mumbai-based Aura Print Solutions, the representative for MGI in India, said: “In Alphajet we have the versatility of the B2 size, six-colour UV plus spot/flood coating, which means we have a combination of UV press, a spot/flood coating machine and a possibility to print variable data.”
 
Victor Abergel, executive vice president and managing director at MGI, who presented the launch, said: “The technology effectively bridges the gap between the advantages of speed, accuracy and quality of offset and benefits of on-demand, no makeready and variable data offered by digital technology.”

MGI has also launched the Jetvarnish with 3D embossing capabilities and the DP Nova UV coater, targeting at the book market. With a speed of 3,000 sheets per hour, the 20x42inch Jetvarnish can spot UV coat up to three times faster than the original 
 
Jetvarnish. Also new are the DP 8700S, an entry level press which gets a world premiere; Meteor DP 9800, the big brother to DP 8700 being preview at the show; the Jet7540 digital inkjet press targeted at the calendar printing market;
 
Abergel said: “What we are doing is offering our customers products right from the entry level to high-speed production machines that can print on a variety of substrates and enabling our customer the flexibility to go after new markets.”

While the newly launched products will be commercial available for shipment, MGI has specified that the Alphajet will be ready for shipment in 2013 and the Jetvarnish will be available in fall 2012.

Natarajan also announced the sale of its fifth MGI Meteor DP 8700 to a Mumbai-based customer and the availablity of Jetvarnish 3D in India, once the shipment begins.