Sapphire to represent Xeikon in India

The portfolio Sapphire represents includes Xeikon’s 8000 series digital colour presses, which feature high precision LED-array imaging technology, combining true 1200 dpi resolution and four-bit per spot colour depth, to deliver the finest commercial print quality available on the market today. In addition, the Xeikon 8000 series presses offer unmatched format flexibility, with a media width of 512mm (20.2 inches) and unlimited print length.

 

The presses print on both sides of the substrate simultaneously and can handle monthly duty cycles of up to 10 million pages.

 

The 8000 series presses are a fundamental element in Xeikon’s document production suite, a fully integrated solution for the production of direct marketing material of virtually any size or format, ready for mailing or short-run high-quality transactional printing. 

 

Sapphire will also offer Xeikon’s Wall Decoration Suite. It allows cost-efficient production of high-quality wall decorations for commercial, retail and residential purposes. This short-run friendly ‘all-in-one’ solution addresses the increasing demand for more customised and personalised print jobs and enables the production of a small roll of finished wallpaper from a large roll of paper. It integrates four major components, namely, a Xeikon digital press printing on the widest media range available, with dedicated workflows and software, application-specific toners and process optimisation tools plus pre- and post-press equipment.

 

“We pride ourselves on our customer-centric approach, whether it is providing a trained operator with the machine or supporting the initial installation for the first couple of weeks,” said Sapphire’s Vikram Saxena, chief operating officer, Sapphire Graphic Solutions. “It is this approach to customer support that has resulted in the success of our business from its inception. We are delighted to be able to work with Xeikon and share with our customers how the large portfolio of Xeikon’s digital printing solutions can help them grow their business and stay ahead of the competition.”

 

Founded by Neeraj and Monia Chaudhry, in 2004, Sapphire supplies solutions to the signage, photobook and commercial print sectors. In 2013, it established a graphic solutions business to provide world class digital print solutions to the printing industry. The company has a staff of 150 people.

 

Bent Serritslev, who was recently been appointed as the managing director, Xeikon Asia Pacific (ASPAC), to help support its fast-paced growth, added, “Sapphire has earned an unrivalled reputation for its service, support and sales of digital printing solutions. We are delighted to be working together in such an exciting and vibrant region. We are looking forward to presenting solutions that can help Indian print production operations improve their production capabilities and enhance their service offering.”

 

Xeikon designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital colour presses for labels and packaging applications, document printing, as well as commercial printing. These presses utilise LED-array-based dry toner electrophotography, open workflow software and application-specific toners.

 

As an OEM supplier, Xeikon designs and produces plate-makers for newspaper offset printing applications. Xeikon also manufactures basysPrint CTP solutions for the commercial printing market. These proven CTP systems combine the latest exposure techniques with cost-efficient UV plate technology, high imaging quality and flexibility.

 

Flexo Image Graphics (FIG) represents Xeikon label printing presses in India. And Xeikon’s flexo platesetters portfolio is represented by Malhotra Graphics while the Monotech Systems represents the commercial platesetters portfolio.