Xeikon to highlight solutions for digital production

During the three day event, participants will discover how digital production can enhance and transform the label and packaging industry.

In-mold labeling (IML) is rapidly gaining popularity for the decoration of plastic containers. With in-mold labels the decoration is an integral part of the container, applied during molding and not added on at a later stage in the production process. While this complicates the production and limits its flexibility, the result definitely makes up for it with an eye-catching no-label look that stands out on the shelves.

Filip Weymans, director of marketing-labels and packaging of Xeikon, said, “Digital printing of in-mold labels can overcome the issues of conventional technologies and will enable further growth of the in-mold label market. Together with our partners we have developed the In-Mold Label Suite, an integrated solution that enables you to use digital printing as part of an automated in-mold label production process.”

At the event, a Xeikon 3000 series press equipped with ICE CMYK and opaque white toner will be printing label designs in roll-to-roll mode for thin-walled as well as thick-walled in-mold applications.

This configuration will run two applications: a label for a thin-walled container –a butter tub with matching cover–printed in CMYK on EUH 70, a cavitated film produced by Treofan; and a label for a thick-walled plastic container–a two-litre bucket for Clicks Toys –printed in CMYK and opaque white on ETR 57, a transparent solid film from Treofan.

The Xeikon Cafe will take place at Xeikon’s production site in Lier, Belgium. Attendance is free but the participant should register online at www.xeikoncafe.com.

The Xeikon Cafe is hosted in collaboration with the following Xeikon Aura Partners, who will all attend the event: 3M, AB Graphic International, CTEGA Terra, Advanced Track & Trace, Argos Solutions, Bograma, Cerm, Chili Publish, Diamond Photofoil, Grafisk Maskinfabrik, Highcon, Hybrid Software, Iggesund, Kama, Label Traxx, Meech International, Michelman, OneVision, Rietstack, RotoMetrics, Schober Technologies, Siliconature, Stora Enso, Squid Inks, ThermoFlexX, Treofan, Tronics and UPM Raflatac.