Chesapeake is to offer an extended range of labels following its investment in a new Gidue M5 Digital Flexo 3.0 label press.
To be installed in one of the global packaging company’s UK plants later this year, the M5 Digital Flexo 3.0 press is equipped with 10 UV flexo print units and incorporates advanced Print Tutor HD camera technology on each print unit.
This checks each printed label for colour consistency and ‘self-adjusts’ print pressure, density and print register through the use of seven servo driven motors on each unit.
Machine set-up is fully automated, while print quality is monitored and adjusted at any manufacturing speed across a full range of substrates.
“The new Gidue press will support our ambitious growth plans,” says Chesapeake CEO Mike Cheetham.
“The capabilities of this press will help to extend the range of labels we produce, particularly complex designs requiring a high number of colours, 3 or even 5 ply formats as well as using multiple substrates for the same label.
“The Gidue M5 press is also equipped with many quality control features, which will help us strengthen the quality and service levels we deliver to our customers,” Cheetham adds.
Federico d’Annunzio, MD of Italy-based printing and converting machine manufacturer Nuova Gidue, comments: “Chesapeake is an ideal partner to develop innovative quality solutions which will offer its customers even greater product reassurance.”
