FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Carlisle Container Company, a corrugated packaging converter based in 1965, will considerably lower turnaround instances and increase effectivity with the acquisition of an EFI™ Nozomi 14000 LED single-pass inkjet corrugated packaging press from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. The business will set up the brand new press in a facility adjoining to its important plant scheduled to open in early 2023.
Located close to Carlisle, Pennsylvania’s main trucking routes the corporate serves most of the regional distribution facilities and warehouses packed within the Cumberland Valley transportation hall. Carlisle Container is bringing these companies extra innovation, and far higher effectivity, with Nozomi expertise – the world’s main digital corrugated printing resolution.
A brand new period for Carlisle and its clients
The Nozomi 14000 LED press is a crucial subsequent step towards development for a packaging firm that has lengthy appreciated the influence digital can have. “We implemented digital printing in the early days, acquiring our first VUTEk® printer in 2004,” mentioned Carlisle Container CEO Diane Wolf. “Back then, we could print eight to ten 4×8-foot sheets per hour, and over time we updated technology to continue increasing throughput and quality. The Nozomi was the next logical move for us, and it will be a game changer.”
Digital print immediately on the firm presently focuses on very small orders and samples on the corporate’s EFI VUTEk print gear, with the majority of Carlisle Container’s revenues coming from changing plain brown packing containers. However, executives on the licensed woman-owned business are witnessing rising buyer demand for prime graphic shelf-ready packaging and shows. Carlisle Container has relied on litho lamination for prime graphic packaging, however analog litho requires giant minimal order portions and vital lead instances.
Up to 80% discount in turnaround instances
Currently, turnaround instances for litho lamination jobs on the firm vary from 4 to 6 weeks. “With the Nozomi,” Wolf mentioned, “we believe this will be reduced to an average of 7 to 10 days. That is a huge improvement. Last year, we purchased over 75,000 litho labels, and all of that will convert to digital very quickly.”
Many flexo packaging jobs at Carlisle Container will even be extra environment friendly and cost-effective to print digitally as effectively as soon as the Nozomi printer is put in. “Any flexo boxes that have three or four colors or are flood coated will go digital. The reduction in set-up time, the elimination of having to sometimes run two passes and the improvement in print quality are just more features that make this asset so important,” Wolf defined. “We expect our Nozomi volumes to grow quickly with the current type of work we are doing, as well as new work that we could not attract before.”
Game-changing expertise for prime graphics corrugated
The 55-inch (1.4-meter) large digital press runs exceptionally quick – at speeds as much as 328 linear ft (100 linear meters) per minute utilizing new productiveness modes – offering sturdy efficiency in heavy industrial operation, direct to board, on almost all flute sorts. The 14000 LED mannequin additionally boasts superior coloration registration and Nozomi presses’ award-winning imaging high quality.
Sustainability is a key benefit of the Nozomi 14000 LED printer, because it offers converters and types the flexibility to print excessive graphics packaging digitally in precise portions wanted – a pointy distinction to the numerous overproduction and make-ready waste of analog litho-lamination. EFI Nozomi expertise leads the corrugated market in digital print power effectivity, based mostly on knowledge from print analysis group Fogra, and its printed output is licensed for repulpability and recyclability by the Western Michigan University Recycling, Paper and Coating Pilot Plant.
The EFI Fiery® NZ-1000 blade server digital entrance finish (DFE) used to drive the press makes use of the newest Fiery FS500 platform expertise, providing high-end coloration administration, distinctive imaging accuracy, and clever automation options. Fiery Edge™, EFI’s superior profiling expertise on the DFE, delivers out-of-the-box coloration and high quality enhancements. Plus, EFI Fiery JobExpert™ software program featured with the DFE can save beneficial job setup time by routinely choosing the proper coloration and imaging settings to make sure right outcomes.
Carlisle Container shall be placing its Nozomi 14000 LED press to make use of streamlining its present work and in creating new market alternatives. The versatile single-pass inkjet resolution additionally offers the corporate a robust manufacturing choice for high-volume signage, and offers necessary personalization and customization capabilities helpful for the rising e-commerce subscription field market.
Comparing the Nozomi to the corporate’s current digital print operations, Wolf famous, “With subscription boxes, it’s all about the speed with which you can deliver. And when you go from 48 linear feet per minute to 328 linear feet, it’s night and day.”
With the high-capacity digital capabilities coming, Wolf additionally mentioned she is having very totally different, promising conversations with clients and prospects. “When I go to a company and tell them I can take their lead time from six weeks to six days, and oh, by the way, you can have cost-effective runs of 1,000, customers immediately recognize how this presents them with many more options.”
“This is the first Nozomi press purchased in the Mid-Atlantic, and our team is eager to help Carlisle Container grow with our leading-edge technology and with business development services we provide to help users show the value of digital to their customers and prospects,” mentioned Evandro Matteucci, vp, Packaging and Building Materials, EFI. “Diane and her team will create exciting opportunities delivering everything new that becomes possible with this highly advanced, single-pass Nozomi 14000 LED solution developed specifically for converters’ mainstream packaging production needs.”
For extra details about EFI Nozomi options for ultra-high-speed corrugated packaging manufacturing, go to nozomi.efi.com.
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