Durst Group, a manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, is expanding its partnership with Omet, a manufacturer of flexographic printing systems. The future Durst portfolio in the Label & Packaging segment will be expanded with integrated hybrid printing systems that the companies will jointly develop and manufacture.
“We are excited to offer the full range of integrated conventional and digital printing solutions to label and packaging manufacturers around the world,” says Thomas Macina, Sales Director Label and Packaging at Durst.
The existing XJET platform with leading hybrid solutions with numerous installations worldwide will be further developed and expanded. Durst Group’s global sales and service structure will fully integrate its solutions. A common product roadmap will accelerate development and create unique solutions tuned for the next generation of highly integrated presses.
“OMET is proud to strengthen its partnership with Durst. We bring together the best technologies to offer our customers excellent solutions and added value,” says Marco Calcagni, Sales Director at OMET.
Over the last few years, the label and flexible packaging market has been experiencing a worldwide boom, with both a significant increase in business volumes and new customer demand for personalised or new products.
Printing companies in this field try to respond to new demands by following the solutions and technological proposals that exist or are being developed by equipment suppliers.
One of these propositions is the capabilities offered by hybrid label and packaging presses, which are built to lead label printers and manufacturers into product and market applications beyond what today’s analogue or digital presses can offer on their own.
The term hybrid is often used to describe a solution that combines two or more core technologies into a single product and utilises their inherent characteristics to gain a competitive advantage.
However, in the label and packaging printing industry, the term “Hybrid” refers to a platform that combines digital and analogue printing technology, printing and finishing capabilities in a single-pass production line, bringing the entire process together.
This enables the creation of a hybrid configuration 100% adapted and customised to the specific needs of a printing house with a single investment. At OMET XJet, label printing machines are equipped with the advantages of digital technology, such as immediacy, variable data, customisation and high uptime, speed and high production quality, as well as a range of finishing modules (cold and hot gilding / foil gilding, screen printing, etc.), lamination and converting units (multi-layer labels, semi-rotary cutting, roll slitting, etc.).In addition, flexo printing stations allow the application of under-print lacquers and special varnishes, printing pantone or metallic colours, compensating for the limitations of current digital technology. Label and Packaging manufacturers can opt for the most suitable technological combination in each run, customising production, adapting it to changing market trends, such as the need for the finished product for fast and on-time delivery.
A fully hybrid press gives you the opportunity to expand your product portfolio as much as you want.
Your imagination and intuition will take your business to a new level thanks to the flexibility and reliability of the OMET XJet hybrid solution.
Target Markets
– Wine and spirits labels and packaging
– Food and beverage labels and packaging
– Personalised labels and packaging
– Industrial labels and packaging
– Labels and packaging needed in Health Services
– Labels and packaging of cosmetic products
Under Pressure Materials
– All kinds of paper and film materials.
– Carrierless papers
– Films without carrier
– Light cardboard 400 – 450gr.
– Aluminium household blister materials
– Laminated tubes and the like.
Hybrid print configuration solutions open the doors to a world of opportunities.
OMET XJET, powered by Durst, is the result of the merger of 2 visionary companies specialised in providing optimised solutions to printing companies that demand more from their suppliers.
With DURST’s state-of-the-art digital platform and OMET’s end-to-end technology integration, what you get is a single machine with a single focus – enabling you to tackle constant market challenges and turn them into new and exciting opportunities without compromising profitability.
The latest developments implemented on the OMET XJet include higher speed (80 m/min. to 100 m/min.), wider solutions (digital print width 330 – 420 – 510 mm), automation of print quality with Nozzle Compensation (artificial intelligence) with Durst Hawk Eye, nozzle compensation system and significant reduction of waste, ensuring the best quality available on the market today in daily production.
OMET hybrid platforms can now produce all types of self-adhesive label printing as well as shrink sleeve, IML and Blister printing and many more special applications.
The best for Label and Packaging production is coming and will also be shown live at Drupa 2024!
