Brice Carugati, president of Adesa
Adesa, near Nimes in France, is the first company in Europe to invest in the Durst digital laser finishing system, which features Spartanics die-cutting technology. This will run inline with a Tau 330 UV inkjet label press for a complete single pass workflow. The press has been configured with CMYK plus orange and violet.
Brice Carugati, president of Adesa, said, ‘This machine is unique in that it does printing and die-cutting all in one pass. Another important factor for our investment is the extremely vivid white, which prints far better than on the machine I used previously. And screen printing was also out of the question, because is very slow and expensive, so not suitable for the type of work I need to do for customers.’
The Durst Tau 330 and LFS 330 inline system sale, which was arranged through Paris-based reseller JetPack France SAS, is a complementary technology to digital offset and flexo printing for Adesa. ‘There are occasions where the quality is too high for digital offset and too low for flexo, so I use inkjet,’ said Mr Carugati. ‘This could involve jobs of between 2000 and 3000 linear metres, but it depends on variable data requirements, so run lengths of even 5000 linear metres can be practical for certain jobs. The ink dries instantaneously and I don’t need any pre-coated stocks. And I can print for many different sectors such as food and industrial, not just cosmetics.’
He concluded, ‘The labels market is extremely competitive and we have to stand out continuously by offering innovative solutions. With the Durst inline solution, I’ve won several contracts that wouldn’t have been available to Adesa previously. As one example, I was in competition with another French company for an order of 400,000 labels using 12 different texts for variable printing. I knew I’d win that order straight away using the Durst-Spartanics system. Inkjet is very good. The ink is very powerful, bright and has vivid colours – with everything completed in one single pass.’
