UK-based corrugated packaging manufacturer Durham Box has taken the next step in its digital journey with the investment in a Nozomi C18000 inkjet press from EFI. This follows the installation of its first digital press, a Wonderjet WD200.
‘The image quality, running speed and ease of changing between prints are hugely attractive,’ said joint managing director Dan Morris about the new press. ‘With this we are confident we can operate in several markets with a single machine.’
Scheduled for installation this summer at the company’s facility in St Helen Auckland, the 1.8 metre-wide Nozomi press operates at speeds up to 75m/min and is the first to be installed in the UK specifically for packaging.
‘Image quality is a very important factor, perhaps the most important in fact,’ said Mr Morris. ‘We regularly get asked to print jobs that are too challenging for our own flexo capabilities and as a consequence we need to manipulate the artwork which is time consuming and ultimately leads to a simplified image – and that can be frustrating to the customer.
‘The wide range of print finishes is a great feature from the Nozomi,’ he added, ‘as it has the ability to produce print that has similar qualities to flexo – only better – with high gloss photo-quality print.’
Durham Box is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of corrugated packaging, servicing large-scale accounts across multiple markets, particularly within the FMCG sector. It occupies a 10,220 square metre factory and employs more than 75 people, making in excess of 35 million products per year.
