Kyoshin Paper & Package Co Ltd has chosen the Heidelberg Primefire 106 press as the next step in the expansion of its web-to-pack business. The new B1 press, which is the first of its kind in Japan, will be installed at a new dedicated Kanto plant during the summer.
Founded in 1948, the Kobe-based company is a packaging service provider with 290 employees. In 2013, it launched the Hacoplay web-to-pack service, which focuses on digitally printed short run folding cartons in sizes up to B2.
The company first encountered the Primefire 106 at drupa in 2016 and asked to have print tests done. Kazuhiro Kajikawa, executive managing director of the division, said, ‘The print quality such as green and orange was outstanding, and we felt that the quality of the print by the Primefire 106 was the most beautiful we have ever seen. The consistency of quality between first and 500th sheets was also amazingly stable which surprised even our offset press operator who was with me for the test. Other interesting feature of Primefire 106 for us is to be able to cover 95 % of Pantone colour because we as packaging printer have to use a lot of special colours for package printing. By enlarging the size from A3 to B2, we were able to expand our business and we are expecting more by going for B1 size with Primefire 106.’
‘Japan is for us a very important market as it is among the top countries for folding carton production and it has probably the highest standards of image quality in the world,’ explained Montserrat Peidró-Insa, head of digital print business at Heidelberg. ‘We are proud to have such a renowned company like Kyoshin Paper & Package selecting Primefire 106 to accelerate their company growth.’
