UK digital printer CS Labels has introduced CS Pouches as the new brand for its flexible packaging offering.

CS Labels has been exclusively using Xeikon dry toner digital printing technology for a number of years, including more recently as a tool to produce digitally printed stand-up pouches.

This process had been developed by CS Labels based around its CX500 press, and includes a bespoke pouch construction process. Xeikon has now confirmed pouch production as an option for its technology and developed fleXflow. CS Labels states that it remains the only manufacturer globally to do this using Xeikon presses. CS Labels has previously won awards with its work in digitally printed pouches. It is also shortlisted for the inaugural European Converter of the Year award.

CS Pouches and its supporting website, www.cspouches.co.uk, have been established to help the migration over to digitally produced flexible pouches. This includes extolling the benefits, cited as:

  • No set-up costs;
  • The ability to manufacture multiple designs/SKUs in a single runs
  • Competitive lead times of 4-6 weeks from artwork approval, and prices;
  • Lamination of a range of materials including white, clear and metallic;
  • Suitability for both food and non-foodstuffs using barrier and non-barrier films;
  • Endless design possibilities, including protected viewing windows into the pouches;
  • High-definition graphics, imagery and special print effects with metallic films;
  • Personalisation, QR codes and promotional info; and
  • The ability to test the market – different varieties with low MOQs.
  • CS Labels states that, ‘Currently products in the marketplace packaged in pouches are subject to long, disjointed and expensive production processes using traditional presses. Often products that don’t graduate from customer trialling lead to vast amounts of waste because of minimum order quantities required.

‘[We] are changing the way in which pouches are manufactured and now produce entire lines of digital pouches utilising what would traditionally be the cost of setup alone using old methods.  The benefits both in terms of costs and environmental impact are huge.’