German printing company Maschinenbau Sobkowiak has invested in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+ UV inkjet digital press, after being pushed to its limits by rapidly increasing demand for labels.
Located close to Düsseldorf, Maschinenbau entered the German label printing market in 2014, after building a reputation as an industrial machine manufacturer. One of its customers was a packaging company, which, in addition to manufacturing equipment, also needed printing services. Maschinenbau duly responded, as was one of the first German printers to switch to 100% digital printing.
Since then, demand for labels has increased rapidly. This has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic
Uwe Sobkowiak, CEO at Maschinenbau, said, ‘With the L350UV+, we upgraded to a much faster digital inkjet printer – and with it came better print quality, higher resolution and reliability than our previous generation inkjet equipment. It meets our needs and that of our customers. It helped us rise to the challenge of the accelerating demand for labels, especially in the food industry.’
Maschinenbau is using the L350UV+ press for a wide range of print jobs, from food labels to labels for cosmetics and industrial products. It is also one of a growing number of customers for Screen’s inkjet digital printing technology in Germany, as Patrick Jud, DACH area director at Screen Europe explained.
‘This is driven by the need for fast and flexible print technology that is capable of delivering relatively small print runs fast, and with a high print quality that matches that of offset. In addition, digital print technology is more energy-efficient and produces less waste than conventional print technology, so meeting the increasingly ambitious sustainability requirements of German companies.
‘The growth of German investment in digital print technologies that we’re seeing today is likely to continue or even speed up in coming years.’
