North American packaging company Bay Cities has purchased an HP PageWide C500 digital corrugated press, expanding its sustainable packaging offer.
Bay Cities is regarded as one the region’s most innovative packaging and design companies. It delivers retail displace campaign programmes (RDCP), retail packaging and industrial packaging. In addition, Bay Cities focuses heavily on implementing sustainable practices and procedures during the production process to meet growing demand from customers for eco-friendly packaging that contributes to a circular economy.
Specifically, the HP PageWide C500 will enable Bay Cities to grow its presence in retail packaging as a cost-effective alternative to litho in mid to long runs. Utilising this new equipment will also allow Bay Cities to exponentially enhance its creative capabilities, whilst significantly reducing production and lead times, obsolescence and costs. As HP PageWide’s C500 true water-based inks can be used to print sensitive corrugated boxes, the application range for this press runs from packaging for food and agricultural produce, and pharmaceutical packaging, to those for pets, infants and toys that come in direct contact with the unprinted inside of the box. The HP inks meet stringent food safety requirements such as USDA FDA 21 CFR, Nestlé guidance, Swiss Ordinance and EuPIA, and support the boxes recyclability and compostabilty.
Destined for Bay Cities’ facility in Los Angeles, California, the HP PageWide C500 also advances the company’s ability to create POP displays and subscription boxes for brands and retailers.
The HP PageWide C500 joins 12 other digital printers at Bay Cities’ facility – such as Barberan Jetmaster, EFI Vutek LX3 Pro and HP Scitex 15500 machines – although is the first to use fully sustainable water-based inks.
Bay Cities CEO Greg Tucker said, ‘We are committed to delivering the most innovative solutions and services to our customers. The decision to invest in the C500 press was taken in order to leverage HP’s advanced technology for operational efficiency, and to offer high quality print and sustainable corrugated products fast. This addition to our product lines shows our commitment to enhanced service, continued innovation and growth.’
David Tomer, general manager, post-print, HP PageWide industrial corrugated, commented, ‘The change in the print industry in inevitable, and now more than ever, we must be tuned to market challenges. HP corrugated presses are always designed with market needs in mind and with forward-thinking technology to advance the success of our customers.
‘We are proud to be selected once again by Bay Cities, and to take part in its journey to a more efficient and sustainable future,’ he concluded.
