On March 22nd, INSIGNIS-Etiketten, Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) celebrated the first installation of the Gallus Labelfire 340 in Austria and Eastern Europe.
Having drastically changed their information technology in 2017, INSIGNIS-Etiketten now took the next step towards innovation and industry 4.0 by investing in a new printing technology. With the Gallus Labelfire 340, the Viennese company perfectly completed their plant and now defines new capacities in digital printing. Bringing this state-of-the-art label printing system into service, the Austrian label printer not only broadens its internal product portfolio, but also increases its flexibility, quality and efficiency. Furthermore, investing in the first Labelfire in Austria and Eastern Europe, INSIGNIS takes a pioneering step towards a digital future.
For Ferdinand Hager, Managing Partner and Erwin Pudek, Managing Director of Insignis it was no question that such an important decision had to be celebrated accordingly, which is why they jointly organized the Industrial Inkjet Day that took place on March 22nd at the Insignis headquarters in Vienna.
More than 130 customers from Austria and other parts of the DACH region and Eastern Europe attended the event, where they were introduced to exciting topics such as digital inkjet and digitization in the label industry. Ferdinand Rüesch, Vice President of the Gallus board, Christof Naier, Head of Business Unit Label, Stephan Plenz, member of the Heidelberg Board, as well as Ferdinand Hager and Erwin Pudek gave full explanations and gave interesting insights into digital label printing. The presentations were excitingly accompanied by acrobatic show acts and crowned by the presentation of the Gallus Labelfire 340.
During the live demonstrations on the Gallus Labelfire, it was impressively shown how digital label printing influences the global market and how the Gallus Labelfire sets new standards in digital label printing.
The machine runs with a web speed of up to 50 metres per minute and offers seven colours plus white. „Speed is always important, but getting a finished embellished and die-cut digitally printed label at 50 meters per minute is what makes this machine stand out.” says Hager. “What we see in this machine are the many years of experience Gallus has in conventional label printing, which is also absolutely visible in the Gallus Labelfire. Flexo, screen printing, die-cutting, varnishing and inkjet are perfectly combined in a single system.”
Was multifunctionality a criterion when choosing the machine? “It was indeed a criterion”, confirms Hager. “For years we have been trusting in Swiss quality à la Gallus, and this cooperation continues in digital printing. It is like buying a Swiss watch: a long-term investment that lasts.”
„With this machine we will be extremely flexible while achieving top quality. Thanks to the extended color space with seven colors (CMYK + GOV) and digital white we cover more than 95% of the pantone color space. Additionally, with a physical resolution of 1200 dpi we reach offset quality, and sometimes even more than that.” says Erwin Pudek, managing director of Insignis, and adds: “This is absolutely brilliant”.
During the networking event that followed the presentations, the guests had the possibility to ask further questions in detail, see the machine point-blank and inform themselves further about Gallus and Heidelberg.
In retrospect it can be said that the Industrial Inkjet Day at Insignis was a huge success. It not only gave potential customers the possibility to extensively get to know the Gallus Labelfire 340, but it also demonstrated that the Austrian market is definitely all set for Gallus’ and Heidelberg’s digital printing system.