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Comexi Group commits to innovation with the creation of the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre (n93/2012)
15/5/2012
- Dedicated to research and development for the sector, this space is located at the company's headquarters
Girona, 15th May 2012.-Comexi Group, a specialist in the manufacture of machinery for the flexible packaging converting industry, has inaugurated the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre at the company’s main headquarters in Riudellots de la Selva (Girona).
Named in honour of the company’s founder, Manel Xifra Boada, the space is intended to become an innovation and development centre for the flexible packaging converting sector. One of the Centre's first major successes has been the presentation of a world-wide innovation at Drupa, in collaboration with BASF.
Open to private companies in addition to researchers and training centres, the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre has a team specialising in production processes connected with flexible packaging in the field of printing, operational efficiency and post-production lamination and slitting processes.
The company introduced its innovation and development pole to an international audience at the graphic arts trade fair, Drupa.
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Comexi Group presents its new printing laminating and slitting machines at Drupa (n94/2012)
11/5/2012
Girona, 11th May 2012.- Comexi Group, a specialist in the manufacture of machinery for the flexible packaging converting industry, has presented at Drupa, the international graphic arts trade fair, all its latest innovations for printing, laminating and slitting flexible materials: The COMEXI FLEXO F2, the COMEXI PROSLIT S-TURRET and the NEXUS Optima 450.
The COMEXIFLEXO F2 is the company’s newly-released flexographic press, a model of efficiency in the sustainable printing of flexible packaging, conspicuous for its accessibility, ease of maintenance and low energy consumption. This new press can be supplemented with Comexi’s modules, for managing pressure adjustments and registrations, with a notable reduction in wastage. It also has an automatic reel unload device developed entirely by Comexi ENVIROXI, the product line dedicated to developing solutions for production plant logistics management and aimed at reducing the converting industry’s environmental impact.
Another new product presented by the company at Drupa is the single turret slitter re-winder, the S-TURRET, aimed at the rigid or semi-rigid materials conversion market. The new S TURRET has an unwinder with three maximum diameter settings (1,000 mm, 1,250 mm and 1,550 mm) that support three different weight capacities (1,350 kg, 2,150 kg and 3,000 kg respectively).
One of the most impressive innovations offered by the S-TURRET is the new Advance Lineal Winding System. This control system maintains the lay-on roller fixed to the frame and moves the re-wind shaft as it becomes bigger. In the process, it maintains a constant distance between the slitting area and the lay-on shaft area, thereby improving the quality of slitting and rewinding.
In order to ensure maximum rewinding quality, the machine also incorporates a "bowed" roller specially designed for the following types of pre-rewinding application: variable and adjustable bow with a high resolution curve in polyurethane to guarantee maximum durability.
COMEXIACOM will have a demonstration unit to showcase the new gravure printing technology. This unit incorporates the latest electronic advances with the Siemens SinamicsSimotion with controls integrated in the COMEXI ACOM software. All with the goal of improving register control performance during the transit and starting phases, minimising wastage and offering perfect sustained quality during the printing process.
The latest solutions for drying units offer the highest performance and full accessibility and ergonomic design for tool-free maintenance and cleaning. In addition to the concept of the new drying units, the new ventilation technology has been applied to gravure printing lines resulting in drastically improved energy saving.
The machines can be equipped with an efficient robotised and automated reel-handling system, designed and patented entirely by COMEXI ACOM.
For its part, COMEXI NEXUS is presenting its new cutting-edge laminator model, the NEXUS Optima 450. A new drying model, the Nexus OPTIMA will be demonstrated at the Comexi Group stand; this has a rotogravure trolley with a closed-chamber doctor blade and self-cleaning system.
The latest drying technology has greater blowing power and increased turbulence capacity, which facilitates solvent/glue evaporation, and a recirculation system that offers significant energy savings. The new rotogravure trolley constitutes a commitment on the part of COMEXI NEXUS to the reduction of solvent emissions and increased productivity.
All the Comexi Group novelties will be on show in Hall 10 C62 of the Drupa Trade Fair.
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Comexi Group expects to double turnover in five years (n96/2012)
10/5/2012
- The new OFFSET CI8 press, the only one of its kind in the sector, will lead the growth of the company.
- The Catalan company presented their latest innovations at Drupa, the international print media fair.
Girona, May 10, 2012.- Comexi Group, specialist in the manufacturing of machinery for the flexible packaging converting industry, expects to double the turnover in five years, exceeding 200 million euros, with the new OFFSET CI8 press. The new press was presented at the international print media fair Drupa 2012 held in Düsseldorf.
This press is the result of five years of work from the company’s R&D and Innovation team, and it marks a turning point in the flexible packaging printing sector. It has adapted the benefits of offset technology to plastic film, thus overcoming the printing difficulties this material entails.
Comexi Group closed last year with a turnover of 105 million euros and maintained the high export levels of previous years, reaching 97%. With the incorporation of the new press as well as the evolution of the already existing product ranges, Comexi Group expects to double their revenue in 5 years.
Comexi Group positions itself as a leader in the sector with the only central drum machine on the market with offset technology and variable format that uses solvent-less inks.
With COMEXI OFFSET CI8, Comexi Group responds to the main challenges that the flexible packaging printing sector faces: increase printing quality, reduce market response time, decrease production expenses and protect the environment.
COMEXI OFFSET CI8 relies on the most innovative printing tools and processes, guaranteeing the quality levels currently demanded by the packaging market. In addition, it provides a solution to the disadvantages this type of printing entails when dealing with nonabsorbent and elastic supports.
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Comexi Group collaborates with BASF and Wikoff Color Corporation to develop more sustainable presses (n91/2012)
9/5/2012
The aims of innovation and the development of more sustainable printing unite companies who will be exhibiting the fruits of their collaboration at Drupa
Girona, 9th May 2012.- Comexi Group, a specialist in the manufacture of machinery for the flexible packaging converting industry, is working with BASF and Wikoff Color Corporation in the development of its latest innovations. The three companies, recognised in their sectors as leaders in innovation and sustainable development, will be presenting the products deriving from their respective collaborations at Drupa.
During the graphic arts trade fair, Comexi Group and BASF will be demonstrating the sector’s move towards solvent-free printing with the COMEXI FLEXO F2. The company’s new press will be adapting the latest water-based inks technology with BASF resins to flexographic printing, thus offering enhanced sustainability and reduced cost, yet maintaining a high level of print quality and printability. BASF will also present its solutions for water-based printing inks, adhesives for lamination and biodegradable packaging materials.
At Drupa, Comexi and Wikoff Color Corporation will exhibit a new printing technology that uses solvent-free, low-migration inks for food-grade packaging and perfectly compatible with the innovative offset printing system with a central drum using EB offset inks. The Wikoff inks offer excellent print properties and stable performance in food-grade packaging applications, with outstanding adherence on both paper and cardboard as well as various plastic films.
All the Comexi Group novelties will be on show in Hall 10 C62 of the Drupa Trade Fair.