Baysek, DPi Partner To Build Digital Printing Systems BY JACKIE SCHULTZ
rugated Applications. Brownell says DPi was looking to expand its corrugated sales reach and manufacturing ca- pabilities through new OEM relationships. The company, which has been providing digital printing solutions to other printing and packaging industries for nearly 35 years, in- troduced digital printing machines for industrial corrugat- ed applications in 2018. Baysek, which manufacturers flat cutting die systems,
Nelsonville, Wisconsin based Baysek Machines, Inc. has signed a long-term contract with Fort Worth, texas based
DPi (Digital Print Inc.) to engineer, manufacture, sell and service stand- alone digital post-printing machin- ery. The partnership combines the technical competencies of DPi’s digi- tal printing technology with Baysek’s converting machine manufacturing. “It is a true strategic partnership
was also looking to expand. Mark Helbach, President, Baysek Ma- chines, says customers were ask- ing for low-cost printing solutions to complement Baysek’s diecutting technology, however he did not think the existing flexo or digital technolo- gy was a good fit.
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that will combine the best aspects of market knowledge, engineering/design, manufacturing and service of both Baysek and DPi,” says Stu Brownell, DPi Director of Cor-
With the DPi partnership, Baysek will focus on custom- ized stand-alone printers that print sheets to be fed into
any number of converting machines, includ- ing Baysek diecutters. “If set up correctly, one high-speed digital printer could feed multiple converting machines very efficient- ly,” Helbach says. The companies also have conceptual drawings for a direct integra- tion of a Baysek C170 diecutter, but to date, have not installed one direct. Customer Specific “One of the keys to the Baysek/DPi part- nership is the willingness to custom-build machines to fit customer’s specific applica- tions,” Brownell says. “We realize that dig- ital printing is new to industrial box makers and is evolving as customers begin to understand its poten- tial. DPi and Baysek want customers to ‘think outside of the box,’ and do not want to limit that thinking by only making specific machines.” The companies will design and build printing systems of any width with spot col- or configurations that can print at speeds up to 650 fpm and four-color process con- figurations in speeds up to 330 fpm. “Our focus is boxes printed on uncoated sub- strates printed with low cost water-based inks, which allow the box maker to have a cost structure similar to flexo, but with all of the advantages of digital printing,” Brownell says. Those advantages include no setups or wash ups, printing plates or flute crush and higher quality printing. “The proliferation of SKUs has created more shorter runs, which means more box Stu Brownell
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