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Another company of note is Highcon, a digital post- press supplier that recently partnered with EFI. Highcon has a valuation of $165 million. Karstedt said new installa- tions are coming in North America in 2021, mostly in cor- rugated. Bobst recently purchased the remainder of Mouvent. “This is telling me that Bobst wants to increase their ef- forts in the digital market,” Karstedt said. “Mouvent is a very good developer of digital technologies. Also, Bobst just joined forces with SEI Laser, which is distributed by Matik in North America. They have a 40-inch digital laser cutter for diecutting that has a very unique way of creating male and female die components. Keep an eye on what Bobst is doing.” The AlphaJET from MGI Digital Technology is another interesting new development, according to Karstedt. The 40-inch press is a factory 4.0 solution that offers four-col- or inkjet printing, digital application of spot and tactile UV, digitally applied flat and raised hot foil and digital holo- gram printing. “I suggest you go on YouTube and search for MGI AlphaJET. It’s a hybrid that has printing and embel- lishing all in one pass,” he said. Additional digital solutions that are being used to pro- duce folding carton mainly by commercial printers or in- plants include: Xeikon 3500, Fujifilm J Press 750S, Konica Minolta KM1, HP Indigo 10000 and 12000, Komori IS29 and Xerox IGen. Companies that offer cut sheet digital
and the SpeedSet 1060, a 40-inch single pass printer be- ing developed by Inca Digital for the Screen Group. Inca is getting ready to move SpeedSet from prototype to al- pha build ahead of beta. It will employ similar print engine technology to that developed for BHS Corrugated and will be sold by Screen. Karstedt said the Inca machine is “an extremely interesting press.” The pre and post coating will
HP Indigo’s new 35K next generation press.
be done with inkjet technology. The machine is rated at 11,000 sheets an hour. HP Indigo has introduced its 35K next generation press, built on the 30000 platform. Enhancements have been made to the feeder, transport systems and stacker, and options are now standard. In addition, software im- provements were introduced for color management and defect detection and elimination.
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