Karlville will be first HP Indigo Pack Ready provider

Miami-based Karlville started working in alliance with HP Indigo more than seven years ago, with the introduction of shrink sleeve converting technology designed specifically for the digital market. Over the years, Karlville has built a strong foundation of expertise in the lamination market.

With HP’s introduction of the HP Indigo 20000 digital press and focus on growing the digitally printed, flexible packaging market, Karlville now offers a line of solventless and combi lamination (solventless, solvent, water, and/or registered cold seal) products for the 300-800mm web width range, specifically targeting the digital and narrow/mid web flexo markets. HP Indigo also recently selected Karlville as a global ally for solventless and combi lamination.

Becoming an HP Indigo Pack Ready provider is the next step in Karlville’s evolution. HP Indigo Pack Ready is a set of post-print converting options for HP Indigo digital presses that provides zero-cure-time lamination while instantly creating a strong bond between HP Indigo digitally printed substrate and Pack Ready laminate film, enabling digital converters to print, laminate and pack on demand for immediate time-to-market. It is designed for lower environmental impact and simple operation. It can be easily connected to the HP PrintOS cloud-based operating system.

'The HP Indigo Pack Ready laminator by Karlville opens new opportunities for HP Indigo narrow web customers to extend their businesses into the flexible packaging market,’ said Alon Bar Shany, general manager of HP's Indigo division. ‘The new offering enables high performance flexible packaging applications such as retort —a dream of many digital flexible packaging converters for many years.’

John Price, president of Karlville said: ‘The HP Indigo Pack Ready laminator by Karlville will enable HP Indigo customers to produce almost any kind of digitally printed flexible packaging with minimal waste and complexity versus traditional lamination systems.’

Karlville will introduce the new product portfolio at drupa and at Labelexpo Americas 2016 in September, Karlville and HP will jointly present a product for the North and South American narrow web market.

Read more about the market for digital package printing in L&L issue 3, 2016