UV Graphics unveils new innovations Labelexpo India 2024

UV Graphics (UVG), has confirmed that it will launch two new presses the label and flexible packaging sectors at Labelexpo India 2024.  

The company launches Ultraflex UFO AI flexo press designed with the latest technological advancements and driven by an AI-powered interface. 

The all-new UFO AI offers ease of use, with improved operational efficiency while reducing the reliance on operator skill. This AI-driven interface allows printers to streamline processes and reduce errors. 

The key features of the UFO AI are its 100 percent inspection linked to an Instant Register system for short-run label and flexible packaging segments. The machine incorporates dual servo technology, a technology that UV Graphics has perfected over the last seven years with over 150 successful installations of dual servo presses worldwide. 

With capabilities to print on a wide range of substrates, including BOPP, IML, PVC, Board, PS, and unsupported labels, the UFO 5 delivers speed of 200 meters a minute and can handle materials ranging from 8 to 450 microns. The press is also designed with an impression cylinder, enabling CI-type results at a fraction of the cost of a traditional CI press, the company reported. 

Moreover, the UFO AI integrates UVG's proprietary Vari-Gap, an adjustable die-cutting anvil cylinder with AI assistance, simplifying die setup and allowing for fast production cycles. In addition to its standard features—such as turn bar, de-lam re-lam, and cold foil—the UFO AI offers multiple printing options including rotary or flat screen printing, gravure, Intaglio, hot/cold foil, flat bed die-cutting and digital embellishments, enhancing its versatility and making it suitable for a wide range of applications across both label and flexible packaging sectors.  

The UFO AI is available in web widths ranging from 370mm to 1050mm with a repeat of 7 to 42in repeats making it suitable for both small, medium, and long-run jobs, allowing converters to optimize their production across multiple verticals. 

In addition to the UFO AI, UVG is also launching the EFO 370 press. Targeted at the growing entry-level converter market, the EFO 370 brings servo technology to the masses at an introductory price of just INR 99,00,000 (1,17,307.61 USD). Designed for versatility, the EFO 370 is ideal for printing on shrink films and other common substrates. 

Visitors at Labelexpo India 2024 will also get a firsthand experience of hybrid printing technology and see live demonstrations of the Dominator Hybrid Digital developed together with Domino. The Dominator will be printing live in combination with two flexo print stations, digital finishing and die-cutting.  

Visitors to UV Graphics’ booth A18 in Hall 9 will also have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of the USR Slitter,—a machine capable of digital numbering and advanced 100 percent inspection systems, Pony high-speed hot foil stamping and die-cutting press, automatic core cutting machines, flat bed screen printing with digital foil, fast plate mounting systems and digital finishing equipment further showcasing UVG’s commitment to innovation in the printing industry.