Impreac installs second Nilpeter FB-Line

Impreac - Impresos y Acabados, was founded in 1991 by Ricardo Herrera, as a sheet-fed company. His son, Luis Fernando Herrera, started the company’s flexo department in 2013 to provide multi-layer coupon labels to the company’s main customers.

In 2021 the company celebrated its 30th anniversary, an event in which they commemorated and celebrated the founder's life, who passed away in July. His family and employees further honored his memory by continuing expansion projects with a new 1,700 sqm plant located in the Industrial Park, Celta Park, on the outskirts of Bogota, and installing the new Nilpeter FB-350 flexo press. 

‘The new FB-350 will increase our capacity by at least 30 percent, giving us the chance to react faster to unplanned orders and the flexibility to handle last-minute changes,’ said Luis Fernando Herrera, production manager at Impreac - Impresos y Acabados. ‘Overall, it will improve our abilities in the production of multi-layer coupon labels and cardboard labels.

‘Nilpeter was the only partner that we considered for this project, as our previous experience with the FB-3300S was really good, and we were looking for a backup press in which we could use the same tooling, take advantage of the standardization (fingerprint), and printing knowledge we have on the existing printing technology. Improving the efficiency and use of resources, with the technological improvements of the New FB-350.’ 

Impreac's formula for success, offering a reliable product and flexibility in its operation, has allowed them to open export markets in Latin America and Central America.

‘Being a witness from the beginning and working side-by-side with the customer has shown me the wide production spectrum that our presses are able to achieve. When we started, the project was focused on five-page coupon labels. And now, mixing the development of Impreac with the technology of Nilpeter’s FB-Line, and passing the learning curve, they have been able to produce coupon labels up to 13 pages,’ said Juan Pablo Patino Arevalo, commercial manager for Nilpeter in the Andean region.

The new FB-350 installed at Impreac is equipped with high-capacity cold foil towers, Nilpeter’s rail-based re-inserting system, includes the new Automatic Plate Positioning feature, and a short web pass.