Stork announces two DSI installations

Stork Prints has announced recent sales of its DSI digital label printer to Danish converter Ganket and French printer Etiquetage Legal.

Ganket, located in the Danish town of Dragør, close to Copenhagen airport, specializes in self-adhesive label printing and runs a number of Mark Andy UV flexo presses as well as a Xeikon digital press and Cartes digital die-cutting equipment.

The company opted for a DSI press with five print stations – CMYK and digital white – plus semi-rotary UV flexo and in-line die-cutting. The DSI machine also comes with a variable data printing module for personalized labels and numbering.

‘We chose this particular configuration of the DSI because the digital white is of superb quality and we have evaluated the DSI press as best in the industry,’ said Per Anderson, owner of Ganket. ‘As we have experience with digital toner technology, we have evaluated all inkjet suppliers before we took the decision in favor of Stork Prints. The DSI concept offers a very attractive TCO per printed label and the platform is ready for future upgrades if our future business will require additional colors and functionality.

‘The purchased DSI machine can be retrofitted with extra colors like orange and violet, but also digital varnish is one of the options. The new servo driven chill-drum, in combination with digital in-line primer, offers maximum flexibility to print on various types of special substrates. Printing and converting, all at the same time, let us take care of our clients better and faster.

‘In the end, we all have to perform more with less. Any future investment of Ganket will be found in productive digital systems to address the shorter run length trend in our industry. Our customers want to order in the morning and to be delivered in the afternoon. The industry is changing and with the DSI we are ready for the business today and in the future.’

Etiquetage Legal

Another DSI machine was recently sold to Etiquetage Legal, a French group of companies located in Strasbourg and Paris. Etiquetage Legal specializes in producing industrial labels, currently on flatbed-screen printing machines.

As shown at Labelexpo Europe 2011, the DSI is also available as a stand-alone configuration and can be equipped up to a maximum of 10 print positions. This platform opens up a wide range of application possibilities in terms of colors, effects and – thanks to the in-line digital primer – flexibility to print on special substrates.

Managing director Guillaume Le Coz said: ‘Because of the excellent ink properties, the DSI digital label press guarantees industrial labels that are highly resistant to light, scratches and chemicals. For us it was important to know that Stork Prints is manufacturing their UV inks in-house, but also manufactures inkjet nozzle plate for several inkjet head suppliers. In this respect they always are in the driver’s seat regarding new developments and quality.

‘The purchased DSI press has a full print width of 330 mm and this is necessary for us to scale up our production. Of course, the DSI machine can also handle smaller widths (165 mm or 210 mm) and this flexibility is considered as a big plus compared to other UV inkjet suppliers. With the smaller systems of other UV inkjet suppliers we are limited in width and flexibility in additional color options.

‘The DSI printing quality is evaluated as best in class and our company is very demanding regarding quality as we work for popular Fortune 500 companies in the area of industrial labels.

‘Stork Prints has designed the DSI as a very solid printing press. The upgrade solutions are very interesting for our business in the near future. Instead of investing in a new press we can upgrade the existing DSI press when our business requires new features.’

Pictured: Danny Trusbak and Lykke Trusbak, managing partners of Ganket

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