Brazilian converters tour Europe before Labelexpo

The delegation of around 40 converters visited companies such as Nilpeter customer Grafical, based in Valpolicella, Italy; Gallus’ plant in St Gallen, Switzerland, as well as a local customer; and Avery Dennison’s factory in Luxembourg.

At Grafical, a wine label specialist, the delegation saw a demonstration of a Nilpeter MO-4 offset press with its lightweight sleeve technology. The converters witnessed the production of a wine label job with six different hot foils, a complete job change, a combination and a standard job – and a job run at 160m/min on an offset flexo combination.

José Vitorino of Brazilian converter Oliver Print Adesivos said: ‘I was amazed by the degree of professionalism demonstrated by Grafical. The MO-4 is an outstanding piece of equipment – and the demonstration was impeccable. At Oliver Print, we have Nilpeter’s FB-3300S flexo press, which for us has been a quantum leap ahead.’

The tour was organized by Castel Turismo, run by former ABIEA president Eduardo Chede. ‘I have been organizing VIP tours for 15 years – and this is by far the best visit we have ever had. It will be a hard act to follow. Grafical definitely set all sails and were extremely accommodating. We even were presented with personalized gifts and banners in Portuguese.

The night before Labelexpo opened, a cocktail reception for the Brazilian delegation at the Hilton Hotel welcomed more than 120 attendees.

Pictured: The Brazilian delegation at Italian label converter Grafical