Soma names agent for France

Based in Paris, AP Graphics represents a number of key manufacturers and offers a complete sales and support service covering the supply of printing plates, papers, films and label materials, as well as narrow and wide web presses, laminators and label finishing systems.

The appointment was confirmed at the recent Colloque de l’emballage Souple event, where AP Graphics presented the Soma Optima flexographic printing press.

Unwinding and rewinding systems on the Optima are located outside the printing unit modules, allowing multiple unwind/rewind configurations and in-line upstream or downstream printing and converting, such as primer coating before print, lacquer coating after print, reprint, adhesive coating, lamination, etc. In addition, the unwinding and rewinding systems can be located in a face-to-face configuration where the parent roll and finished reels are handled in the same area.

Soma said Optima enables the production of very short runs with fast changeovers and reduced material waste through fully automated job settings and a completely new design concept. All press features are focused on short variable print runs to meet current end user demands without sacrificing print quality, and ‘endorsing the general message that while digital printing is a growth area in flexible packaging, it does not replace the flexo printing process’, Soma said.