Sprint Print & Packaging installs Edale press

Sprint Print & Packaging, based in Kathmandu, Nepal, has installed a 7-color Edale combination UV/IR Scratch Card line with a wide range of additional options. The company has experienced rapid growth and said the installation is part of its expansion plans.

The 510mm wide press is configured with seven UV/IR flexo units, an Edale CR80 card stacker, which takes multiple streams of standard format CR80 cards from a die cut unit and transports them in a continuous stack in discreet lanes, in sequence, and a complete personalization system including digital variable data printing, data verification, void product logging and tracking.

As well as running the scratch card production, Sprint customized the press with additional special options to enable it to run ‘normal’ production, and adapt it for the printing and converting of various kinds of labels and cartons.

The system offers a highly productive single pass telephone card production and this latest installation is based on Edale’s Gamma printing and converting line. The Gamma SC-510 is fully servo driven, in web widths of 430mm or 510mm, with the ability to handle substrates from 12-600 micron. Servo drives on each print head provide pre-register, auto-register and print length control features. Combined with the print head designs, this ensures minimum job change times and set up wastage with the ability to perform a full station color change in under 70 seconds.

‘This new press allows us to better serve our customers by utilizing new capabilities and services that go beyond what we could previously offer,’ said Shishir Nahata, director, Sprint.  ‘It also allows us to expand our reach further and be more flexible to our customers changing needs’.

James Boughton, Edale’s managing director, said: ‘The installation of this scratch card line illustrates the high security of the Edale personalization lines and the latest flexo technology available, eliminating outsourcing and providing our customers with turnkey service, shortened cycle time, and enhanced quality levels on specialized packaging.’

Nahata added: ‘We decided on an Edale as we were highly impressed with Edale’s engineering skills, and there are no installations in Nepal which can incorporate such a wide range of substrates, this machine seemed infinitely flexible being able to print on 12 – 600 micron substrate and also add additional options to the press at a later date – to us, this makes our equipment completely future proof’.

Flexo press technology is typically used for printing high-quality labels and packaging. The Edale Personalisation line at Sprint is said to deliver superior productivity and efficiency. It is designed to handle very thin film substrates, helping to expand capabilities to include overwraps on collectible trading cards using fin seals, specialized packaging applications, prime labels and unsupported films for bottle wraps. 

The newly installed flexo press is claimed to offer several advantages over traditional presses, including minimal ink usage and reduced waste to support environmental considerations, while the fast make-ready times enhance productivity rates, especially for large projects.

Pictured: Sprint’s new Edale press

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