Mumbai-based Label Solutions installed a brand-new Taiyo STF340 10-color narrow web flexo press in late March 2018. The UV flexo press was on display at an open house organized at the company on 28 April 2018.

Provided by Mumbai-based Standard Printers Providers, the press offers a maximum web width of 340 mm and is equipped with BST Eltromat inspection system, UV Ray’s UV curing system and servo drive built by Rexrotch in Germany. The shaftless press with multiple servo motors has a short web path with movable cold-stamp unit and print cylinder with support ring. The press can handle a range of substrates from 20 microns to 350 gsm paperboard. Before installing the Taiyo STF340 10-color press, the company was using a pre-owned Mark Andy press.

This is the second Taiyo STF340 10-color press installed in India by Standard Printers, the first one being installed at Delhi’s Regal Creative. Japan-based Taiyo has factories in both Japan and China. Gaurav Sachdev, vice president of Standard Printers Providers, said, “India is a very potential market and customers are now showing intertest in Taiyo technology as two presses are now already operating in India while two more machines will arrive in India soon.”

Sunil Sawant, managing partner of Label Solutions said, “The USP of the machine is that it runs cold foiling at the speed of 150 mpm whereas other machines could only offer speed of 70-80 mpm.” The Taiyo STF340 press can also be equipped with optional features like rotary silk screen printing, hot wind dryer, intermittent die-cut, in-mould label device, and sheet cut unit among others. “We have opted for a rotary screen printing unit which will be fitted on the machine in May-June.”

— Anwesh Koley