10.01.19
Bobst has announced that its duo of new products, Ink-on-Demand (IoD) and DigiColor took home the gold at the Sustainability Awards in the machinery category.
The accolade was presented to Bobst at a ceremony during the PackBox Forum at Fachpack 2019 in Nuremberg, in partnership with Packaging Europe. The award celebrates products that bring heightened eco-friendly credentials to the packaging converter supply chain and drive sustainable value. Among 25 award finalists, the judging panel selected the Bobst technologies, noting the impressive synergy between sustainable thinking, heightened efficiency and increased throughput quality.
Matteo Cardinotti, head of narrow and mid-web multi-process and converting product line at Bobst and managing director of Bobst Firenze, was delighted to receive the award. “Our IoD and DigiColor innovations represent the pinnacle of packaging supply chain innovation, so to have them recognized in the Sustainability Awards is testament to the forward-thinking way we approach product development.”
The IoD system eliminates ink trays and chambered doctor blades. It only requires 30g of ink in the print unit to operate. Full wash-out and ink change are performed in minutes with only a few grams of ink and washing liquid wasted, reducing costs and environmental burdens.
The DigiColor system complements IoD, performing "on-the-fly" job changes of color Delta E. Each of the seven Extended Color Gamut inks is split into a darker and a lighter ink, which are mixed inline to match the targeted Delta E. Closed-loop color control of DigiColor achieves color-matching and consistency at any speed and on any substrate, with any operator worldwide, which cuts down wasted resources by eliminating the need for costly print re-runs. With DigiColor, converters and brand owners can now rely on a new digital technology to protect their brand identities, while converters benefit from major time and consumable cost savings and quality improvement benefits.
“We understand the combined pressures of modern packaging supply chains in today’s environmental and legislative space,” adds Cardinotti. “Converters today want to be assured they’re investing in solutions that not only deliver consistently high quality, but also make the best use of resources. Continually driving innovations to meet this need is important to us, and so to receive this award is a great honor.”
The accolade was presented to Bobst at a ceremony during the PackBox Forum at Fachpack 2019 in Nuremberg, in partnership with Packaging Europe. The award celebrates products that bring heightened eco-friendly credentials to the packaging converter supply chain and drive sustainable value. Among 25 award finalists, the judging panel selected the Bobst technologies, noting the impressive synergy between sustainable thinking, heightened efficiency and increased throughput quality.
Matteo Cardinotti, head of narrow and mid-web multi-process and converting product line at Bobst and managing director of Bobst Firenze, was delighted to receive the award. “Our IoD and DigiColor innovations represent the pinnacle of packaging supply chain innovation, so to have them recognized in the Sustainability Awards is testament to the forward-thinking way we approach product development.”
The IoD system eliminates ink trays and chambered doctor blades. It only requires 30g of ink in the print unit to operate. Full wash-out and ink change are performed in minutes with only a few grams of ink and washing liquid wasted, reducing costs and environmental burdens.
The DigiColor system complements IoD, performing "on-the-fly" job changes of color Delta E. Each of the seven Extended Color Gamut inks is split into a darker and a lighter ink, which are mixed inline to match the targeted Delta E. Closed-loop color control of DigiColor achieves color-matching and consistency at any speed and on any substrate, with any operator worldwide, which cuts down wasted resources by eliminating the need for costly print re-runs. With DigiColor, converters and brand owners can now rely on a new digital technology to protect their brand identities, while converters benefit from major time and consumable cost savings and quality improvement benefits.
“We understand the combined pressures of modern packaging supply chains in today’s environmental and legislative space,” adds Cardinotti. “Converters today want to be assured they’re investing in solutions that not only deliver consistently high quality, but also make the best use of resources. Continually driving innovations to meet this need is important to us, and so to receive this award is a great honor.”
