Corrugated board producer based in the Czech Republic, Obaly Morava, has installed HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution to digitally pre-print high-quality corrugated liners and meet demand for faster time to market.
The producer provides a range of corrugated products to the Czech Republic and surrounding markets, including up to nine-layer corrugated board and boxes.
The company installed the press in June 2014, reportedly becoming the first user of the new solution, which is based on the HP T400 Simplex Color Inkjet Web Press.
“Market demands and the technology available are changing dramatically, and we are taking a fresh look at how to best meet our customers’ needs, such as individualization and differentiation from the competition,” said Martin Rehorik, president, Obaly Morava.
“I had a vision of what digital pre-print could potentially do for our business and reached out to HP to discuss the possibilities of its high-speed production inkjet technology for printing corrugated liners. HP helped turn that vision into a reality.”
With the HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution, Obaly Morava digitally produces pre-printed corrugated top liners in back-to-back runs on the same substrate rolls for maximum efficiency and then transfers the pre-printed rolls to its corrugator to produce corrugated board for packaging applications.
Capitalizing on new digital capabilities
The solution enables Obaly Morava to transition high-value jobs from analog litho-lamination and flexographic processes to digital to take advantage of faster time to market, short and medium runs, versioning and reduced environmental footprint.
The company is optimizing its finishing processes with a Harris & Bruno International near-line coater, ideal for aqueous priming and overcoating printed substrates. The company plans to eventually move this coater inline for priming and add a second coater for inline overcoating.
The solution can print on uncoated and coated corrugated substrates, premium offset media, and recycled and thin liners with speeds of up to 183 meters per minute.
It also includes new HP Priming Agent technology with four-color HP A50 aqueous pigmented CMYK inks for quality print.
