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News Release from: EskoArtwork
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 July 2005
Box Plant Installs 1,000th Sample Making
Table
Esko-Graphics has installed the 1,000th Kongsberg XL sample making table.
Esko-Graphics has installed the 1,000th Kongsberg XL sample-making table Italian partner B+B International has commissioned the system at the Ferrara plant of SCA Packaging Italia
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 14 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Kongsberg XL tables are part of the Kongsberg product family, manufactured in Kongsberg (Norway) and further including the DCM and i-XL series.
The XL Kongsberg tables have been installed in 75 countries across the globe.
The latest successful development is the i-XL series, which the company said was well received during its launch at this year's FESPA show.
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The i-XL integrates the Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering (MGE) I-cut vision system and I-script workflow for perfect print to cut registration.
It is said to complement the printing of packages, signs, displays and POP materials with a unique finishing system that provides automation with high productivity and high precision for the widest range of soft and rigid materials.
The first Kongsberg was installed at SCA Packaging Italy 15 years ago and it is still hard at work.
The SCA group was an early test site for the Kongsberg table and contributed input that was used in the present design and features of the present sample making table.
SCA Packaging Italy is a division of the Swedish SCA Group, a multinational company with global presence specializing in the manufacture of graphic paper, hygienic products and packaging.
It is one of the few companies in Italy to offer a complete-cycle service as a paper mill, corrugator, carton manufacturing and waste recovery.
Including the Ferrara plant, there are six SCA production sites in Italy equipped with the Kongsberg samplemaking tables.
The production line in Ferrara includes a range of packaging from conventional American boxes to heavy-duty containers.
Gianfranco Pierotti, the plant director in Ferrara of SCA Packaging Italia, said: "Our packaging production capabilities enable us to produce customised packaging for all varieties and shapes of machinery and printed displays.
The cutting quality of the Kongsberg table is very important for this kind of packaging, particularly for short-runs." The installation was facilitated by B+B International, a firm with the exclusive distributor in Italy for the Kongsberg line.
Hubert Scheir, the director of marketing EMEALA at Esko-Graphics, commented: "Esko-Graphics has sold a substantial number of Kongsberg tables in Italy, so it is no coincidence that the 1,000th Kongsberg installation takes place in Italy.
It underlines a successful cooperative relationship between Esko-Graphics and B+B International.".
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