Goldprint to Install Stora Enso Gallop Digital Print Packaging Line

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Goldprint, Brussels, Belgium, will install a fully automated Stora Enso Gallop digital print production line for folding cartons. The line is designed to produce short-run, on-demand packaging but also larger runs with serialization like Datamatrix or any type of variable code. It is able to address the specific cultural needs of smaller markets or launch new products in a real life test. The equipment is able to print 12 to 15 hours a day on heavy media with a very wide color gamut combined with impressive solutions to protect brand owners against counterfeiting. The board material used by Goldprint on the Gallop line is Stora Enso Tambrite.

"In pharmaceuticals packaging, the batches get smaller and smaller as medication gets more sophisticated and individual. Also, variable coding of packages and more efficient anti-counterfeiting solutions are required. All this means that there is a growing need to make different packaging, and the Gallop line is an effective solution for that," says director Luc Meeùs from Goldprint. "With the Gallop we can also expand our service to new segments such as luxury food, chocolate, and business gift packaging."

The production line combines a Xerox iGen 4 digital production press with a coating unit for UV or waterbased varnish, a buffer-stacker to check the job integrity, and a die cutting machine capable of embossing Braille and hot foil stamps. "Stora Enso has made a brilliant job in the integration of the machines into one, inline solution. The digital work process, inline varnishing, and the job flow throughout the production line are major improvements for cost-efficiency and delivery speed," Meeùs says.