CLEMSON SONOCO PACKAGING INSTITUTE Hosts In-Line Carton printing and Converting Seminar

On Nov 4th. 2011 was successfully concluded the IN LINE CARTON PRINTING AND CONVERTING SEMINAR, organized by OMET SRL at the "SONOCO Packaging Institute" in Clemson, SC (USA).
Seminar was organized by a Team of Printing and Converting Industry partners, including Omet Italy and its US Branch, Omet Americas, in cooperation with the Printing Technology Team of Clemson University.
This educational Seminar was intended to provide information on available technologies, for a viable and cost effective production of Cartons and other items, using a fully integrated In Line solutions.

During the sessions, comprehensive information on available technology and materials has been provided to the audience, regarding an alternative solution to traditional sheet fed offset and off-line die-cutting and stripping.

After Mr. Tonkin (Director at Sonoco Institute, hosting the seminar) introduction speech, works started with technical presentations have been provided to explain all the elements involved, including pre-press.
While Shawk! gave an interesting introduction on prepress and color management, topics related to printing plates choice (All Printing Resources) rotary dies systems (Rotometrics), anilox recommendation and selection (Harper) have been discussed. , while Environmental Inks provided guidelines on ink formulations choice according final applications, for both UV or Water Base.
Final session was dedicated to OMET's printing, finishing and converting solutions provided by the Varyflex Platform.
After the technical session, a printing demonstration in Clemson's pressroom was provided to the attendants. Varyflex 21" press ran a variety of carton substrates, including 10 to 26 pt thick stock.
Alberto Redaelli, OMET's International Sales Manager , commented:
"We are really pleased with the opportunity to participate this Seminar. It is very important for OMET to let the Market know about our long-time experience in manufacturing inline carton converting system, which is confirmed by the number of installations worldwide, for a variety of applications".