The corrugated market has always been in constant evolution. Over the past years, consumer attitudes and perceptions have changed significantly. Today, some people prefer more and more to shop online, from their own homes, thanks to e-commerce services. This changes the dynamic for corrugated producers to seek a new more efficient press from Koenig & Bauer Celmacch that will elevate their production to address the evolving marketplace.
In 2021, in Western Europe, 8 % of total sales in B2C market was the result of e-commerce purchases. In the USA, this trend is even more pronounced, with the online market rate reaching 20 % of total sales.
This tendency has completely transformed the corrugated industry. For box factories, it has become essential to be able to offer unique products that help brand owners offer custom products. One major trend is printing inside the box, to get the so-called “wow-effect” during the unboxing experience.
Koenig & Bauer Celmacch has developed a new flexo machine to print both inside and outside the box in one single pass.
Printing on both sides, without the need to pull out and reinsert the cardboard in the machine, allows customers to double efficiency and, consequently, to considerably reduce production costs. In this way, box factories are able to offer high-quality and eye-catching products in one single pass.
Chroma 2S for the Chroma High Tech and Smart-Series
The name “Chroma 2S” stands for “two sides”, or to print corrugated board on both sides in a single pass. This is accomplished by adding a top printing unit after the feeder and a vacuum belt connection module that allows connection with next bottom printing units.
The innovative 2S-model is available for all Chroma High Tech and Chroma Smart-series, flexo machines and rotary die-cutters.
Furthermore, Chroma 2S is an HBL machine. Inside the bottom printing units, it is now possible to benefit from all the automations typical of this technology. The machine operator can in fact access the unused printing units – during production, without stopping the machine – and change the cliché or the anilox roll to prepare the next job.
Chroma 2S is equipped with two automatic movement platforms that allow the machine operator to enter the top printing unit to change cliché and doctor blades, and to carry out the maintenance of the feeding rolls. The transition from working to maintenance position of these platforms is totally automatic and extremely fast. The whole movement operation takes just one minute to complete. Thanks to this Koenig & Bauer Celmacch technology, it is possible to keep the machine on the ground-level so, it is not necessary to carry out expensive foundation work.
Modular design enables retrofitting at a later date
Just like all flexo printers and rotary die cutters from the product portfolio by Koenig & Bauer Celmacch, the whole structure of the Chroma 2S is completely modular as well. It is now possible to add both top and bottom additional printing units even after the first completed installation. In this way, Koenig & Bauer Celmacch can continue to satisfy a customers’ new, machine upgrades and enhancements for years to come.
If your company is interested in entering the two-sided market to offer your customers even more solutions, Koenig & Bauer Celmacch’s team of worldwide experts can consult with your organization to enter this growing market trend.
The Chroma 2S line represents, for Koenig & Bauer Celmacch, a major step forward in offering its customers innovative and flexible products to grow into new segments and markets to ensure that your company can differentiate itself in the marketplace.
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