European supplier of pre-press services to the flexo market, the Miller Graphics Group, has installed a ThermoFlexX 80-S imager with an investment of close to €1m at its new 800 square metre factory in Bejaia, Algeria.
The factory that provides design, artwork, repro and platemaking services, has reduced wastage with the use of a Xitron RIP and workflow along with its Multiplate software which helps the company 'mount' many jobs on to one plate.
Xeikon Prepress offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name.
ThermoFlexX imagers specialise in providing high-resolution plate exposure combined with flexibility and productivity.
Multiplate's latest version helps in supporting many imposition sheets along with different resolutions on the same sheet. It can also be integrated with workflows, ERP systems and external equipment including cutting tables and mounting devices.
Miller Graphics managing director in France and Maghreb Hubert Sampré said: "The ThermoFlexX 80-S, with its 1,270 x 2,032 mm output capacity and 5,080 dpi exposure resolution, is capable of meeting all of our customers' plate size and quality requirements. In addition, we can expose whatever flexo plate a printer is used to working with and in thicknesses up to 6.35 mm.
"The implementation of the imager went extremely smoothly, with the ThermoFlexX engineer providing excellent training. This has been backed-up by first class after-sales support. The imager has proved to be so straightforward to operate that we were quickly in production, providing a growing number of plates daily."
Miller Graphics' purchase of a ThermoFlexX Flextray system allows it to transport products easily and also to automatically load difficult to handle flexo plates.
"Over the coming months we'll be concentrating on consolidating all of the new equipment installed at the Bejaia factory and in spreading the word about the extensive range of pre-press services that we now provide in the area.
"We'll also be increasing the number of staff. This is currently eight but by next year we expect to be employing twenty people at the new site, so there are still plenty of exciting developments to take place!," added Sampré.
