Obaly Morava, a privately-owned corrugated board producer based in the Czech Republic, had the press installed to boost supplies of its broad range of corrugated products to the Czech Republic and surrounding markets, including up to nine-layer corrugated board and boxes.
The new solution is based on the HP T400 Simplex Color Inkjet Web Press.
With the HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution, Obaly Morava digitally produces pre-printed corrugated top liners in back-to-back runs on the same substrate rolls for maximum efficiency. It then transfers the pre-printed rolls to its corrugator to produce corrugated board for packaging applications.
The press enables Obaly Morava to transition high-value jobs from analogue litho-lamination and flexographic processes to digital – delivering faster time to market, short and medium runs, versioning and reduced environmental footprint.
Martin Rehorik, president, Obaly Morava, said with market demands and the technology available are changing dramatically, he was keen to take a fresh look at how to best meet our customers' needs, such as individualisation and differentiation from the competition.
"I had a vision of what digital pre-print could potentially do for our business and reached out to HP to discuss the possibilities of its high-speed production inkjet technology for printing corrugated liners. HP helped turn that vision into a reality."
"By adopting the HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution, Obaly Morava is helping usher in a digital transformation in the corrugated market," said Aurelio Maruggi, vice president and general manager, Inkjet High-speed Production Solutions Division, HP. "This innovative solution brings game-changing productivity, greater versatility, value-chain optimisation and more efficient production workflow to corrugators and represents the first of a series of production inkjet innovations from HP."
