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BOBST is the world’s leading supplier of machinery and services to packaging manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible material industries. Founded in 1890 by Joseph Bobst in Lausanne, Switzerland, BOBST has a presence in more than 50 countries.
In the first public interview, senior executives from Bobst talk with Daniel Brunton about the new industrial digital printing machine, specifically developed for corrugated, in partnership with Kodak.
Some 12 years in the making and many tens of millions of Euros in R&D, Bobst has now lifted the veil on its latest offering — a continuous inkjet (CIJ), digital press for corrugated packaging. At 50m in length and weighing in at a healthy 100 tons, this machine prints sheets up to 2.1 x 1.3m at a speed of up to 200 meters per minute. Using water based digital inks, the machine — yet to be officially named — looks to have a bright future.
BOBST is known for driving innovation in the packaging industry, and for the technological leaps that allow packaging manufacturers to reach new markets and better exploit existing ones. Today, BOBST is proud to announce one such leap, the first beta site installation of the highly anticipated BOBST digital printing press for corrugated board.
Designed to deliver four-color digital post-print directly onto a broad range of uncoated and coated corrugated media, the BOBST digital printing press is unique in that it offers both personalization and speed, on short-run and high volume work. This sheet-fed press delivers superb quality, variable-data printing at exceptional speeds – up to 200 meters per minute – and can handle sheets up to a maximum size of 1.3 x 2.1 meters.
Bobst Group and the owner of Nuova Gidue Srl, an Italian manufacturer of narrow and mid-web printing presses, signed an agreement on 13th May 2015 by which Bobst Group acquires 65% of Nuova Gidue Srl, with the option to purchase the remaining shares.
The owner of Nuova Gidue Srl will remain in the company as CEO and shareholder. Both parties have agreed not to disclose any information concerning the conditions of the transaction.
Bobst Group, the Swiss-based worldwide leading supplier of equipment and services to the packaging industry, achieved consolidated sales of CHF 1.3 billion in 2014, a marginal decrease of CHF 54 million, or 4.0%, compared to 2013. The operating result (EBIT) reached CHF 81.7 million (CHF 60.3 million in 2013) and the net result reached CHF 53.0 million (CHF 27.7 million in 2013). These significant improvements were achieved due to the first full-year impact of Group transformation measures, and to very good utilization of the Group’s industrial capacities, which have been adapted to demand.
The strong operating result (EBIT), together with a further reduction in net working capital, resulted in a significant cash inflow from operating activities of CHF 129.4 million (CHF 83.2 million in 2013). This enabled the Group to further reduce net debt from CHF 109.0 million in 2013 to CHF 17.7 million in 2014. The return on capital employed (ROCE) reached 12.6% compared to 8.6% in 2013.
On October 7 and 8, Bobst Bielefeld held an Open House dedicated to the topic of color matching. The great interest in the event – not only among flexo printers but professionals across the whole industry – clearly showed that the topic of color matching continues to be highly important. On the one hand, a consistent standard in flexo color matching does not exist and on the other hand brand owners demand high color accuracy. The first day of the event was held in German whereas the second day was held in English targeting an international audience.
On both days, the event was split up into a seminar session in the morning and a print demonstration in the afternoon. The presentation of BOBST’s new ColorControl system was the focus of the event. ColorControl aids printers in considerably reducing set-up times whilst at the same time, improving process consistency with color matching.
The first Asian Conference of the BOBST and Partners’ 2014 World Roadshow went with a bang in August 2014 in Indonesia. Held at the Shangri-la hotel in Jakarta over two days dedicated to flexible packaging and folding carton packaging respectively, the event welcomed 273 guests from the local industry.
"The level of interest and participation of Indonesia’s printing and converting industry surpassed our expectations", commented Eric Pavone, Business Director of BOBST Business Unit Web-fed. "This speaks volumes about it becoming a premier industry event where technology updates meet networking".
The Kingston Carton Company has increased plant capacity by over 50 million sheets a year following the installation of two new BOBST lines. The investment will help Kingston Carton exploit 'very high volume' markets which the company has not previously entered, as well as allowing it to service the current double digit growth in sales to its existing customer base.
David Wilson, Chairman of Kingston Carton, said, "The economy is picking up, especially here in the UK, which has resulted in us seeing a 25% increase in our order book compared to a year ago. Our ethos has always been to invest in new capacity before we need it, so that we can ensure continuity of supply to our customers. However, we wanted to do more than that with this investment and use it to develop markets that are new to us. Very high volume work takes up a lot of machine time and, historically, we have chosen not to take it on because it might compromise the service levels that we provide to our existing customers. But now that our capacity has increased so dramatically we can easily handle that sort of work without any knock-on effects."
Russia has huge potential. It also pertains to new investments in the packaging industry. This is what Eric Pavone, Business Director of BOBST Business Unit Web-fed, thinks, and an interview with him Unipack.Ru offers to its readers.
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BOBST will premiere the NOVACUT 106 ER - its brand new die-cutter for in-line die-cutting with blank separation - at ExpoPrint 2014 in July, as well as showcasing a folder-gluer line with Braille embossing capable of producing up to 115,000 boxes per hour.
By bringing together superb BOBST die-cutting technology, the Angle Lock® blanking tool system and the extensive BOBST process support network, the new NOVACUT 106 ER gives packaging makers access to integrated and automated production that also improves the productivity of downstream processes such as folding and gluing.
Cellpack Packaging, part of the Switzerland-based BBC Group, boasts over 80 years of expertise in the production of printed and laminated flexible packaging materials. With a turnover of 70 Mio. Euro and 400 employees, Cellpack Packaging prints and converts 15,000 tons of flexible material per year from four production sites located in Germany, Switzerland, France and the Czech Republic.
The most recent addition to Cellpack lamination equipment is a BOBST SL 1000 duplex laminator which was commissioned in September 2012 at the production site of Cellpack Lauterecken GmbH in Germany to replace a 20-year old machine and to increase the facility’s solventless lamination capacity.