EFI has confirmed that Xátiva, Spain-based Rafael Hinojosa SA, has signed an agreement to install the first EFI™ Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet corrugated board press. Scheduled for installation in the March/April, the new press will be the latest digital printing advancement for Hinojosa, a company that installed one of Europe’s first single-pass corrugated board digital printing systems in 2013. The EFI Nozomi press will enable Hinojosa to move its digital inkjet packaging printing operations further into full-scale production runs.
Hinojosa’s new press will include the EFI Fiery® digital front end, that will give the company the processing power to develop a broader range of even longer-run, multi-SKU and versioned production applications. Hinojosa will use technologies from the EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite manufacturing execution system software workflow to streamline and automate job-preparation tasks as the company grows its volume of short to medium-run jobs.
“For nearly 70 years, Hinojosa has stayed on the forefront of packaging innovation, helping our customers develop better, more-creative solutions, including advanced pre- and post-print digital inkjet technologies, to help customers create more value for their brands,” said Hinojosa’s CEO, Eric Bacourt. “EFI’s single-pass corrugated board technology continues that tradition by establishing a new level of high-quality, higher-volume inkjet productivity that will give our customers a distinct competitive edge with reduced waste, just-in-time supply chain efficiency and greater opportunities to grow sales with multi-SKU marketing.”
The press can print up to 75m per min, producing up to 7,224 sqm per hr. The press will give Hinojosa substrate versatility as well. It can print on materials from 14-point stock to triplewall corrugated board, at full press-rated speeds. A 100 per cent in-line image quality inspection system actively manages and optimises inkjet nozzle, alignment and uniformity errors for the highest possible imaging quality production in up to seven colours, including white (standard CMYK with optional orange, violet and white ink stations) for high-quality, accurate output in resolutions up to 360 x 720dpi with four-level greyscale imaging.
