Xeikon has opened a state-of-the-art innovation center in Shanghai, inside the Shanghai Printing and Publishing College. Designed to support the expanding Chinese markets, the facility will be a place of interaction where visitors and customers will have the ability to test a variety of applications and options for new revenue streams and business growth.
The Shanghai Center will be equipped to house the latest Xeikon equipment and technologies, and Xeikon staff will be on hand to offer expertise, guidance and demonstrate creative solutions and applications for a significant variety of markets and sectors.
Klaus Nielsen, General Manager Xeikon Asia, states, “We are seeing unprecedented global growth in the desire for digital printing solutions for labels and packaging. We are pleased to be able to open this Innovation Center in Shanghai and bring our technology to this region.”
The new center will be fully equipped with Xeikon’s front end workflow software – the X-800, as well as a Xeikon 3500, a digital press for folding carton production using dry toner technology for food safety compliance.
Nielsen concludes, “With the opening of this much awaited center, visitors will now be able to experience ‘real-life’ examples and test the latest solutions using Xeikon’s certified dry toner technology. They will be able to discover the true creative quality of the end-products and the opportunities in different sectors that this can offer them to differentiate and grow their business.”