Goss showcases latest web offset technology at Ipex

Key advances in the development of the Vpak technology and the new Magnum Compact press came under the spotlight, as well as groundbreaking investments in unique Sunday presses and a UK-first hybrid M-600 system.

Goss technical expertise, process knowledge and high-tech industrial manufacturing have now been applied to all high-speed web markets with presses for commercial applications, newspaper, magazines, direct mail, catalogs, books and specialist publications, as well as flexible packaging, labels and folding carton production.

Meanwhile Goss International has announced the opening of the new ‘Packaging Technology Centre atat its headquarters in Durham, New Hampshire in USA.

According to the top official, converters and brand owners are looking for lower costs, higher print quality, easier repeatability, faster turnaround times and shorter run lengths. The technology centre will demonstrate the Vpak web offset technology and also to generate and test new concepts for improved packaging printing.

The initial Vpak press system in operation at the Goss Packaging Technology Center has seven web offset units as well as EB and UV curing and flexo coating capabilities. The system prints on film substrates from 9 to 75 microns thick and board substrates as thick as 100 gsm. Web widths of up to 850 mm (33.5 inches) can be accommodated, and the repeat range is from 406 – 812 mm (16 – 32 inches).

With the opening of the Packaging Technology Center, Goss has expanded its schedule of Vpak press demonstration, testing and training sessions for customers and prospects in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Educational programs for converters and brand owners will begin later this spring. The centre is also available as a controlled site for suppliers interested in testing inks, chemicals and auxiliary technologies for web offset production.