Parksons Packaging orders two Rapida 106 presses

This order is for an eight-colour press and a seven-colour press, both with coater. The first Rapida is scheduled to arrive at around the turn of the year and the second in the first quarter of 2015.

The eight-colour Rapida is planned to go live at the plant in Pantnagar. It will join an existing six-colour Rapida 105 with coater and a six-colour Rapida 106 with twin coaters already in operation.

The new Rapida 106 features board and film-handling kit and is configured for UV mixed operation. It will be typically equipped for packaging printing with automatic non-stop systems and pile logistics, and the press will be raised by 450mm (17.7in), automatic plate changers, CleanTronic multi combined blanket, impression cylinder and roller washing systems for ink changes as well as CleanTronic UV ensure production efficiency. Furthermore, ErgoTronic ColorDrive and ErgoTronic ACR monitor and control print quality online. Essential preset data is transferred to the press via LogoTronic CIPLinkX.

The almost identically configured seven-colour press will be installed at the plant in Daman next to an existing six-colour Rapida. An additional six-colour Rapida is in operation at the company’s site in Pune.

At its three sites in Daman, Rudrapur and Pune, the company predominantly produces packaging for food and beverages, and also for pharmaceutical products and the electronics industry.

The company has recently installed India’s first Esko Kongsberg V20 cutting table at its Design Park innovation centre at Chakan in Pune.