Vasai’s Barcom brings pre-press in-house with Esko kit

The Vasai-based label print firm, which claims to be the only label printer with ISO 22000 certification, has installed Esko CDI 4835 in addition to Esko’s Packedge, FlexoTools and FlexRip software.

Director, Prasanna Sahu, said, “The Esko software and hardware solution will allow us to innovate and improve. The quality will also enhance our standing in security labels, and the in-house set-up saves us time and cost.”

Barcom is known for its innovation in security labels and food safety compliant labels. It supplies to blue-chip clients such as Cipla, Marico, Aditya Birla Retail, Reliance Retail and Lupin Pharma among others. The in-house platemaking set-up will cater to the plate requirements of a battery of five narrow web flexo presses at its 30,000 square foot plant in Vasai, near Mumbai.

Sahu added, “It was necessary for us to opt for the latest technology as it gives us an edge. Moreover, buyers today demand high quality from us and this led us to invest in Esko.”

Barcom Industries’ investment in Esko’s pre-press tools comprises PackEdge packaging pre-production editor, which takes care of CAD/graphics misalignments, trapping, distortion, screening, and barcodes. Flexo Tools, a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, anticipates and fixes graphic reproduction aspects for flexo printing.

Barcom’s workflow is completed by the Esko FlexRip that is used to drive the CDI 4835 for exposing flexographic plates. Having the entire software and hardware gives Barcom added security and efficiency according to Sahu.

Esko's Srihari Rao, said, "It is important to implement the pre-press in a structured way, stage-wise. Barcom did it exactly the way it needs to be done. They installed the best in Packaging software first and gave their team enough time to learn the preparation of ArtWork for Flexo Printing. It was a natural progress to just add the imaging device and they chose to bring in the state-of-the-art CDI 4835."