Flint Group has announced its presence at the first Chilean edition of Label Summit Latin America, taking place May 16-17 in Santiago. Combining industry strengths, Flint Group Narrow Web and Xeikon will jointly showcase how label printers and converters can shape their future strategies in this dynamic market on stand 15/17.

“Label Summit Latin America is a great opportunity to help identify the exciting opportunities this market is facing and how our expansive portfolio can help put in place some effective production solutions,” comments Fabio Ribeiro, business director, Narrow Web LATAM. “The Flint Group team of narrow web and digital print experts will be on hand to talk about the added value of innovative technologies and future-proof business approaches that answer the needs of the ever-evolving world of label printing.”

Flint Group Narrow Web will present its best-in-class solutions and latest innovations in low migration and UV LED, including:

Flexocure Ancora 50, a low migration UV flexo range of inks specifically designed to support converters who print labels for the food segment, and are looking for high quality and compliant low migration inks with great efficiency on press.

EkoCure Ancora, a premier UV LED curable low migration ink series suitable for food compliant labels and packaging applications. It combines the technology of UV LED curing with low migration food compliant chemistries, enabling food safe printing with high reliability and productivity.

DigiCoat UV Varnish range, designed to meet the highest possible requirements set by leading digital printer producers and suitable for high-quality label printers who print various applications, including self-adhesive labels, wrap-around labels, tickets, tags and board.

“Using the right prepress software to maximize business opportunities” will be the theme of a presentation by Matias Katila, sales director, LATAM, for Flint Group Flexographic Products, during the conference program on May 16 at 2:30 p.m. The same day at 15:05 p.m., he will also participate in a panel discussion on “Technical innovation, the latest niche technologies and new industry applications.”

Dedicated to its worldwide “What’s Next” campaign, Xeikon will help visitors discover how they can stay on top of market trends through cost-effective, efficient and highly flexible production of short runs, enabled through creative digital printing solutions.

“The Latin American label printing industry has huge potential and offers printers and converters in this region ample opportunities for growth,” Pedro Sá, Xeikon sales director, Latin America, comments. “We are delighted to be at this Label Summit to talk with visitors and learn more about their business and how Xeikon can help. We will inform on our comprehensive portfolio of dedicated soft- and hardware solutions for digital label printing, designed for dealing with shorter runs, faster delivery times and complex customer demands. These include the Xeikon 3000 Series, the Xeikon CX3–aka Cheetah–and a range of complete solutions Suites.”

The Xeikon team will also inform visitors on the most recent product innovations, recently announced at the Xeikon Café in March: the newly launched Panther technology, a UV inkjet platform that complements Xeikon’s dry toner digital label press portfolio and the first UV inkjet press based on this technology, the Xeikon PX3000, which will be demonstrated at Labelexpo Europe in September in Brussels. Commercial availability of the new Xeikon PX3000 UV inkjet press is scheduled for October 2017.