UK-based finishing equipment manufacturer Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM) has launched Compact, a new range of finishing lines tailored to the needs of those digitally printing labels.
Devised and developed by BGM’s engineering team in collaboration with MD Adam James, Compact and Compact Pro are built on a heavy-duty, small footprint frame; Compact is 2.5m-long and Compact Pro is 3.5m-long.
Adam James explained, “The digital label printing market continues to grow strongly. To support this growth and allow label printers to take advantage of the opportunities, finishing must grow with the market.
“Through conversations with customers, internal research, and my own experience, we know that as much as 80% of the volume of labels printed digitally can be finished using a standard gloss varnish or lamination coupled with semi-rotary die-cutting.
“In reality, many label printers continue to run work down finishing lines that are overspecified for the needs of the digital label printing market. These finishing lines can offer high-value foiling, embossing, or laser die-cutting. This causes bottlenecks and costs printers time and money as equipment utilisation is not optimised to match their job basket.
“With the Compact range, we address this imbalance.”
Compact was formally introduced to the market during an exclusive Open House at the firm’s Bradford HQ and manufacturing centre earlier this month.
One of those in attendance was Franck Vitali, technical manager at GIC, a distribution partner to BGM in several French-speaking territories, who said, “It is always a pleasure to share these moments and to see how BGM is moving forward and constantly reinventing itself to offer new products. These new products will enable us to offer customers machines that combine robustness and productivity.”
With Compact and Compact Pro going through final development and testing, they will shortly become commercially available.
