Codimag and Edale are creating the Web Tech Alliance
Bondoufle (France) and Whiteley (United Kingdom), 7th of June 2021: The French manufacturer of offset printing presses for narrow web market Codimag and the British manufacturer of flexo printing and converting equipment Edale Ltd jointly announce the formation of the Web Tech Alliance.
Codimag and Edale, two manufacturers of web printing and converting equipment are creating the Web Tech Alliance
Becoming founder members of the Alliance allows a more formal partnership to be recognised by the industry.
“The creation of the Web Tech Alliance is the next step to the collaboration engaged with Edale, said Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag. “Our discussions have been ongoing since our first meeting at Drupa 2016 and have been collaborating for the past 2 years on projects and geographical reach.
One of the functions of the Alliance is to promote strong technical and market know-how. The use of some common agents has also highlighted the synergy of our solutions. This is the basis of the brand-new organisation, with an alliance that some other industries, such as car manufacturers, have already implemented.”
James BOUGHTON, Managing Director of Edale comments: “Our collaboration with Codimag goes back a long way, and it is with real pleasure and pride to jointly launch the Web Tech Alliance. Our combined range of technologies and expertise bring a strong force to the market as both parties have trusted agents and distributors across the world that create strong brand presence and provide a local feel and knowledge to our global customers.
We look forward to the future of our alliance and sharing our engineering excellence and developing innovative solutions for the packaging industry.”
A technical cooperation by offering a wider range of solution for printers.
Codimag is a French manufacturer of printing presses based on Aniflo, a unique technology that offers the quality of offset, the productivity of flexo and the flexibility of digital. The machines are available in width 340MM and 420mm, with a wide range of inline finishing solutions, including hot-foil, flatbed foil, fluted foil, embossing, flexo varnishing, lamination, screen printing and die-cutting.
Edale are British manufacturers and engineers of world-class tailor-made flexographic printing and converting solution for the packaging industry. They provide a range of flexographic single pass carton, label presses and Finishing and Converter presses. Their FL range of machines are available in widths from 350mm | 13.7” to 850mm | 33.4”.
For over 75 years, they have offered a scale of customisation unmatched in the industry.
They pride themselves in providing the customer with off-the-shelf to entirely bespoke presses, with every detail considered, often heavily customised to meet customers precise requirements.
The Web Tech Alliance allows printers from across the globe to get different technologies in one place. Solutions are often led by an individual companies offering. By joining different expertise’s and knowledge bases together, in one place, allows the end user the chance to find the right technology for a given application.
A worldwide footprint with many agents in common
Both Codimag and Edale have a large base of machines installed all over the world. Thanks to their agent network, they can provide to their current and future customers local support for sales and technical support. Over the last years, the two companies have progressively shared more agents in common in various location around the globe, including Australia, Balkan area, Poland, Vietnam, Indonesia.
One of the goals of this Alliance is to expand the markets for member companies and mutualize their international development.
A unique cooperation between companies, based on industrial skills and common values.
The Web Tech Alliance joins companies with the same desire to create value for their customers, by offering them a wider range of technologies and expanding markets where each member is strong. Furthermore, members must share the same business model, based on innovating, designing and manufacturing solutions for the web printing and converting market. This strong technical background plays a very important role in the formation of the Web Tech Alliance.
This Alliance is also based on common values agreed by the members.
- Loyalty: Every member is working in good faith together.
- Non-competitive: Each member avoid competition between themselves.
- Business & Ethics: All members are collaborating among themselves, and with their respective stakeholders (customers, partners, suppliers) with high level of ethics.
- Collaboration – shared knowledge: Members are collaborating and sharing information to benefit each company and their stakeholders.
An innovative model of organization to keep the agility of each company.
The Web Tech Alliance is based on mutual trust between the members, without the complexity of any mergers, thus keeping any members family owned or existing shareholding structure.
The governance of the Web Tech Alliance is based on a rolling presidency. Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag, is appointed as President for the first year.
The Web Tech Alliance is also open to welcome new members who would complete the range of products offered by Edale and Codimag and agree on this cooperation’s common value. Some contacts have already been engaged with other European manufacturers.
“Codimag’s motto is “let’s print the future together!”. This is a perfect fit with the concept of the Web Tech Alliance, especially combined with Edale “We are innovators, We are Partners, We are Engineers.”
Both teams are delighted to participate in this Web Tech Alliance initiative, and we are confident that our actual and future partners will feel the same enthusiasm. The Covid-19 Pandemic did not allow us to meet in person, but we surely are working already together!” Benoit Demol and James Boughton concluded.
About Codimag
For more than 40 years, Codimag has designed, manufactured, and sold printing presses with high added value at its facilities in Bondoufle, France. Today, it is the world leader in intermittent waterless offset label printing. Codimag offers solutions tailored to label printers’ needs with a high level of innovation, both in terms in technology and application, making its presses productive and cost-effective for many different markets. With a worldwide network of agents, Codimag can distribute its technologies around the world, and support its customers in a profitable, long-term relationship.
About Edale
Edale are engineers of world-class tailor-made flexographic printing and converting solutions for the packaging industry. With 75 years of experience in the printing and packaging industry, Edale applies its award-winning renowned British design and engineering expertise to provide equipment that helps customers deliver quality products day-in, day-out, enhancing image, reputation, and profitability.
Together with leading partners and an enviable distribution and service network, Edale continually assesses market and customer needs to ensure machines have the best technology available and are fully upgradeable to stay ahead of the changing demands.
About Web Tech Alliance
The Web Tech Alliance is the umbrella brand for the collaboration between several press manufacturers or printing and converting equipment. Founded by Codimag and Edale, this alliance aims at promoting the products and technologies provided by the manufacturers on a global market.
Discover our website https://web-tech-alliance.com/ and follow our latest news on social networks: Linkedin and Instagram.
For Further Press Information
For further press information, please contact:
- Annie Lox, Codimag ambassador: Telephone: +33 (0)1 60 86 40 75; Email: annie.lox@codimag.frand visit Codimag website at: https://shop.codimag.com/
- Nicola Reynolds, Head of Marketing: Telephone: +44 (0) 1489 569230; Email: nicola.reynolds@edale.com and visit Edale website at: https://www.edale.com/
Codimag appoints Minh Duc Solutions as new agent in Vietnam to grow its business on a booming market
Codimag appoints Minh Duc Solutions as new agent in Vietnam to grow its business on a booming market
Bondoufle, France, 25 January 2021: The French manufacturer Codimag of printing presses for narrow web market announces the appointment Minh Duc Solutions as new agent in Vietnam.
Minh Duc Solutions (MDS) will promote Aniflo technology on a booming Vietnamese market, thus showing the increasing interest of this technology in the area.
Minh Duc Solutions (MDS) is leading distributor of products and service to the print sector of Vietnam. Our staff includes electronic engineers, mechanical engineers, printing engineers providing excellence in product quality, customer service and innovative solution to the printing industry.
“Over the last months, we have observed the Vietnamese market growing, but due to travel restrictions, it was complicated to go there and find the right partner.” said Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag. “Minh Duc Solutions contacted us with a project, and several other came in the same time, so we have decided to move forward. Their knowledge of the market, their experience with other brands and their close relationship with printers convinced us that they were the right partner. For example, they have recently successfully installed a press from Edale, another brand they are working with, by themselves. This is the kind of local support we were searching, and the good feeling we have with the team made the rest, for a successful collaboration on the long term.”
At the heart of Codimag’s presses is Aniflo technology that, using waterless offset, offers the quality of offset, the productivity of flexo and the flexibility of digital.
By using an anilox inking system, problems usually associated with offset are eliminated: no ink/water balance issues; no ink key settings; no ghosting. Combined with fast-set up, low plate and ink costs, a fully digital workflow and print speeds of up to 85m/min, CODIMAG’ Aniflo presses are an attractive alternative to both traditional flexo and digital printing.
Le Phuc Tai, managing director of MDS: “We are very happy to collaborate with Codimag. The feedbacks from our customers are converging on a very strong demand on the label and packaging market. And thanks to Aniflo we can offer them the highest printing quality thanks to offset, a very high level of productivity comparable with flexo, and the versatility to print jobs both very short and very long. With Aniflo, we then add the flexibility the digital! Our market is booming in terms of volume, and customers are now looking for technologies to fulfil demanding end users (delivery time, high quality, shorter run). The Aniflo technology is answering the market trends and we are very optimistic to have a fruitful collaboration with the Codimag team.”
Versatile press options
Codimag produces three presses based on Aniflo technology. The VIVA 340 Evolution press is a stand-alone option suitable for printers with offline finishing capabilities. The VIVA 340 and VIVA 420 presses offer the same features and capabilities in 340mm and 420mm widths and can be configured with inline finishing options that can include hot-foil, flatbed foil, fluted foil, flexo varnishing, lamination, screen printing and die-cutting.
“This technology can address the challenges faced by the Vietnamese market. The versatility of our Aniflo printing unit is a strong asset for converters who have to print different jobs and many applications. And we know from experience on other markets that the first customers equipped with our technology will benefit from a strategical advantage on their local competitors!” Benoit Demol concluded.
About Aniflo Technology
Aniflo combines offset quality, flexo productivity and digital flexibility. It features an offset unit, with offset plates and a simple anilox delivery system that brings a uniform ink amount across the web. With the lowest operational costs, Aniflo is an economical choice for high-definition quality short, medium and long runs on any commonly used substrate – filmic or paper. Plate costs and imaging times are very short: all plates for the press can be prepared within about 15 minutes. Because it is intermittent, fewer consumables are needed, making Aniflo suited even for very short work. The high-definition capability and superior stability means Aniflo can print in extended gamut, like digital machine, without the inconvenience of high ink costs, click charges or planned obsolescence.”
About Codimag
For 40 years, Codimag has designed, manufactured, and sold printing presses with high added value at its facilities in Bondoufle, France. Today, it is the world leader in intermittent waterless offset label printing. Codimag offers solutions tailored to label printers’ needs with a high level of innovation, both in terms in technology and application, making its presses productive and cost-effective for many different markets. With a worldwide network of agents, Codimag can distribute its technologies around the world, and support its customers in a profitable, long-term relationship.
For Further Press Information
For further press information, please contact Annie Lox, Codimag ambassador and/or each of our new agents:
Annie Lox – Telephone: +33 (0)1 60 86 40 75; Email: annie.lox@codimag.fr
Visit the Codimag website at: https://shop.codimag.com/
And follow the Codimag pages on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube!
Codimag, Z.I. Les Bordes, 2, rue Louis Nicolas Robert, 91924 Bondoufle Cedex
MDS : Le Phuc Tai, +84902129765, tai.lp@mds.com.vn
Minh Duc solutions joint stock company.
No.35 Alley 115 – Dinh Cong Street, Thinh Liet Ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Codimag appoints new agents in Europe and expand its business on new markets
Bondoufle, France, 12 November 2020: Label press manufacturer Codimag announces the appointment of 3 new agents since the beginning of 2020.
Arets, Imagus and Lithomecanica will promote Aniflo technology on various markets, thus showing the increasing interest of this technology in these countries.
In Slovakia and Czech Republic, Codimag appoints Arets as its agent.
Arets is a reliable supplier of quality and proven consumables for the printing industry since 1993, offering a comprehensive range of products from reputable manufacturers. Their long-term knowledge of the Czech and Slovak market allows them to meet all European requirements while reducing migration in the food packaging production process. Their approach is both technological and economic, but also ecological. Their collaboration with Toyo inks started in 2007, offering suitable for all applications, such as waterless offset and highly reactive LED UV inks as well as for flexographic printing. Since 2010, Arets is also cooperating with Toray, world-famous manufacturer of printing plates for waterless offset, leading them to expand their business to pioneering machines from CODIMAG to produce all types of labels.
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Albania, Codimag appoints Imagus as its agent.
Imagus is a family owned company established in 1984 in Umag (Croatia), focused on supplying mainly flexographic and gravure printers. During the years, the company expanded the business by working with more suppliers within the printing industry such as 3M, Allstein, Coim Inks, DCM, DuPont, Edale, Esko, Fernite, Flex film, Mitex, Pamarco, Polywest, Pulse, Recyl, Sys-Tec, Tresu, ViaNord and others.
In Greece and Cyprus, Codimag appoints Lithomecanica Ltd as its agent.
Lithomecanica Ltd has been in Graphic Arts business since 1964, with a long experience in offset, especially in prepress. In 1980 Lithomecanica Ltd also introduced the technology of photopolymer plates into the Greek market, supplying plates and processing units. Lithomecanica Ltd is representing some of the biggest manufacturers of the international graphic art industry, offers to the market an extended range of high quality products for all printing applications: offset, flexography (narrow, mid and wide web), letterpress, gravure and screen printing. Lithomecanica’ s portfolio includes Waterless Offset Plates, Photopolymer Platemaking Units, Photopolymer plates (for flexography and letterpress), Anilox rolls/sleeves, Cylinders (magnetic, printing etc.), Adhesive tapes, Doctor Blades, Flexible Dies and other ancillary products.
“We are very enthusiastic to engage new partnerships to expand on markets where we already have machines installed, but where we were not enough present until yet.” said Benoit DEMOL, CEO of Codimag. “All these agents have in common to sell already brands that we are already partnering with. This clearly shows that the partnership strategy engaged over the last decades by Codimag with brands such as Toray or Recyl are more than just simple supplier/customer relationships. We had very good feelings with the people we met, sharing the same long-term vision of business and company values, along with customer service. Their feedbacks are converging on a strong demand on the label and packaging market for offset: printing quality, productivity, versatility. And with Aniflo, we add the flexibility the digital!”
At the heart of Codimag’s presses is Aniflo technology that, using waterless offset, offers the quality of offset, the productivity of flexo and the flexibility of digital.
By using an anilox inking system, problems usually associated with offset are eliminated: no ink/water balance issues; no ink key settings; no ghosting. Combined with fast-set up, low plate and ink costs, a fully digital workflow and print speeds of up to 85m/min, CODIPAG’ Aniflo presses are an attractive alternative to both traditional flexo and digital printing.
Alexander Kuklovský, managing director of Arets Graphics: “The synergies between waterless offset plates represented by TORAY and the use of unique technological solutions with CODIMAG machines, supported by our years of experience in printing technologies, will certainly be the advantage of this clever partnership. Perfect customer service is fundamental for our company, and it is a basic condition for our cooperation with future customers in this very promising segment.”
Dino Miketek, CEO of Imagus: “We covers a wide geographic territory, and we are focusing on promoting and selling wide variety of products with local support and local warehouses which enables faster reactions and delivery. Since our branch of business is so narrowly specialized, we in Imagus try to help our customers in every possible aspect, so beside supplying them with majority of consumables and machinery, we also offer a technical support, whether it is a check-up or service of machines, solving problems or consultancy. We are constantly educating our employees, following new trends and innovations, and visiting all relevant fairs to always be up to date with the packaging industry in general. We see the challenges and demands in label market and we recognized Codimag to be key printing press manufacturer for small and mid runs which has potential in our region and we are looking forward to start with on-line demonstrations of Aniflo technology.”
Markos CHORIANOPOULOS, Sales manager of Lithomecanica: “Our collaboration with TORAY, for Waterless offset plates was the initial reason for which we have decided to contact Codimag. Furthermore, their innovative Aniflo Technology goes along with our philosophy which aims always in high technology products that cover the demanding requirements of the market. Our collaboration with Codimag will strengthen our presence in the market. We are very proud that we have become part of Codimag network, and we strongly believe in the fruitful collaboration of its members. “
Versatile press options
Codimag produces three presses based on Aniflo technology. The VIVA 340 Evolution press is a stand-alone option suitable for printers with offline finishing capabilities. The VIVA 340 and VIVA 420 presses offer the same features and capabilities in 340mm and 420mm widths and can be configured with inline finishing options that can include hot-foil, flatbed foil, fluted foil, flexo varnishing, lamination, screen printing and die-cutting.
“This technology can address the challenges faced by these various countries. This versatility is a strong asset on markets where label converters have to print different jobs and many applications.” Benoit Demol concluded. “Getting the most cost-efficient solution is now critical in such an uncertain environment, and even more in a very competitive market for our clients. They require the right solution from a local contact, especially when travel restrictions across countries are preventing us to meet them directly!”.
About Aniflo Technology
Aniflo combines offset quality, flexo productivity and digital flexibility. It features an offset unit, with offset plates and a simple anilox delivery system that brings a uniform ink amount across the web. With low operational costs, Aniflo is an economical choice for high-definition quality short and medium runs on any commonly used label substrate – filmic or paper. Plate costs and imaging times are very short: all plates for the press can be prepared within about 15 minutes. Because it is intermittent, fewer consumables are needed, making Aniflo suited for short and medium run work. The high definition capability and superior stability means Aniflo can print in extended gamut, offering over 90 percent of the PMS colours without any need for ink changes and consequential washing.
About Codimag
For 40 years, Codimag has designed, manufactured, and sold printing presses with high added value at its facilities in Bondoufle, France. Today, it is the world leader in intermittent waterless offset label printing. Codimag offers solutions tailored to label printers’ needs with a high level of innovation, both in terms in technology and application, making its presses productive and cost-effective for many different markets. With a worldwide network of agents, Codimag can distribute its technologies around the world, and support its customers in a profitable, long-term relationship.
Waterless offset boosts green production
An article published in Labels & Labelling
https://www.labelsandlabeling.com/features/waterless-offset-boosts-green-production
Shenma Packing, owned by Changyu Group, is focused on all areas of wine bottle packaging – including the labels. Shenma actually has three subsidiaries, respectively producing oak barrels, paper products and a printing subsidiary.
The oak barrel subsidiary produces different sizes and specifications of oak barrels and wooden wine boxes; the paper products subsidiary mainly produces paper-based wine box cartons; and the printing subsidiary produces labels for a variety of products including wine boxes, handbags and gift boxes.
Shenma Packing’s label business is carried out by its printing subsidiary, which was started in 2011. Its key business is mainly all kinds of wine labels for the Changyu Group companies, with only a few labeling orders going to other social enterprise companies.
Investing in waterless offset
Currently, printing machinery in Shenma includes offset, flexo, screen printing and inkjet printing technologies, with offset accounting for the most of the company’s business.
The central piece of production equipment at Shenma is a Codimag waterless offset press installed in October 2017. ‘Since then, we have accumulated plenty of practical experience and quality and productivity have completely exceeded our expectations,’ says Lv Guoqing, Shenma’s general manager.
Why choose the Codimag waterless offset press? ‘Our existing presses were not able to meet our development needs at that time, so we made many market surveys and finally selected the Codimag waterless offset press mainly because it’s highly automated and the color could be simply adjusted,’ says Lv Guoqing. ‘With less need for human intervention, quality, consistency and stability are much easier to achieve.’
A major advantage is fast job changeover. Shenma mainly produces short runs of wine labels, and the increasing number of small orders means job changeover becomes more and more frequent. On its existing machinery, this meant an unacceptable increase in waste and production time lost. ‘The Codimag waterless offset press has very simple and easy job changeover, with no need for water and ink adjustment. This has significantly cut both downtime and raw material waste caused by job changeovers, thus improving the efficiency of the whole production line.’
Perhaps surprisingly, waterless offset printing is not so popular in the Chinese label printing market, so Shenma also needed to consider whether its printing performance would be accepted by customers or not. ‘At the beginning of the installation, clients knew little about this technology. There was also color difference in our initial production. After making adjustments and technical training by Codimag engineers, we solved this is a very short time. As our operators’ familiarity and experience accumulated, the production quality of this waterless offset press has been constantly improving and now it’s been accepted by a great many customers.’
Using Japanese Toray waterless offset plates, this machine is also equipped with multiple finishing units including hot/cold stamping, embossing and die-cutting. Today 60 percent of the converter’s label business is produced by this one machine, which has become the main production force at Shenma.
The whole Chinese label printing industry is facing the pressures of increasingly complying with the government’s increasingly severe environment protection policies. In the long term, sustainable printing methods will undoubtedly become a mainstream trend in label printing.
It is an important part of Shenma’s green development plan to invest in waterless offset technology. The biggest feature of waterless offset printing is that there is no need for fountain solution, which significantly reduces the discharge of VOCs.
Compared with water-based offset, waterless offset reduces VOC emissions by 60 to 80 percent, making it an environmentally friendly printing method. Other aspects of Shenma’s sustainable production strategy includes investing in nationally certified environment-friendly materials and inks.
Lv told L&L that even though there was a slight decline in Shenma’s business in 2019, its profit margins actually increased, which is thanks to the company principle of ‘keep improving productivity, and stick to green growth’.
French press manufacturers pool their efforts
The sudden arrival of a health crisis coupled with a strong and rapid contraction of the economy, leads us to review our perspectives and take the time to exchange, to get closer to each other, either personally and professionally.
As French manufacturers of industrial equipment for printers and converters, mainly adhesive labels, we have therefore decided to discuss together, to pool our efforts, to exchange our best practices and to support each other to go through this complicated step. For our businesses, and especially for our customers.
CODIMAG, G.I.C, M.G.I, SERAME and SMAG wish to continue to serve their customers in a difficult period, especially for those working with the food and pharmaceutical chains. And in order to help our customers to produce, they need our consumables, spare parts and new machines to be installed.
We do not have any miracle solution, but we may know a forwarding company, a machining expert, a partner, a contact or any other person that can be of service. Some of us are present in various countries, including countries that have may have passed the “peak”, and therefore have a look at the after and the restart of activity. Some of us have stored consumables that may miss to others. Some of us were also able to buy masks for all of us.
We collectively believe that we will take this step together. We are available for you, and wish you good luck and good health.
Benoît DEMOL – CODIMAG
What I think, what I believe and what I hope!
In these uncertain times, when information, sometimes contradictory, flood us with their peremptory truth, how to communicate or express an idea? Talk about it again or shut up and wait? How can we promote our products or even just trade when everyone is in the rush of emergency?
I have decided to take my e-pen and try to highlight what is important today, and necessary for tomorrow. My point is not to say what I know (because given the circumstances, I will paraphrase Socrates and his “I only know one thing is that I know nothing”). But to tell you what I think, what I believe and what I hope.
What I think
The situation is serious. Really serious. The peak of the epidemic is not reached yet but hospitals and care services are already saturated. The ever-increasing number of deaths every day are announced in a flow of figures, more terrifying one from each other. We all know someone infected by this virus, and we will certainly all know someone who will passed away in this epidemic.
The economy suddenly stops. As a manufacturer of printing machines, Codimag contributes in its own way with a daily opening, ensures after-sales service and support, but what about new machines that we cannot install today at our customers site, and what about the next orders with uncertain deadlines? When and how will Codimag come out of this crisis, despite the support policies for companies, historic in their amount and their scale?
When and how will my employees (I think of them days and nights), be able to resume normal activity when nothing is normal today, neither the health context, nor the supply chain, nor the business opportunities?
How can I protect my suppliers, as some of them are fragile, and whose business also depend on Codimag’s activity?
How can I count on my printing customers who, if they continue to work almost normally in this period of crisis, are also seeing a significant slowdown due to the collapse of the economy?
I think that in this uncertainty, our agility, both personally and in our management organization, will be the key. “Agile solidarity” is required with our loved ones, colleagues, suppliers, customers, agents and partners, involvement of shareholders, financial partners. Let’s be clever, smart and pragmatic! Sacrifices (in work, money, or time) will have to be assumed by all, while protecting the most fragile. Our way of operating will have to take this into account, but our work capacity will be increased tenfold and the delays caused by confinement will soon be made up. I take this opportunity to send a wink to my employees regarding the digitalization of Codimag processes. Our agility goes in particular through this digitalization of our process. It has already started, and this situation demonstrates how necessary, useful and effective it is.
What I believe
“The world will no longer be as it was before”. I have heard this sentence so many times after the 2008 crisis, where, while I was working in the bond financial markets, the world was falling apart. In fact, the world has recovered, the finance also…
However, since then, new strong issues have emerged over the last decade: technological challenges, environmental concern, terrorism and geopolitical instability.
This new crisis brings out more clearly a point that some wanted to hide: the need for proximity. And not only geographic proximity.
Dialogs between suppliers and customers, social proximity despite the confinement (did you discover the aperitifs in videoconference?). More generally, proximity to listening and the relationship between all stakeholders. We are seeing the emergence of new forms of local solidarity: the members of a French leaders association Croissance Plus (of which I am a happy member) who are offering their production tools or their assets for national or international solidarity, with the production or importation of masks for example. Helping hands between neighbours and colleagues are increasing, the communion with the health care staff every evening at 8 p.m. in France with these applauses are comforting us.
I believe that this solidarity of proximity, at the heart of the crisis, is on one hand a response to the emergency and on the other hand the expression of a need for brotherhood in the context of isolation, experienced by 3 billion people today worldwide. I do not know if this solidarity will survive the crisis, but I believe that today we need it and it we are enjoying it.
I believe that certain values will have a greater impact in the future. Industrial relocation, corporate values, virtue of the business model based on our activity as manufacturers of industrial equipment… When I introduce Codimag to new prospects, I often emphasize the values of our company: a family business, committed, with high tech products, and which brings to its customers exceptional support, with a virtuous business model where the customer has an efficient, effective, sustainable and long-lasting equipment. A different way of producing maybe, but an efficient, flexible and versatile way. The loyalty of our customers honours us and proves it. Let us make it understood by all those who have not yet tasted our technology!
What I hope
“The world will no longer be as before”. The motto comes back today as always in times of crisis. But this time, touched in our flesh and our physical integrity, beyond economic considerations, it is a fresh start to which our Humanity will have to answer. With conviction, determination, a lot of courage and everywhere, confidence. Our politicians, so often criticized, are not mistaken about the diagnosis, however. The crisis is serious, the emergency is there, but we must already imagine the “world of after”, and take opportunity of this salutary start for our common good.
I hope for a world of solidarity, relevant, even benevolent, far from the absurdities of unreasonable finance, from the world of excessive consumption.
I hope for a world respectful of its environment, because humanity will have perceived at all levels the fragility of our lives. A world where economic agents and stakeholders can act reasonably. Opportunities will arise, and Codimag will take them. But in this difficult “world of after”, the most important thing is that we do not lose the values that have been our strength for the last 42 years. You can count on me to defend them.
Let’s go through this crisis together, Let’s print the future together.
Benoit DEMOL, President of Codimag
Toray and Codimag Collaboration Delivers Cost, Productivity Benefits to Label Converters
Waterless offset with the Codimag VIVA 420 press and Toray plates expands range of applications, competes favorably with flexography.
For more than two decades, waterless offset printing pioneer Toray and narrow web press manufacturer Codimag have sustained a deep partnership that has helped extend the environmental, quality and productivity advantages of waterless offset printing to a growing number of narrow web applications, including labels, cardboard, film, in-mould labeling, shrink sleeves, security printing and more. At Labelexpo Europe 2019, the two companies displayed the latest results of this collaboration, providing label printers/converters with proof that by migrating all or some of their production from flexography to waterless offset printing, they can substantially improve both quality and bottom line.
Read full article on Toray’s website
Labelgrafic and Codimag : how Aniflo helps converters to transition from sheetfed offset to roll to roll business
Labels & Labelling has just published a brand new article on the success story of Labelgrafic in Spain.
This label converter decided to transition from sheet fed offset wet glue labels to roll to roll business.
The collaboration between Codimag and this Spanish company is highlighting how the right technology and a dedicated support from Codimag can help label converters achieve new markets, increasing their productivity and increasing their margins, thanks to waterelss offset and Aniflo. Read the full article here.
Discover the video of this company. Subtitles available in English, French and Spanish.
Codimag appoints agents Lapeyra y Taltavull to promote Aniflo label printing technology in Spain and Portugal
Bondoufle, France, 8 February 2019: Label press manufacturer Codimag announces the appointment of Lapeyra y Taltavull, S.L.. of Barcelona, to represent its Aniflo printing technology in Spain and Portugal.
Lapeyra y Taltavull was established more than 80 years ago to supply packaging materials to the region’s pharmaceutical industry. Forty years later, it began representing international suppliers in the printing and packaging markets, building long associations with major European press and auxiliary equipment manufacturers.
“We are very enthusiastic to start collaboration with such a renowned company as Lapeyra & Taltavull,” said Pierre Panel, export sales engineer at Codimag. “We have had a very natural contact with Lapeyra as we share the same company values and approach to customer service, and long term vision of business.”
At the heart of Codimag’s presses is Aniflo technology that, using waterless offset, offers the quality of offset, the simplicity of flexo and the flexibility of digital.
By using an anilox inking system, problems usually associated with offset are eliminated: no ink/water balance issues; no ink key settings; no ghosting. Combined with fast-set up, low plate and ink costs, a fully digital workflow and print speeds of up to 75m/min, Codimag’s Aniflo presses are an attractive alternative to traditional and digital printing.
“The company’s Aniflo system is an alternative to digital, offering fast-turnaround times, high print quality and cost-effective production,” said Eduard Segarra, commercial director, narrow web, Lapeyra y Taltavull. “This makes Aniflo ideal not only for wine labels, but also for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and industrial label applications and run lengths that can be up to several thousand linear metres with no absolutely color switch.”
Lapeyra y Taltavull will be increasing the number of people serving narrow web customers as a result of the new partnership with Codimag.
“We will be providing installation engineering, training, fast response to technical queries, service and support, and consultancy in addition to sales and marketing activities,” Segarra said. “Codimag has a unique proposition that we believe will be very attractive to Iberian label printers.
Versatile press options
Codimag produces three presses based on Aniflo technology. The VIVA 340 Evolution press is a stand-alone option suitable for printers with offline finishing capabilities. The VIVA 340 and VIVA 420 presses offer the same features and capabilities in 340mm and 420mm widths and are configured with inline finishing options that can include hot-foil, flatbed foil, fluted foil, photopolymer embossing, flexo varnishing, lamination, screen printing and die-cutting.
“This technology can address the challenges faced by Spanish and Portuguese printers that include maintaining uptime, optimising output and maximising returns while printing short and medium runs with tight deadlines,” Segarra concluded. “The low cost of plates and economical ink combined with short-run capabilities make these exciting presses that can increase competitiveness without compromising print quality.”
Lapeyra y Taltavull will provide live working demonstrations of Codimag’s VIVA 340 Evolution press at its Graphispag 2019 booth (stand C30, Fira Barcelona, 26 – 29 March), giving visitors a real-time appreciation of the quality and agility of Aniflo technology.
About Aniflo Technology
Aniflo combines offset quality, flexo simplicity and digital flexibility. It features an offset unit, with offset plates and a simple anilox delivery system that brings a uniform ink amount across the web. With low operational costs, Aniflo is an economical choice for high-definition quality short and medium runs on any commonly used label substrate – filmic or paper. Plate costs and imaging times are very short: all plates for the press can be prepared within about 15 minutes. Because it is intermittent, fewer consumables are needed, making Aniflo suited for short and medium run work. The high definition capability and superior stability means Aniflo can print in extended gamut, offering over 90 percent of the PMS colours without any need for ink changes and consequential washing.
About Codimag
For 40 years, Codimag has designed, manufactured and sold printing presses with high added-value at its facilities in Bondoufle, France. Today, it is the world leader in intermittent waterless offset label printing. Codimag offers solutions tailored to label printers’ needs with a high level of innovation, both in terms in technology and application, making its presses productive and cost-effective for many different markets. With a worldwide network of agents, Codimag is able to take its technologies around the world, and support its customers in a profitable, long-term relationship.
For Further Press Information
For further press information, please contact Pierre Panel, export sales manager, Codimag and/or Eduard Segarra, Narrow Web Division responsable for Lapeyra & Taltavull
Pierre Telephone: +33 (0)1 60 86 40 75; Email: office@codimag.fr
Eduard Telephone: +34 680 429 206; Email esegarra@lapeyra.com
Visit the Codimag website at : www.codimag.fr / Twitter: @Codimag_FR
And follow the Codimag pages on Linkedin, Instagram and Youtube !
Postal Address:
Codimag, Z.I. Les Bordes, 2, rue Louis Nicolas Robert, 91924 Bondoufle Cedex
PR Contact:
Adrian Tippetts, Tippetts & Partners Ltd, Telephone: +44 (0)7799 14 18 42; Email: Adrian@adriantippetts.com
Print Pack India 2019
We will be pleased to welcome you on Print Pack India in the coming days ! Codimag and its Indian partner Genius flexo will exhibit in Hall 3 stand B28. Come to discover our latest technologies and the upmost performances of Aniflo. Offset Quality, Flexo Productivity, Digital Flexibility. Let’s print the future together !