Dubai-based Delta Printing Press has invested in a Zünd G3 L2500 cutter for packaging sample making applications, said Group CEO Sujit Vaidya.
Zünd’s regional distributor Colour Byte supplied the cutting system, which will aid Delta’s transition into a one-stop-shop solutions provider, said Vaidya.
“We have been adding additional machinery and software into our portfolio to services to serve our clients as a complete one-stop-shop solution provider,” he told Packaging MEA.
“Although we started as a fully fledged commercial printer, we have over the years developed into folding carton packaging printers and lately entered into the labels and labelling sector as well. In the near future, we are looking into another important facet of the packaging industry.”
A key benefit from installing the cutting system, will be the capacity to meet demand for samples, added Vaidya.
“Creative packaging solutions are easier to sell with professional-looking samples,” he said. “The differences between sampling and serial production need to be imperceptible, the quality identical. Nowadays marketing professionals expect to see printed packaging even in the sampling phase. The packaging idea must become visual and tangible reality from the very first sample. This is where the Zünd camera system provides the necessary precision for cutting preprinted materials cleanly and efficiently.”
In addition, Delta aims to use the cutter in other corrugated markets, he said. “We do a lot of specialised jobs which requires a lot of input, and the presentation mockups required for those were handmade, even making alterations to those used to be a tedious job,” he said. “But this machine will help us to get it done with precision and will be much faster.”
The cutter can be controlled either directly from the CAD system or with the user-friendly Zünd Cut Center Software.
Zünd describes the cutter as designed to give capabilities that will benefit printers and packagers in many ways: from cutting photopolymer flexographic printing plates, offset printing and coating blankets; to plotting steel-rule die layouts and templates; to cutting ejection rubber and using any number of cutting, creasing, and scoring tools for sample-making. This flexibility leads to better vertical integration and greater independence from external suppliers, according to Zünd.
Founded in May 2005, Delta Group employs about 450 people working on a shift basis. The firm’s client base spans from local emirates, the Gulf, Africa and Europe. The group includes: Delta Printing Press, Brandscape Advertising, Magic Screen, Print Outs, Sahebson Printing Material Trading, La Vora Book Binding, Pulp Advertising, Delta & Kumar Labels, PrintOuts Printing Press(Tanzania) Ltd, Delta Printing Press FZ L.L.C.