Jebel Ali-based YESS Packaging has invested in a Gallus EM 280 8-colour flexo press with inline coldfoil and lamination as part of its shift from standard label products towards high-quality label printing and converting.
Managing partners Shankar and Sandeep Kumar told Packaging MEA they picked the Gallus EM 280 largely for its open, modular design, offering ease of operation and the flexibility to add printing units.
Excellent register accuracy, infinitely variable length register and the fact that all working positions in the cross-register can be adjusted by +/- 5 mm also contributed to the decision, they added.
YESS Packaging is now shifting its focus towards labels for cosmetic, lube, retail as well as industrial applications, said Shankar and Sandeep Kumar.
“Although there is a big market out there, we are focusing a very small area and would like to grow with our speciality and strength,” said Shankar.
Before making its latest investment in the Gallus EM 280 last year, the company had invested in a Rotoflex VSI 330 inspection, slitting and rewinding machine integrated with the latest web transport – eDrive – web inspection and finishing technologies.
YESS Packaging aims to soon add further printing and converting capabilities, said Shankar and Sandeep Kumar.