Visual Impact PrePrint, LLC the Digital Division of Corrugated
Synergies International, LLC (CSI), North America’s first dedicated
sheet feeding company, is following its successful launch of
high-volume, high-graphic direct-to-board corrugated packaging
printing on an EFI™ Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet press with
the purchase of two additional Nozomi presses.
The Nozomi, a groundbreaking, ultra-high-speed corrugated
production solution from Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
(Nasdaq:EFII), has allowed Renton, Washington-based CSI to capture
significant new market opportunities at its new, high-volume trade
printing operation in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. And, in 2019, CSI
is on pace to become the world’s largest user of EFI Nozomi
presses, with a second press scheduled for installation at a
facility in the Las Vegas area, and a third press to be installed
at a yet-to-be-revealed location.
New market opportunities driving digital production
growthCSI launched its first press, which is used to
produce both packaging and corrugated displays, this past summer at
a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by New Mexico Governor Susana
Martinez.
“We are having great success with our first Nozomi in New
Mexico,” said CSI Vice President of Manufacturing and Print Jeffery
Dumbach. “After receiving a significant number of requests for
quotes, samples and proofs, the word really got out about the
press’s amazing capabilities. We are getting orders for display
work and club retail packaging, and our newest contract is for a
double-sided e-commerce packaging application. Overall, our volumes
are increasing every month.”
CSI’s New Mexico facility, which has 20 employees, provides
high-end, direct-to-board trade printing for a wide range of
clients across the western U.S. The digital printing operation is
the first phase of an ambitious growth strategy for the New Mexico
facility, which is in the process of adding a corrugator to serve
domestic clients as well as meet surging corrugated packaging
demand from clients in Mexico.
An analog-to-digital transformationDumbach
reports that the EFI Nozomi allows Visual Impact PrePrint to
replace litho lamination jobs with direct-to-corrugated printing.
“The larger digital volumes, extreme high quality and faster time
to market enabled by the Nozomi have driven many of our customers
to take on jobs they probably would have turned down before because
of the limited capacity that exists with multi-pass digital,” he
said. “And, they are getting better quality. Our customers are
blown away with the image quality and the pop of Nozomi print with
its high gloss. We’re happy, and we have some very happy
customers.”
The 71-inch wide EFI Nozomi single-pass LED inkjet press is an
award-winning, ultra-high-speed production system that redefines
the role of digital print in the corrugated packaging space.
Operating at speeds up to 246 linear feet per minute – or 10,000
35x35-inch boards per hour two-up – the press features an
innovative, single-pass, piezo inkjet writing system that delivers
accurate, high-fidelity color, including consistent reproduction on
solid areas. An EFI Fiery® NZ-1000 digital front end (DFE) used to
drive the press provides blazing performance, outstanding color
accuracy, efficient job management and the ability to produce
versioned or variable work at full speed.
Integrated workflows for streamlined
managementCSI is the first company to have the complete
EFI corrugated ecosystem, with the Nozomi press and Fiery DFE fully
integrated into EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite workflow software
operating at multiple CSI facilities. The Suite’s Corrugated
Business System and production manufacturing execution system work
in conjunction with EFI Escada process control solutions to deliver
exceptional board quality with superior efficiency to maximize
order throughput. With its workflow software technologies
integrated as a suite, CSI is establishing a full, end-to-end,
business and production management framework that gives outstanding
flexibility to its customers to source high quality digital- or
analog-printed corrugated board.
“We are extremely pleased with the expansion of our relationship
with CSI and look forward to helping them increase their volumes of
digital print with additional, ultra-high-speed, single-pass Nozomi
presses,” said Frank Mallozzi, EFI’s chief revenue officer. “It is
always exciting to see customers reach new market frontiers with
our integrated portfolio. The Nozomi presses and the complete EFI
ecosystem of packaging technologies are tools CSI can use to
capture the untapped potential for growth in corrugated.”
For more information about advanced digital corrugated packaging
production with EFI technologies, visit www.efi.com or contact
(800) 875-7117.
About EFI EFI™ is a global technology company,
based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide
transformation from analog to digital imaging for industries and
market segments where imaging and color matter. We are passionate
about fueling customer success with products that increase
competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop
breakthrough technologies for commercial printing and publishing
and for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic
tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers,
inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and
production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the
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