It is more than a year now that Societé Tilwel's 1'100 mm wide 8-colour F&K 20SIX has been on duty, and ever since it was comissioned, it has fully met Tilwel's high expectations.
In particular, the responsible persons at Tilwel are impressed by the versatility, the new press is offering: "We print on all types of substrates, from 330 g/m² carton board to thin OPP film. We print on 20 microns, and we have even printed on 12 micron PET "says Laurent Parolari, production manager who is also much impressed by the process consistency and efficiency that smartGPS™ provides.
As Arnaud Barbedet, Tilwel site director, points out, the F&K 20SIX does not only allow Societé Tilwel to target new markets, but thanks to its performance and capacities also serves well a back-up for the other companies of the group. According to Mr. Barbedet, what made Societé Tilwel opt for the F&K 20SIX, were three major reasons: the performance of the press, the quality of service that BOBST provides, and the trust in the manufacturer's people they met during the buying process.
Apart from the extraordinary flexibility with substrates and web tension, another specialty of the press is its tailored capability of printing water-based inks. Water-based flexo has a long tradition in the family-owned Brodard Packaging group which Societé Tilwel is part of and reflects the group's concern for the evironment. Running 5 production sites with 210 employees in total, the group of companies achieves a turnover of 45 Mio €. With their wide range of products, Brodard Packaging serves both the food and non-food industry, including dairy, convenience food, coffee, personal care and cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
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