Weigang’s ZJR-450G 10-colour shaftless servo driven in-line UV Flexo Press to be showcased at Labelexpo India 2024.
Global Graphics Machineries, distributor for Weigang in India, has secured the deal with Flen Labels, Ahmedabad for the Labelexpo India 2024 show machine. The machine will be demonstrated at the Labelexpo India 2024 being held from 14-17 November ’24 at India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida – Delhi NCR.
Zhejiang Weigang Technology has evolved as a global player for label printing, converting and finishing equipment. Weigang has a highly sophisticated plant employing a workforce of around 400 people. Spread across a sprawling area of 135,000 square meters, Weigang’s state-of-the-art facilities produce equipment that are driven by cutting-edge technologies. Weigang has exported their machines to over 90 countries in the world, while having sold over 3000 sets of semi-rotary / intermittent web-offset presses and 500 sets of modular in-line shaftless servo flexo presses with innovative sleeve technology globally till now.
The Weigang ZJR-450G flexo printing machine is a versatile machine with modern design, having the unique print sleeves system which eliminates the gears from the printing unit, thereby giving superior printing result while the light-weighted print sleeves also facilitate easy handling, storage and changeovers. Equipped with dual European servo motors on each printing unit, the machine is suitable for running in 2nd pass with accurate register. Cold foil stamping attachment with its noteworthy foil saving mechanism coupled with multi-layer lamination as well as auto-switchover from Hot Air Dryer to IR Drying as per job curing requirements, enhances the value proposition of this 10-colour machine.
Ahmedabad based Flen Labels is part of the conglomerate, Fortune Labels Enterprise group, who are among the leading labels producers and exporters of speciality labels and packaging. Apart from the printing on regular substrates like paper, PVC, BOPP, PET & PE, Metalized paper; Flen Labels has expertise in printing shrink sleeves, lamitubes, in-mould labels, duplex boards with distinctive features and embellishments. IML has been a forte of the company.
“We made a head start into the label printing industry with Weigang machines more than a decade ago, and gratified with the decision. The support services from Global Graphics have been unpinning and awe-inspiring. Our Weigang ZJR-350G Flexo Press is a production work-horse running at around 150 m/min for most of our jobs”, says Akshat Bapna of Fortune Labels Enterprise group.
Nishal Dapki of Fortune Labels Enterprise group further adds, “Our journey with the Weigang ZJR-350G Flexo Press with its distinguishing print sleeves system, has been plain sailing and fantabulous. We are aggressive on the In-Mould Labels and a 10-color flexo press in 450 mm width was a desideratum. Thus, when we were scouting for another flexo machine, we didn’t really have to reinvent the wheel and the decision to go with Weigang was much-obvious.”
Nalin Sharma, Director, Global Graphics Machineries said, “We are thankful to Fortune Labels group for their unwavering loyalty and unflinching patronage to Weigang’s flexographic printing machines. They’ve made a good choice to augment their capacity and create newer capabilities with the 450 mm width Weigang flexo press as they propel forward into the growing IML segment.”
Spanning an enduring 25 years of long presence in India with around 1200+ installations and 350+ customers across nearly 80 different locations across the country, Weigang printing, converting and finishing machines find place with the prominent Indian label & hologram converters. Weigang machines are the preferred choice for their precision, quality and consistency in performance.
Weigang builds full rotary as well as intermittent UV offset label presses, flexographic label printing machines – both full servo modular in-line with sleeve technology as well as tower/stack type presses, digital printing machines and silk screen printing machines for the roll-to-roll printing applications. The web-fed converting and finishing machines manufactured by Weigang includes the rotary/semi-rotary die-cutting machines with several inline functions and flatbed die-cutting machines apart from slitting and inspection machines.
Weigang had pioneered the stack flexo, then the semi-rotary/intermittent offset followed by the modular in-line flexo with sleeve technology and has credit for the first launch of each of these machines in China. Weigang, one among the oldest Chinese manufacturer of these equipment, has received several accreditations, awards and accolades from the Chinese government and associations.
Flen Labels operates from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Ahmedabad and Udaipur providing innovative and customized solutions to the brand owners for their labels and packaging requirements.
