Spande offers a quality range of Flexo and Ink-jet digital presses while Smyth offers sewing, gathering and other finishing solutions for book production etc.
Provin Technos has announced the addition of “SPANDE” product line to its portfolio. The agreement for Spande – manufactured by Shanghai Spande Intelligent Equipment, Shanghai – was signed just before drupa 2024.
Established in 2010, Spande is a high-tech enterprise that focuses on the field of intelligent printing and packaging equipment, integrated research and development, design, production, manufacturing, sales and services. It is committed to providing high-end intelligent printing solutions for Label Industry & POD printing industry.
With focused four R&D teams, working on digital inkjet product development and manufacturing, industrial equipment manufacturing and research , intelligent factory system development, and visual inspection, Spande has 15 invention patents, 50 utility model patents, 30 appearance design patents, and 100 software copyrights to its name. Spande is the exclusive strategic partner of Siemens in the domestic printing industry, and has also obtained German TüV certification, ISO9001 certification.
Based on the above research, Spande offers unmatched range of Flexo and Inkjet digital presses for the printing Industry as below:
Flexo Printing machines:
AC Series: 700 & 800 mm web width Flexo printing and converting line with substrate handling capacity from 12 to 800 microns with speed range of 250 m/min. Sleeve technology for faster change overs and multiple options for interchangeable units.
S-7 Series: Fully automated Flexo press with web width of 370/450/520 mm & substrate handling capacity of 12 to 450 microns with speed range of 200 m/min. This press is equipped with auto register and auto impression setting achieved by 8 Servo controls and 2 Intelligent vision system installed on each unit, ensuring no manual setting in start-up.
S-5 Series: Automated Flexo press with web width of 370/450 mm & substrate handling capacity of 12 to 300 microns with speed range of 200 m/min.
Ink-Jet Press:
Ink-jet web press with web width of 660/ 440 mm & substrate handling capacity of 50 to 250 GSM microns with resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi & speed range of 100 m/min for 1200 x 600 dpi. Press is built for print run of 10-15 million pages/month. The Spande digital printing machine uses high-density, high saturation, colourful, and durable water-based Environmental-friendly ink, reflecting the experience and crystallization achievements of Spande’s core inkjet technology research and development. Combination of the unique professional printing head positioning technology with Spande’s nozzle splicing technology to achieve seamless printing between nozzles, the print quality has been enhanced to next level.
Use of high quality EPSON i3200 (8) – A1HD nozzle, coupled with various ink adding system, online maintenance modes and online nozzle maintenance enables press to achieve high reliability, stable operation and consistent high print quality. This makes Spande as one of the best ink-jet press in the segment in terms of achievable quality, reliability and commercial viability.
Enters into partnership with Smyth
Provin Technos has entered into a partnership with Smyth s.r.l for the Indian market. An agreement in this regard was reached during the recently concluded Drupa 2024.
Smyth is the original inventor of the book sewing method known as “Smyth Sewing” worldwide. Smyth was founded by inventor David McConnell Smyth who was granted his first book sewing machine patent in 1879, championing the shift from labour-intensive hand binding to industrial scale production. For more than 100 years, Smyth have been developing and manufacturing book sewing machines, gathering machines, sewing lines, casemakers and now finishing solutions for short runs, book on demand and digital printing.
Today Smyth is an Italian-owned company with 2 manufacturing facilities in Northern Italy. Smyth headquarters, covering 6,000 square meters on a 10,000 square meter area, is located 100 Km. from Milan. The second facility, situated in Turin, is responsible for manufacturing all the mechanical components. From the design and planning stage to the manufacturing of each component, as well as assembly, testing, software development, sales and customer care, all activities and operations are carried out in-house to ensure high quality standards and expertise.
Smyth offers a wide range of solutions from simplified hand-fed and semi-automatic book sewing machines to fully automated solutions, including entry-level, special-purpose and oversized book sewing machines. The feature-packed Smyth machines provide high quality compact sewn books to customers worldwide.
Smyth also offers top-of-the-line reconditioned machines bearing 12 months warranty. These machines are readied following strict quality control procedures and do not compromise on quality.
Smyth offers value-added after-sale service that includes free-of-charge remote technical support for all Smyth automatic solutions. It is known for its ready spare part availability and boasts over 25,000-part numbers in stock. Many Smyth machines built since 1967 are still in operation, and are Smyth is taking care of their technical support and spare parts worldwide.
Smyth has recently entered in two significant partnerships. The first one is with CANON to deliver the new industry in-line integration, empowering streamlined finishing hand-in-hand from printing through to book sewing. The second partnership is with TECNAU where Tecnau’s unwinder and guillotine cutter are combined with Smyth folding and sewing systems. This collaboration provides a cost-effective solution for producing sewn book block from the reels.
