This is according to Dario Urbinati, the group’s chief sales and service director, who explains that the Gallus One is built on the Gallus Labelmaster press platform. As a 340mm-wide roll-to-roll UV inkjet digital inline labels press, Gallus One utilises a host of features to achieve high levels of automation and press efficiency with excellent UV inkjet print quality and print speeds of up to 70m/min. With the new press available to pre-order, Gallus hopes to reinvent the way in which converters approach digital label printing – providing either a stand-alone digital offering or a complementary service within a traditional analogue operation.
‘With the launch of the Gallus One, we’re providing a solution that has the capability to drive the next big opportunity in labels,’ Dario enthuses. ‘With cloud capabilities in-built within Gallus One, converters can enjoy remote set-up as well as transparent performance monitoring and standardisation across their press portfolio and manufacturing sites. In conjunction with the sophisticated press design, the Gallus One offers a complete reel-to-reel digital label solution, including all the software and hardware necessary to produce high-quality, profitable digital labels. All this, with the highest level of automation available and the most competitive TCO.’
He adds that offering all the familiarity benefits of a Labelmaster, Gallus One is a complete system and not just a stand-alone print engine. ‘Within the Gallus One ecosystem, users have state-of-the-art inkjet technology, a new ink set, sophisticated workflow software and a predictive press monitoring service to ensure minimum press downtime. All of these Gallus elements working in harmony have enabled us to dramatically increase press efficiency and productivity to unlock a new market opportunity.’
Joint development with Heidelberg
Bringing together almost a century of experience in the narrow-web industry, together with the expertise and key resources of Heidelberg, Gallus has capitalised on the strengths of both businesses to develop Gallus One, Dario reports.
Heidelberg’s ink testing laboratories were leveraged to develop digital inks specifically for the Gallus One’s Fuji Dimatix printheads, with a second lab utilised to optimise its waveform design, enabling better print performance. The Gallus One also integrates fully with the industry standard cloud-based workflow software, Heidelberg Prinect. Prinect allows production managers, from start-up label businesses to large and mature label operations, to access insights and production data to ensure optimum production, which can be done remotely across a secure network from any smart device.
With its portfolio of technologies now extending across the conventional, hybrid and digital label markets, the launch of Gallus One enables the company to meet the needs of customers across each corner of the narrow web labels market. ‘Gallus One provides customers with an opportunity to pioneer a new and complementary category of label service in the quest for significant business growth and differentiation,’ says Dr Frank Schaum, CEO Gallus Group.
As well as Gallus One, which was demonstrated at the recent Labelexpo Americas, Gallus has announced the creation of a new Gallus Experience Centre currently being built in St Gallen, Switzerland and expected to open late this year. ‘As part of our vision for realising “the label industry of the future”, this facility has been specifically designed to aid collaboration across the industry. Once open, we will invite customers, brands and suppliers from across the ecosystem to use the facility to meet and share solutions as well as develop ideas to help solve key industry issues and create new opportunities,’ he concludes.
Ed’s note: Gallus is represented locally by Heidelberg Southern Africa.
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