Innovations for the modern packaging industry

Bobst has presented its innovations for packaging printing and wants to empower customers for success in the modern packaging industry.

Bobst has presented its innovations for packaging printing. The company wants to empower customers for success in the modern packaging industry and is focusing in particular on digitalising the value chain. 

In the vision of Bobst the Fully digitalised value chain in the packaging industry. At the centre of this vision is Bobst Connect, the company's advanced, cloud-based digital platform that enables greater productivity in packaging production. The company has introduced an innovation with Tool Management. The tool management solution offers control over the die-cutting tools equipped with TooLink and integrates the tool manufacturers into the process. At the same time, it allows the Tracking and evaluation of tool performance, maintenance work and orders. The solution's intuitive user interface provides users with a wide range of data-based insights into tool management, taking it to a new level.

„The packaging industry is in the midst of a digital revolution. This is forcing all companies to break new ground, to question their previous ways of working, to think in terms of holistic and digital processes and to utilise networks and platforms in order to develop new business models for their customers. Bobst's industrial vision, which is based on the four pillars of networking, digitalisation, automation and sustainability, supports this transformation to the highest degree. The new solutions unveiled today are the latest in a series of ongoing innovations that will help our customers succeed in this new reality.“

Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO Bobst Group

Display

With the Recipe Management for ACCUCHECK - based on the files of the print templates - you can Remotely prepare recipes for the inspection system and set it up can be saved. The recipes can be saved and their parameters called up from anywhere at any time. This solution thus lays the foundation for a closed control loop. Bobst customer Prealpi is already using this function successfully. It has enabled them to reduce their set-up times and improve their quality control at the same time.

New group member

With the acquisition of 70 per cent of the equity of Dücker Robotics, a global market leader in robots for both machine loading and palletising in the corrugated board industry, Bobst has expanded its Activities in the areas of automation and networking intensified and also opens up new possibilities for folding carton manufacturers. Dücker develops robot systems for the most powerful converting machines. 

The market for flexible packaging is experiencing a growing demand for more environmentally friendly materials and improved recycling options - while maintaining high quality in printing, metallisation, coating and lamination. Bobst's latest developments in this market segment include a High-performance vacuum metallisation system, a laminating machine and the Vision Cl for paper applications

The labelling market is a multi-technological environment in which both conventional as well as digital solutions become. Against the background of a shortage of skilled labour and the demand for more environmentally friendly solutions in label production, Bobst is working on the development of new functions - for both flexo and digital printing presses - that make the production of labels more environmentally friendly. simplify operation, increase the degree of automation and speed up the set-up of quality control. enable. BOBST's latest innovations for this market segment include new die-cutting solutions, an extension of the Digital Master Family and a man-machine interface for flexo and digital printing.

There are also innovations in the folding carton and corrugated board sectors. New developments in folding cartons include the first machine from Bobst for embossed foil printing, Novafoil, tools for digital original layouts and a new generation of folding carton gluing machine. In the corrugated board sector, there are innovations in Expertflex and the Speedpack packaging system. 

„Thanks to our close partnerships with our customers, we at BOBST have a deep understanding of their requirements. The latest additions to our portfolio address all the key issues that our customers have brought to us. Taken as a whole, they bring us closer to more automated, connected, digitalised and sustainable packaging production.“

Jean-Pascal Bobst

The company is also making progress with the services it offers its customers - for example with the new EMEA logistics centre in Belgium. Bobst also supports customers remotely with technical problems. 

Source: Bobst

More news about packaging printing