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Nussbaum is first to install Sun Chemical’s new metal decoration dispensing solution Polare

  • Publicado el 15 de Diciembre de 2014

Nussbaum, one of the leaders in the European monobloc packaging industry, has become the first company to install Polare, Sun Chemical’s new dispensing solution. Launched earlier this year at Metpack 2014, it is a compact system designed to meet the requirement for this particularly demanding market. Originally founded as an aluminium can manufacturer in 1963, over the past 50 years Nussbaum has evolved into an independent Swiss group of companies specialising in high quality metal packaging for the global market.

With over 400 employees and four manufacturing sites located across Switzerland and Germany, the company focuses on the development, production and distribution of cans and tubes in a large variety of different shapes and sizes, featuring the finest lithography. Further establishing Nussbaum’s position as a pioneering business is its dedication to advances in aluminium packaging, as well as its commitment to sustainability.

Striving for innovation, Nussbaum is constantly improving processes and introducing new technologies to its production environment. One area in which the can and tube manufacturer has recently invested particular attention is the optimisation for the preparation of spot inks for production.

“Aside from shape and size, the inks are the most visible component of a can. This means that, in order to obtain that visually striking balance to capture the customer’s attention, the ink layer, colour shade and sharpness of print need to be perfect,” explains Florian Nussbaum, CEO.

 

Gordon Huettig, CTO at Nussbaum, continues: “With that in mind, we aim to perfect Nussbaum’s offering by investing in a range of equipment that will further enhance all ink related items, as well as reduce our internal costs and shorten press down-times.” “Sun Chemical has been our ink supplier over the course of two decades,” explains Gordon. “Our companies have a long-standing and fruitful relationship and we have developed many innovative products together. As a result, we were happy to enlist their services again and invest in their new dispensing solution.”

For Nussbaum, Polare represents the next step in making processes safer and more efficient than ever. Based on proven technology, the dispensing system is designed to meet exacting print requirements while streamlining the production of spot inks. With no stock wasted and thanks to Polare’s excellent ability to repeat processes, ink can be remixed identically in a matter of minutes. In 2011 Nussbaum installed Sun Chemical’s Turnkey Solution, a web based colour management system as well as its colour QC software; the installation of Polare is the next step to optimise its production of metal decoration.

Gordon has already noticed the advantages of incorporating the compact system into Nussbaum’s production environment. “A machine this precise operating 24/7 is instrumental in the prevention of errors, but what I find most helpful is its ability to track batch numbers, which allows our production runs to be traced back to components from each job.” Finally, with its employment of Sun Chemical technologies and its commitment to producing high quality metal packaging solutions, Nussbaum is one step closer to completing its Colour Competence CenterTM (CCC). A third generation ink kitchen tailor-made by Sun Chemical, the CCC functions as an infrastructure that allows efficient operations, helps reduce internal costs and shortens press down-times.

“The CCC is part of a bigger project that Nussbaum has been working on for some time,” says Florian Nussbaum. “It’s not just about demonstrating competence, but also being capable to communicate achieved colour accuracy to both customers old and new. With Sun Chemical by our side, we feel like we’re one step closer to achieving this goal.” Lukas Mettler, Marketing Director, Sun Chemical Switzerland concludes: “As the metal packaging market is becoming increasingly demanding, it is important for companies to invest in the right solutions to stay competitive and innovative. With our new dispensing system now in place in a working environment developing into a fully-fledged CCC, we are confident Nussbaum will be right where they want to be.”

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