DIGILINE Vario is one of the innovations the Coesia Group will be presenting at Interpack 2023 under the heading GREENMATION. GREENMATION is Coesia's response to the current trend prompted by the consumer demands towards sustainable packaging solutions, whilst manufacturers face labor shortages and production cost increases.

"In this complex situation, Coesia believes that the answer to this profitability-threatening challenge lies in supporting a revolution in production which is capable of combining the principles of automation and sustainability in the industries of Food & Beverage, Pharma & Personal Care, and Cross-industry Automation," says Alessandro Parimbelli, Coesia Chief Executive Officer. The Coesia booth will be structured into three areas (Food & Beverage, Pharma & Personal Care, and Cross-industry Automation) where technicians and experts will present the latest solutions from several Group companies: ACMA, Atlantic Zeiser, CITUS KALIX, EMMECI, FlexLink, G.D, GF, HAPA, NORDEN, R.A Jones, and VOLPAK.

With inline digital printing, the production of packaging from flexible laminates such as pouches and stick packs can now be made much more agile and efficient. The costly and time-consuming ordering, handling and storage of many different pre-printed rolls of flexible narrow web materials is no longer necessary, and reliance on film suppliers is significantly reduced. To this end, Atlantic Zeiser will be presenting for the first time in Europe at Interpack the new DIGILINE Vario (on the Coesia booth Hall 6, Booth D31-D57), a system for full-color on-demand printing.

"In-house printing capabilities are now a game-changer: brands, converters and contract manufacturing organizations (CMO) are now getting full control over the design of materials and packaging all at once," says Gael Murat, Senior Commercial Director at Atlantic Zeiser. "Digital Printing is the answer to numerous challenges, such as the growing number of different packaging units (SKUs), faster time-to-market, small batch sizes, increasing changeovers, minimum order quantities from film suppliers, sometimes long lead times for material deliveries and new artwork, and last but not least, the urgent desire to produce more sustainably by minimizing waste." In order to integrate the DIGILINE Vario optimally even into already existing lines or processes, it is available not only as an inline but also as a nearline and offline version ("roll to roll").

The new DIGILINE Vario offers high-speed printing of up to 60 meters per minute to continue maintaining the high throughput of existing production lines. At the same time, it ensures high resolution with crisp color printing. Its smart web tension management also ensures consistently high print quality. Thanks to the new ProFlo inkjet technology, the DIGILINE Vario achieves particularly vivid colors and the best print quality even for extremely small details in the form of graphics, fonts, coding or serialization. "This gives customers the assurance of maintaining the consistent appearance of their brands," emphasizes Gael Murat. The ProFlo inkjet technology also stands for unparalleled reliability and availability; the associated curing technology also greatly reduces energy consumption. And with more than 30 years of experience and innovation in drop-on-demand digital printing and the power of the parent company Coesia, Atlantic Zeiser is a pioneer in bringing inline Digital Printing solutions to Consumer Goods packaging.

The DIGILINE Vario features a pre-validated package comprising printing and inspection units sharing the same end-to-end PDF workflow. This way it is much easier to technically integrate the camera into the workflow, and set-up and validation take much less time. No reference image must be generated – inspection is based only on the original PDF and encompasses the entire print image, printed data and codes, grading, and colors. "This results in very minimal effort for the creation of print templates, format adjustments and qualification on the lines," Gael Murat explains. The OptiMate HMI provides clearly structured, intuitive user guidance, ensuring very easy DIGILINE Vario operation, reducing the orientation period, and making it easier to train operators. Atlantic Zeiser’s DIGILINE Vario thus ensures a consistent brand image on a variety of reel materials, a very high degree of process reliability, and if needed or desired, the conditions for the best possible traceability.