Power take off for Jet Technologies Rosebery HQ
1st Screen Truepress Jet in Australia stars at the new high-tech facility of leading label industry supplier as the digital label press market grows.
The opening of the Jet Technologies new offices and showroom in Sydney last week attracted a wide range industry professionals. The wide range of people at the hospitable event reflects the eclectic mix of products, services and consumable supplied buy the company.
A brand-new showroom for the company’s move into digital labels proved the central attraction celebrating Jet Technologies status as the distributor for the long awaited inkjet label machine. The press was airlifted to Sydney from Japan in order to make the opening date of the new showroom.
Eddie Gulmen contributed a SMAG converter to complement the digital press enabling label converters to se a fully functioning label line. This is the first label production line showroom in Sydney for some time.
“We were very pleased with the attendance. We had more than a hundred people here throughout the day and I’m confident we’ll get a good result, “ said Jack Malki managing director.
The crowd was composed of sheetfed and packaging printers as well as label convertors. They came from all over; Brisbane, New Zealand and even a customer from Indonesia where Jet Technologies has a branch. The company has a busy schedule in the weeks ahead as clients bring in their own jobs for trials on the Truepress.
The reception of the press and the Jet Technologies’ showroom was appreciated by Peter Scott, managing director, Screen Australia who had a complement of service engineers, software and workflow personnel along with Takaaki Taniguchi, Screen sales manager, in town for the launch. He commented on how some of the label printers he spoke with were happy to see the 50 metres a minute speed of the Truepress approach what they were used to with analogue printing.
“A lot of people came to the even because they were curious but you can tell by the questions they ask when they become engaged. It was very successful for us,” said Scott.
The move of Jet Technologies into digital labels represents a significant addition to the technology in Australia. The Screen Truepress Jet is up against the recently launched Epson Surepress, which has a head start in terms of numbers in the field. Other brands in the market include the EFI Jetrion and the locally designed Rapid’s mem-jet powered XL220. Gallus is currently developing a Fujifilm inkjet label press t be launched in September.
Although not an inkjet technology, using electro-ink, the HP Indigo W-series is in digital label market leader in Australia by a long shot. It all signals a shift in acceptance of the technology among converters.
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