{"id":10479,"date":"2025-11-24T05:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=10479"},"modified":"2025-11-24T05:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:01:32","slug":"vitrapack-adds-bobst-flexo-press-to-boost-capacity-and-cut-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=10479","title":{"rendered":"Vitrapack adds BOBST flexo press to boost capacity and cut waste\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Belgium-based Vitrapack operates from a 17,000 m\u00b2 facility. Credit: BOBST <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Packaging company Vitrapack has expanded its flexographic printing capacity with the installation of a new 10-colour BOBST EXPERT CI press at its Belgian plant, as part of efforts to raise productivity and reduce material waste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest press joins a line-up of existing BOBST equipment at the site, including an 8-colour CI flexo press commissioned in 2009 and two 10-colour 20SIX CI flexo presses installed in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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All of these lines are fitted with the smartGPS registration and impression-setting technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vitrapack co-owner and delegated administrator Jan Laeremans stated: \u201csmartGPS technology truly sets BOBST apart from the competition. It delivers the high quality our customers demand with much less unwanted downtime in production.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first BOBST press in 2009 and the two 20SIX presses have performed exceptionally well, so we had no hesitation in choosing another BOBST press, but we needed a wider specification. The new EXPERT CI has a capacity that is around 25% higher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The newly installed EXPERT CI press offers a 1300 mm web width, higher running speeds and full surface matrix intercolour drying to enhance process stability and minimise stretching of the substrate during printing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Belgium-based Vitrapack operates from a 17,000 m\u00b2 facility, employs 100 people and registered turnover of \u20ac32m ($36.9m) in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The business supplies flexible packaging to major food and selected non-food brands in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company has been using flexographic printing since 1952 and added rotogravure printing in 1965.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vitrapack\u2019s collaboration with BOBST spans 20 years and has focused on automation, waste reduction technologies and ongoing technical support.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alongside this, Vitrapack, its sister pre-press business Rask, and Co-\u00ebffici\u00ebnt have worked together on print standardisation initiatives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Co-\u00ebffici\u00ebnt, now a BOBST solution partner, continues to offer data-driven consultancy services aimed at improving production efficiency and reducing waste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vitrapack\u2019s blend of advanced automation, process control and external consultancy has helped the company to progress its waste-reduction goals, including lowering CO\u2082 emissions, while improving set-up times and sustaining stable print quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of its ongoing investment plans, the company intends to replace one of its older flexo presses with another BOBST machine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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