Changes in digital printing

The managing director of Omnipack AG, Elisabeth Fehr, explains the diversity of their products.Omnipack AG had made itself available as the host company, which also offered the opportunity for a plant tour. Around 40 people took part in the event.Awareness of the increasing importance of digital printing - also in the packaging sector - has once again grown strongly at the latest since the last major trade show, Drupa. A large number of manufacturers are launching new equipment and technologies on the market. Whether or when to switch to digital technologies depends on the product, the industry and last but not least on the specific needs of the customers.This change in packaging printing was the topic of today's 4th impulse event of INNO-PACK.NET. In the first part of the event, Jörg Hunsche, Market Development Manager Digital Production Business at HP Deutschland GmbH, and Dr. Andreas Paul, developer at Océ Printing Systems GmbH & Co. KG, spoke about the challenges, opportunities and current limitations of the new technologies. Afterwards, Robert Kohl, Process Cloud & ICT Lead Expert at Amagoo, showed what it means to set up the right processes so that the workflow functions smoothly.In a second part, there were then various short presentations on topics that are also linked to digital printing. Digital printing with UV inks and quality problems in printing bar codes and 2-D codes were addressed. Other topics included the customer-specific integration of inkjet modules and, last but not least, the impact of technological change on existing business models. The individual topics were discussed in greater depth during the subsequent aperitif.