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HANS KOLB Wellpappe | FachPack 2009
Aiming high in both colour printing & when it
comes to making an impression
HANS KOLB Wellpappe expands its
KOLB HighQualityPrint range
Memmingen, Nuremberg, 29.09.2009
HANS KOLB Wellpappe’s motto ‘Aiming high in both colour printing &
when it comes to making an impression’ is an adept description of its
offset-printed, high-precision packaging printing product range-
KOLB HighQualityPrint. KOLB has now even further expanded this
excellent range of KOLB HighQualityPrint packaging printing solutions,
which includes the COR-1-Plus KOLB PrePrint Print and versatile KOLB
PostPrint, with the new KOLB OffsetPrint.
“Our COR-1-Plus Flexo PrePrint products have now been securing our
position as a market leader in the packaging printing industry for
years. However, our PostPrint products are also very highly regarded,
and consistently expanding our products in this range was therefore
just the next logical step,” is how KOLB’s Managing Director Dr.
Bernhard Ruffing, explained KOLB’s strategic modification of its
printing segment.
In order to be able to produce its high-precision packaging even more
efficiently, KOLB recently installed a latest-generation Stock
laminating machine at its Haiterbacher plant. This investment is
complemented by a Bobst Mastercut Autoplaten die-cutter with power
register. This new die-cutter scans special print marks on the
cardboard substrates using image recording cells and then perfectly
aligns each individual corrugated cardboard sheet to the millimetre in
front of the die cutter.

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“Ultimately, the procedure used to print packaging is less important
than making sure that the print matches the colour, printing format
and volume requirements of a particular packaging,” explained Dr.
Ruffing. This is also why, thanks to the new possibilities of offsetting
prints, KOLB use a combination of procedures in the production of the
its packaging solutions.
Yoghurt trays designed for stacking, for example, are first printed
using KOLB PrePrint because of the high print runs, and finished off
with KOLB OffsetPrint, which is used to print the fine and high-quality
packaging inserts used for differentiating between products.
The award-winning KOLB PrePrint COR-1-Plus printing system already
enabled the Memmingen-based family-owned company to produce
extremely high-quality packaging prints and is now providing further
benefits in the form of synergies with existing and new customers.
KOLB FarVison, on the other hand, has always enabled KOLB to
achieve extremely flexible, cost-efficient and, in particular, fast
workflows. The division is responsible for making sure that all print
designs are implemented to perfection in relation to the type of
corrugated cardboard and printing method used. To do so, the
finished product is simulated at a very early stage in its development
using three-dimensional computer animation. This is also done in
reference to the types of corrugated cardboard that will be used for
the final product and makes it easy to identify whether a given type
of substrate will impact on the quality of the packaging’s printing
before producing any prototypes, and whether it will need to be
changed. KOLB FarbVision can also, for example, be used to visualise
the differences in the finished product depending on whether it is
printed using KOLB PostPrint, Offset- or Flexo, and makes it possible
to readjust register fluctuations in advance when printing images
directly onto cardboard substrates.

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The fourth of KOLB HighQualityPrint’s series of printing systems is
KOLB DigitalPrint. The Memmingen-based packaging specialists
already drew a lot of attention to themselves in the more recent past
with its design of the packaging for the popular Seeberger Tiger Duck,
for which it was awarded the German Packaging Price 2008. Apart
from being able to use KOLB DigitalPrint for printing just one sheet /
item – i.e. for printing packaging prototypes – the other advantages
of contactless UV inkjet printing are that it can also be used to
precision print on smooth and corrugated surfaces. “With KOLB
DigitalPrint, we are now also able to print on open corrugated
cardboard, such as, for example, our C-fluted COR-3D cardboard, in a
range of ways. This raises the creative potential of our KOLB Special
Products yet even more,” concluded Dr. Ruffing.
Contact
HANS KOLB Wellpappe GmbH & Co. KG
Contact person:
Thomas Wund
twund@kolb-wellpappe.com
Tel.: +49 (0)8331 975-363
Funk: +49(0)151 12119303
Fax: +49 (0)8331 975-63 363
Head Office:
Dr.-Lauter-Straße 2
D - 87700 Memmingen
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)8331 975-0
Fax: +49 (0)8331 975-235
HANS KOLB Wellpappe is one of the leading owner-managed packaging companies in Southern
Germany. HANS KOLB Wellpappe is a specialist producer of corrugated cardboard, corrugated
cardboard packaging and custom corrugated cardboard products and specialises in the
production of tailor-made packaging solutions. The internationally operating company’s products
comprise KOLB Standard (die-cut packaging and plain and printed folding cardboard boxes),
KOLB Specials (special open corrugated cardboard solutions), KOLB Display (point of sale
displays and promotional material), KOLB HighQualityPrint (high-quality printed images using
different printing systems) and KOLB CoatedProducts (specialist packaging systems combined
with the latest coating technologies). HANS KOLB Wellpappe works with regional food
manufacturers and automotive, pharmaceutical, healthcare and electronics providers.