MARKETING COMUNICATIONS
Drupa: great expectations at an important time for the market (n79/2012)
27/1/2012
Comexi Group will be showcasing again in the next edition of Drupa 2012, at Hall10 stand C62. Our expectations at Drupa, considered the most important event worldwide for the printing industry, are very high as we firmly believe that current market conditions should result in significant changes in the way the industry produce the packaging today. In response to these concerns, Comexi Group will offer complete innovative platforms with real benefits in what we consider the 4 milestones in the current converting process:
- High print quality
- Energy Efficiency
- Sustainable Printing
- Waste management
These platforms will be a turning point in how the process is made in flexible packaging printing today.
Visitors will see live demonstrations of the new range of innovative and sustainable products: a global portfolio adapted to the today and tomorrow’s solutions. Among them we would like to highlight our sustainable printing solutions, which involve electron beam and water-based printing inks.
Comexi Group. Commitment to the future.
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n78: “Innovation Made”, a new motto that attracted more than one hundred visitors to the Comexi Group Open House
28/12/2011
Once again this year on November 18th, Comexi Group held their Open House at Comexi facilities, which gathered more than 150 attendees in just one day. Along with the collaboration of DuPont, Comexi was able to organize another event this year brimming with business and relationship building opportunities for their customers. With a large turnout and customer enthusiasm, it was a huge success.
The event kicked off at 9am with a guided tour of the production plant. Then, for the first time worldwide, the new flexo press COMEXI FLEXO F2 was presented. Based on the FLEXOEfficiency concept, this wide band machine is intended for medium and long runs and offers high quality printing with all the latest technology in improved energy efficiency and maximum productivity. Printing demonstrations were performed with the most advanced photopolymer plates, DuPont Cyrel® FAST Round, which gave customers the opportunity to see samples of these firsthand. The new FLEXO F2 concept features several new technologies: Monoblock, Virtual Master, Easy Touch display (with a more advanced pressure adjustment system), a new doctor blade support system and an improved ENERGYSavvy concept that applies a set of electrical control technologies to save energy and improve the energy efficiency of our products. During the show, customers were able to see a demonstration of these new concepts, among others, with a panel of new technologies in the machine for the first time.
Mr. Manel Xifra, President of Comexi Group, emphasized the importance of "being a family business, which guarantees the existence of a long-term vision, an appropriate strategy, a professional management team capable of implementing such and the preservation of the values set by the family. As part of the process for professionalizing management and as we announced some weeks ago, Mr. Jaume Martínez, who up until now has been a general director, was appointed CEO as well”. He also explained that “Comexi Group is in the middle of a bold strategic plan to consolidate itself as a worldwide leader in flexible packaging. This plan is based on providing the market with a complete range of equipment and services with the most innovative solutions in the different product lines and on leading the development of solutions that improve sustainability in the flexible packaging sector."
Another innovation that was exclusively presented worldwide was the new central drum offset press under the trademark COMEXI OFFSET CI8. This new product embodies the essence of Comexi Group’s strategic principles: innovation with a global impact and the ability to provide the industry with global solutions. As a world exclusive, this new product will be offered to Comexi Group customers, giving them the following benefits: added productivity, decreased ecological impact thanks to the solvent-less EB offset inks, greater energy efficiency and lower costs per square meter. Its presentation to event attendees fulfilled many expectations and was a huge success. It will soon be presented at events with high media impact.
The visit rounded off with a presentation of the latest available rotogravure bodies from COMEXI ACOM, a technology recently acquired by Comexi Group with their production plant in Piacenza (Italy). And last but not least were the COMEXI PROSLIT with S-turret and the COMEXI NEXUS Optima 2H model.
This year the motto Innovation Made spearheaded the event. In light of sharing their newest innovations with their customers, Comexi Group organized an event aimed at presenting their latest concepts and offering exclusivity and commitment to their customers.
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n77: Comexi Group adds Midwest Rep
27/12/2011
Comexi Group is pleased to announce the addition of Jones Printing Equipment as its exclusive representative in the Midwestern states of the United States.
Jones Printing Equipment will represent the Comexi group line of flexographic printing presses, rotogravure printing presses, solventless and solvent based laminators, slitters, printing sleeve storage systems and solvent recovery systems.
Mathew Jones is the owner of Jones Printing Equipment and has over 20 years in the Flexible Packaging and Converting industries focusing on sales and marketing. Matt previously worked for Celramic, Praxair Surface Technologies and Schiavi.
Matt Jones and Comexi Group look forward to promoting the Comexi family of products in the Midwest and anticipate a long and mutually productive relationship.
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n75: BRILLOWORLD INSTALLS A COMEXI PROSLIT EIKON SLITTER
26/12/2011
Brilloworld, a leading supplier of plastic films in Southern Europe for more than 15 years, has installed a COMEXI GROUP PROSLIT EIKON slitter-rewinder in their plant in Sant Quirze del Vallès (Barcelona).
Brilloworld provides the Graphic Arts, Flexible Packaging and Labels/Over wrapping sectors with the widest range of films in the market while offering excellent customer service. Its main markets are Spain, Portugal, France and North Africa.
In terms of both turnover and profits, Brilloworld has been on the rise ever since its beginnings. In 2001 it had a turnover of more than 5 million euros, and for the first time in 2007 it brought in more than 10 million euros. In the beginning, Brilloworld was focused almost entirely on selling 12 and 15 micron polypropylene for the Graphic Arts sector in Spain. However, since then it has managed to expand to 4 different regions of the world in three business areas, thus broadening its original range with products such as thermoforming BOPP, transparent and metalized PET (silver/gold), COEX, polyamide, aluminum, PVDC and all types of specialties. All the while it has worked side by side with leading suppliers worldwide.
In 2010, the group’s turnover surpassed 17 million euros thus offering employment to more than 20 specialized professionals. Brilloworld has recently merged its distribution and agency business into one and incorporated its different sales teams.
In terms of added value customer services, slitting operations have evolved according to the needs of the different markets. For example, in the beginning of 2000, slitting made up only 5% of total sales. Today slitting has increased to encompass more than 25% of Brilloworld’s turnover. With a current total of 4 slitters including its latest incorporation in 2011 of the COMEXI GROUP PROSLIT EIKON, Brilloworld is on its way to becoming a leading company in its sector.
According to Jordi Florensa Alegre, manager of Brilloworld, “the PROSLIT EIKON slitter represents a commitment to greater added value in service and logistics for our customers thanks to its features and high productivity. With the production capacities and the slitting and rewinding quality boasted by the PROSLIT EIKON, we can offer better finishes on the final product and improved delivery times, thus giving us much more flexibility overall.”
“It has definitely been a step forward in improving productivity, quality and flexibility. We could see this from the very first day,” sums up Jordi Alegre Florensa.
The PROSLIT EIKON is a slitter-rewinder which has been installed in more than 70 plants worldwide, mainly in converting companies, to increase productivity and improve slitting and rewinding quality. The PROSLIT EIKON has proven to reach a productivity of more than 320,000 linear meters in 24 hours, and in its 800m/min. version it can even reach up to 400,000 meters for specific jobs. All the while it maintains an excellent slitting and rewinding quality. Furthermore, this machine boasts an excellent flexibility in materials it can work with as well as job types. It can incorporate additional online equipment such as: microperforation, macroperforation, bending, inspection, etc.
Jordi Gorchs, Product Manager of Proslit in Comexi Group and head of installation, asserts that “It is precisely companies like Brilloworld that confirm the flexibility of jobs the PROSLIT EIKON can perform even in customers outside the converting process, strictly speaking”.
Proslit, a trademark specialized in slitting and rewinding, is part of Comexi Group, a leading Spanish company with worldwide presence and more than 400 employees. It has been dedicated to manufacturing capital goods (machinery) for the flexible packaging industry (mainly plastic and derivatives) since 1954. Aside from Proslit, Comexi Group is made up of five other trademarks: Comexi Flexo, specialized in flexo printing; Comexi Acom, specialized in rotogravure printing; Comexi Offset, specialized in offset printing; Comexi Nexus, specialized in laminating materials and Comexi Enviroxi, specialized in offering the industry logistics and environmental management solutions.