03/2010
New distributor for Germany, Austria and Swiss

Nuova GIDUE and Graficon Maschinenbau AG announce the start of a long term partnership in the narrow web industry. Graficon will distribute the full GIDUE product range (flexographic and offset printing and converting presses for the production of labels and of flexible packaging) in the territories of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and will support sales also for the territories of Tcech Republic and Slovakia. Nuova GIDUE and Graficon will also cooperate technically for the common development of added value solutions for the label industry based on their respective ranges of printing and converting products.

"GIDUE and Graficon share a common story of innovative technology and of addded value in the label industry. It is a "natural" choice for both to establish a partnership on the sales and on the technology developments." says Alex Heiniger, part-owner and CFO of Graficon. Martin Erni, Head of Sales and Marketing, adds that "the GIDUE users in Germany, Switzerland and Austria are very satisfied of the performances of the machines, and we believe the Nuova GIDUE new product range like the Master Combat, the new Xpannd etc. will raise a lot of interest in our industry which is constantly looking for new ideas".
Federico d’Annunzio, MD of Nuova GIDUE states: "it took some months to know each other, after the long lasting and succesful relation with Chromos we were looking for a long term partner who could grant a strong service and sales network. With Graficon we know that our present and future customers will get the best support available in the market. And we are very interested in the new developments we can achieve by sharing our technologies to innovative and added value solutions."
Peter Tanner, part-owner and COO at Graficon concludes " We have a new young team of sales and service people coming up at Graficon which perfectly matches the young team of Nuova GIDUE. Our experience will help to make all this enthusiasm and new ideas profitable and effective for our industry."

Nuova GIDUE is a manufacturer of printing and converting machines for the labels and packaging industry based in Italy, and has recently announced a complete new flexographic press line, the MASTER Combat, and a new digital ink control on its combination offset-flexo line Xpannd.

Graficon Maschinenbau AG, located in Wittenbach/Switzerland and since 1993 a well established supplier to the self-adhesive label-industry, is regarded as the worldwide Nr. 1 supplier for fully rebuilt and upgraded “gallus” letterpress-machines, but also is a manufacturer of special-machines and units for the production of niche-products in the label-market (Booklet- and Printing/Processing-Machines). The company is not only well known for the quality and functionality of its products, but also has an excellent reputation of having highly qualified people, covering all aspects such as engineering, sales, installations, after-sales service and multilanguage trouble-shooting, to provide and support the customers with complete solutions.

Graficon Maschinenbau AG  www.graficon.ch
Mr. Peter Tanner Managing Director, e-mail  tanner@graficon.ch
Mr. Martin Erni Sales & Maketing, e-mail erni@graficon.ch

 

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