05/2007
GIDUE and the challenge to the world of packaging

Next June 26-27, GIDUE, the Italian manufacturer of narrow and mid web printing machines, will make use of the opportunity offered by the Packaging Summit Europe to express its deep involvement in the Packaging field. The two day event will take place in Amsterdam and will gather brand owners, materials suppliers and packaging services. At the forefront of the continuous development of the packaging industry, the Summit will explore new trends and draw attention to novel materials and innovative technologies.

After the launch of the new curing system under nitrogen inert atmosphere UV TIME!™ during Radtech in France some months ago, GIDUE will directly present to the conference attendees its revolution for food packaging. Mr. Federico d’Annunzio, President of GIDUE, will introduce the audience to the ultimate UV curing oxygen-free and environmentally friendly solution. During the speech, foreseen for the afternoon of Wednesday the 27th of June, d’Annunzio will speak about UV flexo technology for the food packaging industry, trying to explain how to respond to consumer changes and concerns.

Meanwhile, GIDUE will attend the AWA International Sleeve Label Conference, taking place contemporarily in Amsterdam. The tabletop exhibition, with a comprehensive program, will focus on the key material and technological developments as well as trends and developments in the Sleeve Label industry.

UV TIME!™ will be the real protagonist in both events. The heart of the process of UV TIME!™ is the prevention of photo-initiators, responsible for ink polymerization, from creating unwanted radical combinations with the oxygen particles carried by the web (when exposed to UV radiations). Through the use of a nitrogen blade, cutting and reducing the oxygen layer on the web, the radicals responsible for odours and ink migration are virtually eliminated. Furthermore, the system brings to a decrease in the amount of expensive photo-initiators incorporated in UV inks formulations and the increase in curing speed rates (higher levels of photo-initiators adversely effects UV curing efficiency, restricting press speeds even when using the most powerful and efficient UV lamps). Federico d’Annunzio will give clear examples of the benefits of the system supporting its presentation with effective text results.

UV TIME™ is offered to the market coupled to the latest GIDUE UV flexo press Athena™, which, with its heavy duty and gearless configuration, is especially designed for the global packaging industry – with wide ranging benefits. The addition of UV TIME™ to the Intelligence-controlled mid-web press Athena™ takes UV flexography far beyond any expectation, really creating a new trend which takes UV curing to the highest performance limits and as such, represents the first, most complete answer to the needs of brand owners in the packaging industry.

It will certainly not be difficult for the audience to become aware of the benefits given by the new UV curing solution, resulting from the partnership between GIDUE and Air Liquide, two leading companies respectively in the narrow and mid web printing and converting and in the industrial and medical gases field.

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