We’re delighted to be starting with details of two Gallus ECS 340 success stories: Spectrol, Inc. commissions new Gallus ECS 340 flexo label press describes how the company based in Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario intends to use its new acquisition to further expand its business with labels for food, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. RAKO ETIKETTEN GmbH & Co. KG in Witzhave has also made a profitable investment by purchasing a Gallus ECS 340. Equipped with ten flexographic printing stations, one screen printing station and one cold foil unit for finishing, the Gallus press was successfully added to the company’s existing 26 presses last October. Find out more in the article entitled RAKO Witzhave expands portfolio with a Gallus ECS 340.   more

Spectrol, Inc., of Mississauga Ontario recently took delivery of a new Gallus ECS 340 flexographic label printing press to augment their high-end food and beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food labeling business.   more

By purchasing a Gallus ECS 340, RAKO ETIKETTEN GmbH & Co. KG in Witzhave, headquarters of the international RAKO GROUP, has made a profitable investment. The Gallus press – which is equipped with ten flexographic printing stations, one screen printing station and one cold foil unit for finishing – was successfully added to the company’s existing 26 presses last October.   more

Skanem Willich GmbH, based in Willich, Germany, is part of the Skanem Group, which was founded in Norway in 1905 and is now the largest European printshop group for self-adhesive labels. The company in Germany uses state-of-the-art narrow-web, reel-fed presses equipped with flexographic printing units and embossing and screen printing finishing options to produce high-quality labels for bodycare, household, car maintenance and other care products. Skanem Willich GmbH knows how to harness the added value from screen printing and has cut costs by bringing standardized and automated screen manufacturing in-house.   more

Re-using screens is one of the most effective ways of cutting screen printing costs and is influenced by two parameters – matching the screen printing plate’s technical properties to the relevant application, and handling screen printing cylinders both inside and outside the press. Controlling these variables significantly reduces costs per screen printing label by achieving high re-usage rates.   more

The Gallus Parts & Services profit centre was founded over two years ago to ensure a full customer service for older generation Gallus machines. Due to the high demand for all kinds of pre-owned machines, this profit centre’s service portfolio has now been extended.   more

Understanding the best fit for print production is not always an easy decision. While short runs suiting digital and long runs conventional have long been the statements in industry, your actual production may not be so clearly delineated. What about short run jobs that require a cold foil feature or lamination? Or the long run production that requires serialization, versioning or a variable barcode? The Gallus US and Swiss headquarters have recently updated their digital print demonstration capabilities and are here to address these applications.   more

David Baumann will soon have been working at Gallus for 20 years. Having completed two apprenticeships, as a mechanic and an electrician, and following his electrical engineering studies, he started his career at Gallus as a service engineer in 1995. He gained experience in test planning, motion controlling, software engineering and conceptual planning for various Gallus machines. In his role as Senior Product Manager, David is now responsible for the Gallus TCS 250, Gallus RCS and Gallus ECS 340 product portfolio.   more