The Swedish packaging printer Gafs Kartong (Gafs), based in Värnamo, is set to take delivery of what is already the 1,000th printing unit of the new Speedmaster CX 104 that Heidelberg unveiled in the summer.
Founded as a packaging board supplier in 1947, Gafs now has a 22-strong workforce and generates sales of over €4m. The Speedmaster CX 104-6+L with newly developed coating unit in the ‘Push to Stop’ configuration is to be supplied together with a Suprasetter 106 platesetter and will arrive before Christmas.
“Our new universal press, the Speedmaster CX 104, is proving to be a big hit on the market,” says Stefan Hasenzahl, Head of Product Management at Heidelberg. “Even before the global market launch this summer, we had orders for over 500 printing units – a figure we’ve doubled in the space of just three months,” he adds.
Gafs, which produces folding cartons primarily for Swedish customers from a range of different industries, is complementing its investment in equipment with a Subscription Smart contract that includes the supply of all consumables and software over a period of several years. Consequently, Gafs will also be using Prinect Production Manager, which covers all the key functions for packaging printing. One example is a CAD-based solution that ensures quick and easy impositioning and also includes all typical packaging marks. Crucially, the Prinect workflow provides all data that is relevant for production, ensuring reliable production and repeat jobs of a consistently high quality. What’s more, production data feedback gives Prinect a full overview of performance at all times.
