Digital packaging printing - the world's largest consultancies forecast high growth in the packaging sector, accompanied by :
concern for the environment
Which fits perfectly with the fundamental concept of print-on-demand, no warehousing and no risk of unused packaging produced
changing meaning and role of packaging
from advertising on the shelf in the store, to secure packaging, often in line with the store's visual identity supporting the designed vision of the brand when selling online. Additionally, practical considerations will become important - packaging designed for easy, often manual assembly and packaging, safe shipping and eventual return.
That's why the software we provide in the Digital Box Factory project is compatible with 169 box standards of the largest organizations in the packaging industry - Ecma for cardboard packaging, Fefco for paperboard packaging.
attention to brand safety
packaging as an element of protection against counterfeiting and fakes.
With the ability to apply unusual foils - gold, silver, hologram - to digital printing, your customers' packaging will be protected from copying and counterfeiting.
short series
relatively small, but more frequently changing series of products placed on the market in a much shorter time - as a tool for generating demand. A trend also conquered by new brands, often local, "from the neighborhood" with a more positive reception among customers than global corporations.
The capabilities of digital printing, along with the ability to cut and crease cardboard or paperboard for packaging without the need to produce a die-cutting die, provides unlimited possibilities while maintaining a reasonable unit cost even for very low print runs.
Take advantage of the opportunities provided by your digital printing machine today - expanding your machine park with Digital Box Factory Series equipment opens up completely new opportunities to conquer a market where your company has not operated before, and which faces very favorable growth prospects.
Akonda presents a complete post-processing line for the production of digital, highly refined packaging.
Foiling and gilding, silvering or hologram application - matrix-free, from one piece using Qtopic 380F or Qtopic 380 Auto
Cutting and creasing on iEcho according to the file from Digital Box Factory. Automatic feeding of the sheet from the stack.
1. design a box easily using Digital Box Factory or accept an online order from Key2Pack
The software allows you to select one of 169 box templates (FEFCO/ECMA-compliant templates) and customize the size to suit your needs.
As an output file, an *svg or *dxf is released with the cut and crease lines marked.
Such a file is compatible with the cutting plotter software.
check the model database available in the software Fefco and Ecma
2. print the Box on your digital machine
The highest quality print guaranteed by your printing machine is crucial in the process.
3. refine the printout using the Qtopic 380F / Qtopic 380 Auto Foiler.
The perfect solution for digital print foiling, allowing:
- PP foiling - gloss, matt, soft touch - extremely important when protecting surfaces from physical hazards or atmospheric factors
- Gilding, silvering, applying a hologram - effects known from high-volume, highly-processed packaging are possible to reproduce using the technology available in Qtopic 380F. The effects described can create a stunning visual effect or protect the packaging from counterfeiting. With no die or preparation costs, from a single piece, at a reasonable pricing level.
Read more about gilding on Qtopic.
4. cutting and creasing on iEcho plotter with sheet feeder
Load the grid file and start the automatic process of cutting and creasing the box.
The innovative iEcho plotter has a suction feeder that places the sheet on a felt strip. The camera reads the markers recognizing the position of the sheet and starts the cutting/creasing process.
Cutting can be done with a trailing or oscillating knife for thicker materials, and the machine's formats - A2 or B2 - allow even state-of-the-art inkjet printing equipment to be used in the process.
More information about the iEcho plotter
