Digital label printing specialist Theia has become the first company in Indonesia and Southeast Asia to install a Screen L350UV SAI inkjet press. The installation was carried out by local Jet Technologies and Screen factory-trained engineers.
Theia, a division of Cahaya Jakarta, one of Indonesia’s leading label printing companies which was founded in 1991, was set up in 2018 to focus entirely on digital label printing at its facility in Cikarang, near Jakarta. Cahaya Jakarta started with letterpress printing before investing in flexographic printing in 2002 and the first industrial digital printing press in Indonesia in 2009.
“To be able to continue this trend and install the very first L350UV SAI in Indonesia is another exciting milestone for the entire company and our Theia division,” said Danny Lim, Sales and Marketing Director at Theia. “We had been watching inkjet technology for many years as we understood that the productivity benefits were substantial.”
Jet Technologies has a long history with Theia and Cahaya Jakarta, having installed an OMET X6 530-wide flexo press at the latter in 2016, which at the time was Indonesia’s widest and most productive label press. It came as no surprise when the company turned to Jet Technologies for its latest inkjet investment.
“We’re excited to have partnered with Theia and the Cahaya Jakarta group to enhance their digital printing production and provide them with a strong advantage in what is an ultra-competitive label printing market in Indonesia,” says Yulianawati Yulianawati, Sales Manager of Jet Technologies Indonesia. “Theia’s dedicated team has ensured that they bring the very best of digital label printing to Indonesia, with HP Indigo presses previously installed and now the addition of a complementary L350UV inkjet press.
“Installation and training on the L350UV have now been completed. We promised Theia that it would deliver extremely reliable and consistent print and it is pleasing to see that they are achieving those goals.”
Screen responds to industry trends
Since the international debut of the Truepress Jet L350UV inkjet system at Labelexpo Europe 2019 in Brussels, wide-ranging, continuous improvements have seen the series ship a total of more than 150 presses to date.
In recent years, requirements for mixed, short-run printing have also been growing in relation to products for the high-price and luxury segments. This has created a need for better print quality than ever before. At the same time, however, there have been growing calls to improve installation costs and other aspects of digital label presses.
In response to these industry trends, Screen developed the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI.
The system enables significantly richer colour expression and is available in a line-up of four models that can be selected according to the production environment. Its name SAI represents its design concept and refers to its extremely ‘stable’ operation, highly ‘accurate’ colour reproduction and time-tested ‘integrated’ technologies. The word Sai also means both ‘colour’ and ‘high’ in Japanese and was chosen to reflect the company’s continuous pursuit of peak colour expression.
Screen has equipped the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI with additional slots for mounting inkjet printheads. This means, along with C, M, Y and K, it can be loaded with white, orange and blue inks for a total of seven colours. The system also features proprietary colour management technologies, providing a far wider range of colour expression than was previously possible.
The L350UV SAI perfectly supports Theia to significantly increase turn-around speeds for digital printing jobs by automating the process. With its software-generated ‘lead in, lead out’ and ‘reverse-feed’ functions, the system also works to considerably lower ink and material waste, reducing overhead costs and improving sustainability standards within operations.
The L350UV SAI is one of the most flexible and automated label production systems in its class. The machine offers seven vibrant colours at 60m/min, (50m/min when using white) and is fully supported by local Jet Technologies and Screen factory-trained engineers.
With the L350UV SAI, Theia has a press that can deliver outstanding quality print on a wide range of materials with productivity that approaches flexo.
“Our focus is service and quality, and the L350UV allows us to improve our service substantially while maintaining the highest quality standards. It’s a win-win for us,” concludes Lim.
Jet Technologies will exhibit at the upcoming Labelexpo South East Asia on Stand D2. The show takes place May 8-10, 2025 at BITEC, Bangkok.
Caption:
David Reece, Sales Director Asia Pacific, Jet Technologies; Danny Lim, Sales and Marketing Director, Theia; Tyas Chrisnawan, Product Manager, Jet Technologies; and Darryl Wilson, Product Manager, Jet Technologies.
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