Consultancy
Efficient system for implementing improvements in the flexible packaging market.
Currently there are dozens of clients who have contracted this service with excellent results, therefore we present this service as a successful program which highly benefits all parties: clients improve their productivity rates and Comexi Group consolidates the trust clients have in its equipment and management, leading to the establishment of a more co-operative relationship.
The team of consultants at Comexi CTec has created an efficient system for implementing improvements in the facilities of our clients. In order for a work process to be efficient, the production equipment must be correctly prepared, and the information must be internally managed properly. Presently, with numerous projects, it is not sufficient to purchase and correctly install Comexi equipment (offset printers, flexographic printers, slitters and/or laminating machines); it is necessary to flawlessly implement the production process, thus enabling the equipment to operate efficiently. This implies a more variable control over the machine environment, in turn optimising and adapting the reality of the technology installed.
One of the services in high demand and an element of many success stories at the Manel Xifra Boada Technological Centre since its inception in 1999, is productivity improvement of all Comexi equipment: offset and flexographic printing, slitting, and laminating.
This process is executed after analyzing (auditing) prior production, organisation, product, and/or client/company sector data .
Once the results are gathered, the productivity data is defined in reference to which equipment is the most suitable, taking into account all the studied variables, which are set as the target. With this as a foundation, a program is developed to implement actions aimed at obtaining and maintaining the ratio set of production as a target. This process is usually implemented over a period of six to eight months.
Presently, and for the past 15 years, everyone is in agreement that within the flexible packaging sector, the pre-press process is contributing most to maximizing the quality of the end product. This evolution has continued consistently, and its development appears limitless. The process of integrating and transferring knowledge in the areas of colour and pre-press are essential to enabling flexible packaging companies to respond to future challenges in the market.
Comexi CTec has had its own interdisciplinary team for more than six years and provides support to clients in areas of pre-press and colour, using the following various services:
Support in Colour Management
Optimization of existing colour management. Fingerprinting and reliable colour tests.
Integration of the Plate Setting Process Within the Facility
Proposal of hardware, software, and support until printing plates are autonomously produced in the facility.
Extended Range
Reduction of production run meters and the effect on the changeover time imply that implementation and use of the extended range training is indispensable to improving the competitiveness of companies in the flexible packaging sector.
Applying extended range to numerous jobs is clearly a good solution to minimizing changeover times and colour settings without compromising product quality.
With many companies, at least one of their machines prints mainly in the extended range, i.e. with the same colours in the machine.
Support is essential for this changeover, for it not only affects machine variables, but also influences colour separation and the processing of the original job.
Colorimetry
In-plant training with courses regarding the interpretation of colour control data.
At present, many companies have decided to change technology, either by extending their range of service or as a solution to the current stagnant business model. Frequently, in these cases, in reference to the application of new technologies, certain critical points are unknown, or undetected. Comexi has developed a model in support of this technology change, which will affect operational equipment as well as other parts of the process which optimise time and effectiveness.
The most frequent changes are customarily associated with printing. In both flexo and offset of flexible packaging, this is visible from rotogravure to flexographic or offset, as well as from commercial offset resma to film. Additional cases include companies which have incorporated, for the first time, laminating or holography in their process, or laser slitting during the slitting and rewinding stage.
Pre-Order
- Machine assessment
- Business assessment
Pre assembly
- Installations assessment
- Human resources
- Layout
- Training
- Consumables
Assembly
- Training
- Consumables support
- Production
Post assembly
- Assessment
- Training
- Audits
- Remote suport