PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2016

CAPPING / CLOSURES 31 PET planet insider Vol. 17 No. 04/16 www.petpla.net Sacmi-Intesa has devel- oped a new on-cap digital printing machine for printing ultra-high resolution images on caps of any material or size. The decoration can be changed directly in-line with one click, so that there is no need for dedicated change- over kits or extensive caps storage. The ColoraCap is said to have high marketing potential thanks to its un- limited graphics, colour range and ultra-high decora- tion definition. ColoraCap allows manufactur- ers to decorate up to 600 caps per minute (28mm, 360x360dpi). It is able to operate independently of size and boasts a decorative extension of up to 70mm. Pre-printing treatment of the cap surface is said to ensure a perfect adhesion of inks while dedicated kit allow digital printing on coloured caps. An incorporated quality control system detects caps and decoration defects inline. The responsibility on issues related to migration behaviour of printed caps which come into contact with liquid foodstuff is in the hand of the decoration producer. Neverthe- less, in order to ease clients’ activ- ity, Sacmi submitted caps digitally decorated with ColoraCap machine and Agfa inks to an accredited test laboratory (Fabes), and the investi- gation report shows compliance with the requirements included in the EU- directive 10/2011. After presenting the first Colo- raCap in 2014, the South African firm Twizza, one of the country’s biggest bottlers, adopted the Colo- raCap system. “We were attracted to the potential of ColoraCap during the last international Drinktec fair in Munich. We were already interested in purchasing some Sacmi CCM cap manufacturing presses and realised that the new ColoraCap would give us an incredible wealth of opportunities on the communication and product promotion fronts,” explains Ken Clark, founder and CEO of Twizza. Following a joint development phase, ColoraCap is now fully operational at the Twizza plant and is used to decorate coloured caps. www.sacmi.com Digital-inline printing solution Decorating coloured caps