BOBST and tesa have announced that they will collaborate to create joint solutions for high-quality flexographic printing and provide more cohesive support systems for their customers.
While BOBST’s expertise lies in flexographic printing machines, tesa produces advanced plate mounting tapes and sleeves, splicing tapes, cushioning foams, and other complementary products for CI and inline flexographic printing on packaging, labels, corrugated boxes, and folding cartons.
The agreement between the two companies – which came into effect in January 2023 – aims to supply tesa’s tape to BOBST’s customers in a complete solution set to reduce waste, save time in job preparation and press setup, and consistently deliver high-quality products with repeatability, as well as fulfilling changing market demands. In turn, businesses are expected to maximise their productivity in a cost-effective way.
“BOBST is pleased to take the next step in the established relationship with tesa, as we strengthen the cooperation between the two businesses to provide an all-inclusive solutions package of equipment and consumables,” said Frank Jurczyk, head of Product Marketing at CI Flexo. “BOBST is constantly evaluating new opportunities that will benefit customers, and our vision for the future of the packaging industry includes working together with other providers, such as tesa, who are also experts in their areas.
“Together we can add more value and better help our customers optimize the production process.”
“At tesa, we aim to establish long-term partnerships with flexographic industry leaders to bring added value to our customers and improve their overall experience with our products and secure a reliable global service,” continued Stefan Sell, head of Global Key Accounts BU Industrial Growth Markets at tesa. “Through the cooperation between tesa and BOBST, customers have access to the latest technology and expertise in the industry, and we are able to offer our customers a wide range of options and initiate faster product developments based on direct feedback.
“We are committed to delivering high-quality, more sustainable products and exceptional service through our partnership with BOBST. Customers have immediate access to our offering in the BOBST Competence Center as well as during machine set up with local tesa support.”
The paper-based tesa 51344 and certified-recyclable tesa 60408 tapes have recently been released in an effort to prevent traditional taping solutions from contaminating the paper and card recycling streams.
In an expansion of its DIGITAL MASTER modular label press series, BOBST’S 3D CONFIGURATOR online tool apparently integrates digital and flexo technologies into one workflow and is thought to both reduce waste and improve efficiency.
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