Apex International and Echaar Equipments team at Echaar's Open House Event.
Echaar Equipment showcased its first CI flexo printing press on 13 April 2022. With its compact design and mechanical rigidity, the new generation fully loaded CI flexo press offers flexibility and speed to the converters to fulfil a wide range of flexible packaging jobs. The Flexomaster HR-500 was equipped with Apex GTT 2.0 anilox sleeves and demonstrated the capabilities and printability for present market needs.
Apex International is an anilox producer, with headquarters in Netherlands and production facilities in Italy, Latin America, North America, and India. For over 25 years, Apex has been committed to serving the printing industry through innovations. The state-of-the-art factory at Nashik, producing high-quality aniloxes and sleeves, caters for the needs and requirements of all the countries of the Indian Peninsula and Asia-Pacific region, including China, Japan, South-East Asia region, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.
Apex International addresses the customers’ needs in all segments of flexible packaging, offset, corrugated and coating markets. They offer a wide range of products, including their patented GTT 2.0 anilox technology, conventional 60-degree UltraCell aniloxes, accora glue and doctor rolls for corrugated market and specialized screens for coating applications.
“We believe that the time for flexo printing is started in India. We are thankful to the Echaar team to share such a wonderful platform with us, from where we can showcase the future of flexo printing with new generation GTT anilox sleeves of Apex International” said Mangesh Bhise, director of sales and marketing, Apex Asia Pacific.
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