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JANUARY 2007
Pioneer
Balloon Installs W&H’s 8-color
PRIMAFLEX CL
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Pioneer Balloon Installs W&H’s 8-color W&H PRIMAFLEX CL
Represents first customer to operate the PRIMAFLEX CL –
W&H’s
latest variation PRIMAFLEX
flexo press featuring extended
print repeats.
LINCOLN, RI, January 2007 – Windmoeller & Hoelscher
Corporation announces the sale of an 8-color 52” (1,320
mm) PRIMAFLEX CL flexographic printing press to the Pioneer
Balloon Company of Wichita, KS. The press was installed at
the company’s El Dorado, KS plant in early December 2006 and
is now fully operational.
The PRIMAFLEX CL represents W&H’s latest variation
PRIMAFLEX® central impression flexographic sleeve press. It
differs from other PRIMAFLEX versions due to its extended repeat
length which features a maximum print repeat of 42.1” (1070 mm). W&H’s
other PRIMAFLEX® variations – the CM and CS – feature repeat lengths
up to 31.5” (800 mm).
According to Pioneer Balloon’s Executive Vice-President, Betty
Vlamis, the company requires a press
with extended repeats to accommodate
the production of its trademark Qualatex Microfoil balloons. The PRIMAFLEX will be printing on metalized nylon film that is then converted into various balloon shapes and sizes. “The simple
round silver foil balloon of yesterday has evolved,” explains
Vlamis. “Although the film is the same [a vapor coating
of aluminum onto biaxially-oriented nylon], the balloons that are made
from it now come in different shapes."
Vlamis explains that the Microfoil balloons can be customized
for a particular product such as the “Coors Silver Bullet blimp
balloon”, or combined with an inserted module to produce ‘balloons
with a beat’ like the “B-Bops” music balloon. Using
a simple on/off switch, one can play excerpts from original hits by
original artists, or listen to licensed character voices sending birthday
wishes.
In addition to metalized film substrates the PRIMAFLEX CL will
also print on poly film that will be converted into packages to hold
latex balloons also manufactured by Pioneer.
Pioneer Balloon Company has been in business for over 90 years and
today is a global company
with manufacturing locations in the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Japan and Australia. Qualatex
is Pioneer’s premier brand and also the brand used by balloon professionals. In
addition to the
Microfoil balloon, other Qualatex brands
include the Bubble Balloon™ and a line of latex balloons.
The Qualatex latex balloon is available in an array of sizes and colors
and meets rigorous testing standards established by the professional
marketplace. The Bubble Balloon™ line is manufactured in
Japan from film that stretches in such a way the resulting balloon
is free of wrinkles and appears round and smooth much like a beach
ball. Many Bubble Balloons are clear and may even have small
inner balloon shapes inside.
The PRIMAFLEX CL flexographic press installed by Pioneer Balloon
includes 8 color decks, a maximum material width of 52” (1,320
mm) and a maximum printing width of 50” (1,270 mm). Production
speeds measure up to 1000 fpm (300 m/min) and print repeats range from
14.5” – 41.25” (370 – 1050 mm).
The press also features W&H’s EASY-SET fully automatic impression setting
system and the PROCONTROL. Touch Screen Main Operator Panel designed
for easy handling by the operator and
to have all production steps
under control
Windmoeller & Hoelscher is a leader in the design, manufacture
and distribution of flexographic and gravure printing presses, blown
and cast film extrusion systems, multi-wall equipment, plastic sack
and bag making machines, as well as form-fill-seal machinery for the
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Contact WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER Corporation:
Editorial Contact
Antje Faile
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23 New England Way · Lincoln · R.I.
02865
Tel.: Tel: +1 (401) 333-2770
or 800-854-8702
Fax: 401-333-6491
E-Mail: afaile@whcorp.com |
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