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Chinese first for Xeikon 3020
Xiamen Yu Long expands capabilities with 10 inch five color digital label press
Eede, the Netherlands, 24 January 2017 – Xeikon has installed China’s first Xeikon 3020 five color label
press at Xiamen Yu Long Printing Co.
Xiamen Yu Long Printing Co was founded in 2004. The label and folding carton operation’s portfolio of
products includes leaflets, posters, brochures and packing boxes. Its key customers are from the garment,
health and beauty sectors.
The Xeikon 3020 joins Xiamen Yu Long’s sheetfed, rotary letter press and offset web presses. Mr. Li Yin
Long, Director of Xiamen Yu Long says, “Our maximum width of converting lines for coating, foiling and die
cutting is 10 inches, which is why the 3020 format is a perfect fit. The ability to print variety of substrates,
including PP, PET, PE, paper and metalized paper, was also important in our decision to buy. It fits the size
and speed of our finishing equipment, and the Xeikon ICE toner allows us to work successfully with heatsensitive material.”
The Xeikon 3020 was specifically designed to address the Chinese 10-inch market for self-adhesive labels.
This extension of the well-established 3000 series of Xeikon label presses delivers unmatched quality and
productivity. Businesses can field upgrade their presses to faster speeds and larger sizes as their businesses
grow and their needs change.
Lee adds, “We also liked having the flexibility of upgrading both speed and size later without a huge
investment. We have been pleasantly surprised with the press’s output and quality. In the first month using a
single shift, we produced more than 50,000 meters of print, and we are planning to start a second shift soon.
The installation and training process went well. I can guarantee you that this will not be the last Xeikon to be
installed at Xiamen!”
“Xeikon’s installed base in China is growing fast, and there are many more opportunities for growth in the
label sector,” comments Jackie Chen of Xeikon Greater China. “Xeikon is totally committed to providing bestin-class service with a local service presence to support our growing customer base.”
He adds, “As part of the Flint Group, we already have a strong presence in the narrow web label market and
stand ready to support our customers as they add digital printing capabilities to their businesses.”
ABOUT XEIKON
Xeikon, a division of Flint Group, is a long-standing leader and innovator in digital printing technology. Grounded in the
principles of quality, flexibility and sustainability, Xeikon designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital colour presses for
label and packaging applications, document printing, and commercial printing. These presses utilise LED-array-based
electrophotography, open workflow software and application-specific toners.
As an OEM supplier, Xeikon also designs and produces plate makers for newspaper printing applications. In addition,
Xeikon manufactures basysPrint computer-to-conventional plate (CtCP) solutions for the commercial offset printing
market. For the flexographic market, Xeikon offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name.
ThermoFlexX systems provide high-resolution plate exposure combined with unique plate handling, flexibility and
unmatched productivity
In 2015, Xeikon joined Flint Group to create a new “Digital Printing Solutions” division for the leading global print
consumables and solution provider to the packaging and print media industries. Flint Group develops and manufactures
an extensive portfolio of printing consumables. These include a vast range of conventional and energy-curable inks and
coatings, pressroom chemicals, printing plates and equipment, printing blankets and sleeves, and pigments and additives
for use in inks and other colorant applications. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Flint Group employs some 7900 people.
On a worldwide basis, the company is the number one or number two supplier in every major market segment it serves.
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