News Release
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Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
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CROWN, World's Leading Metal Packaging Company,
Expands Use of Inspection Systems from AVT
"100% detection of print defects by AVT's Titan enables us to
drastically improve printing quality" says Mr. Ugo Manghi,
MPC Manager at CROWN Imballaggi Italia
Parma, Italy & Hod-Hasharon, Israel – CROWN Imballaggi Italia – part of Crown
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), the world’s leading food
metal packaging supplier – recently installed a new AVT Titan 100% inspection
solution at its Calerno, Italy manufacturing plant.
The installation represents further growth in the collaboration between Crown and AVT –
a market leader in print inspection and quality control solutions – that now includes Titan
installations at various CROWN Packaging Europe production facilities.
Designed to meet the specific needs of metal printing and decoration, AVT's Titan is a
state-of-the-art quality assurance and process control solution that provides 100%
inspection and traceability of every printed metal sheet. Based on AVT’s advanced
quality control algorithms, Titan detects the full spectrum of typical print defects,
including colour variations, mis-registration (including varnish mis-registration),
misprints, spots, text, streaks, scratches, splashes, scumming, edges, bends and more.
These capabilities are a perfect match for Crown’s objectives, as Mr. Ugo Manghi, MPC
Manager of the Food Division and Project Manager, explains:
“AVT’s Titan was an essential complementary element to the installation of our KBA 6colour printing press for metal packaging. The installation in the Calerno plant was
among the most important for our company. Our customers are among the best-known
brands in retail distribution. Quality is not a prerogative here, it is imperative.”
The Quality Imperative
“With the new high-speed KBA printing press operating 24 hours a day, manual
inspection was no longer an option,” continues Mr. Manghi. “We quickly switched to
AVT's Titan 100% inspection solution. In Calerno, we can now offer our customers a
complete service throughout the metal packaging production process, which also pays
dividends when pursuing new business opportunities.When it came to choosing a print
inspection solution, there was not a doubt in our minds that AVT offers the best solution
for our needs.”
Mr. Alessandro Silecchia, Process Engineer at CROWN Imballaggi Italia, comments:
“AVT’s 100% inspection solution tremendously helps us in our standardization project,
because it allows us to reduce the number of defects printed by revealing them to the
operator as soon as they appear. We no longer trash out thousands of metal sheets. The
system reveals each individual problem immediately. This represents substantial savings
for the company, as we don’t have to destroy entire sheets.”
He continues: “Moreover, we have dramatically increased production, Titan has become
our electronic eye; it is far more accurate and faster than the human eye. We know we
can fully rely on it so we are able to focus on other activities. The changeover was very
smooth as well: Titan was remarkably easy to learn and master thanks to the excellent
training we received from the AVT team.”
CROWN and AVT – A Robust Collaboration
“We have built a very collaborative relationship with AVT,” concludes Mr. Manghi. “They
followed us step by step through our process, trying to understand our needs and
providing help to solve our problems. The result was a specific solution tailored to our
needs. AVT also proved invaluable during the implementation: the team trained our
operators to a very high standard with in-depth classroom sessions and practical, reallife scenarios. The whole project was well managed from the start. Our production kicked
off smoothly and flawlessly. Much to the satisfaction of our operators and of the entire
company, if I may add.”
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About AVT
AVT is the global leader in print process control, quality assurance, and press control for
the packaging, labels, and commercial print industries. Backed by state-of-the-art
technology and field-proven solutions, more than 7,000 AVT systems are installed at
customer sites worldwide. AVT is headquartered in Hod-Hasharon, Israel with sales,
marketing, and support offices in the United States, Europe and China. For more
information, visit www.avt-inc.com.
About CROWN IMBALLAGGI ITALIA S.R.L
Founded in 1955, under the name of Fa.ba, CROWN Imballaggi Italia today has 4 plants
and more than 800 employees. It is the largest Italian manufacturer of metal packaging
for food and one of the major manufacturers in Europe.
Created to satisfy the growing demand of tin plate cans of the Italian tomatoes and tuna
packers, CROWN Imballaggi Italia has distinguished itself from other can makers as a
result of diversification of its products. The company has taken advantage of an up-todate and wide technical and technological know-how, based on international research.
Going forward, CROWN Imballaggi's overall growth strategy is designed to enhance its
market leadership and customer satisfaction by continuing to add value to client
products. It will continue to be focused on the innovation of packaging solutions.
Today, CROWN Imballaggi Italia is part of Crown Holdings, Inc. a leading supplier of
packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world, and takes
advantages of the knowledge sharing made possible by its UK research center in
Wantage. For more information, visit www.crownimballaggi.it/en.