Platinum Press Commences Large-scale Print Runs on Two High-speed Koenig & Bauer Rapida Presses

Pictured left to right: Mike Miller, VP of Manufacturing for Platinum Press; Tom Ayala, Plant Manager for Platinum Press; Tom Miller, CEO of Platinum Press; Andrew Vale, VP of Sales for Platinum Press.

Platinum Press, Inc. (PPI) – a leading provider of printed packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, natural health and consumer products industries specializing in labels, folding cartons, leaflets, foil lidding and flexible packaging – has commenced large-scale production runs on two new Rapida 106 X Printing Presses from prominent equipment provider Koenig & Bauer. Now fully integrated into the company’s recently expanded, 220,000-square-foot facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the state-of-the-art perfector presses are among the first two of their kind operating in the United States.

Capable of running an exceptionally wide variety of materials – from 24# leaflet stock to 32-point carton stock – the Rapida 106 X presses can produce up to 18,000 sheets per hour, making them the fastest, most efficient in their category. To accommodate comparably dense carton printing jobs, Platinum Press has raised its eight-color Rapida several feet off the ground for streamlined end-of-line handling.

Both presses offer several standout attributes. For starters, both feature a 100% vision inspection system that scans both sides of each printed sheet in real-time, to detect even the slightest printing defect. This enables automatic rejection that prevents out-of-spec materials from progressing downstream – a safeguard that significantly diminishes chances for human error, and supports the heightened quality control demanded in the pharmaceuticals and medical device segments.

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