VUTEk sold on first day of Fespa

On the first day of Fespa Digital Escher & Theiss Digital signed a deal for a VUTEk GS3250lx Pro 3.2 m printer with LED ‘cool curing’ and EFI’s new seven picolitre UltraDrop technology.

The UltraDrop technology combines the smallest drop sizes available in its class with greyscale imaging and more precise control for customers.

‘By 2011 our growing customer list was demanding higher colour quality, which led us to increase our roll-to-roll productivity. This resulted in our decision to purchase the VUTEk GS5000r 5m super wide format printer,’ stated Alexander Theiss, joint managing director. ‘The high standards and the flexibility of the ink with its three-layer white capability have been instrumental in helping us to win business.’ 

Helmut Escher, joint managing director, added, ‘Our relationship with EFI extends beyond print technology to MIS and, as planning is critical to our success, the new VUTEk GS3250lx Pro can be integrated easily into our existing workflow. It will enable us to work to shorter lead times while maintaining the highest quality. Its LED technology means that we can develop applications onto new media and become greener and more energy efficient. At Escher & Theiss we use solar energy when possible and the new printer’s cool-cure energy savings will further help reduce our environmental footprint.’

The Bavarian-based business was formed around the initial 5m VUTEk model and since then it has bought a new VUTEk every year for four years, including a GS5000r roll-to-roll printer in 2011. 

Last year the company added EFI’s Pace MIS software, which now enables the company to handle the large numbers of orders it produces each day more efficiently and with improved communications across all departments. 

With its original super wide format printer still in daily use, having printed nearly two million metres of material since 2008, it was a logical progression to move up the 5m VUTEk GS5000r for higher colour quality and productivity, and now to LED technology for a wider range of applications and greener production.