The PlateRite on site at Jet Technologies is the first to be installed in Australia with 60 in operation internationally and following a number of prospects at last week’s event, Jet Technologies says it expects at least two more machines to be installed locally within the next few months.
Jack Malki, director of Jet Technologies told Australian Printer the collaboration between Screen and Jet Technologies has been seamless with the combined experience of Screen, as the world’s largest manufacturer of CTP equipment and Jet as a leading local distributor of flexo products.
He says, “Screen has been successful with these machines overseas however they sought us out because they needed someone with a good grasp on the local Australian market. I think they were impressed with how quickly we acted and invested in the partnership.
“As well as the installation of the PlateRite, Jet Technologies also does the staff training and supplies the plate materials; we don’t just supply the machine but the whole process.”
Also commenting, Akira Hayakawa, managing director of Screen says, “Every Australian flexo printer should come and have a look at this new machine and see for themselves the quality of the output.”
He adds, the PlateRite also has some offset capabilities so for people doing both flexo and offset this is the best machine available.”
In other news, Jet Technologies ran a KBA Genius seminar in Melbourne last month, which was attended 35 attendees ranging from known digital print houses such as Bambra print, through to jobbing printers such as Whirlind and book printers such as McPherson’s.
Jet outlines that the key message of the event was that the Genius can compete with digital on runs as small as 200 sheets and with conventional offset on longer runs of 5,000 to 10,000 sheets.
The second key message was that in order to flourish in today’s print market, printers need to do either some more efficiently or different to their peers.
Jack Malki continues, “The Genius gives printers a huge efficiency benefit and also allows them to print on a much wider range of materials, opening new markets for them. The feedback from the seminar was very positive and whilst we do not expect it to become a machine you will see at every print shop, we expect 2-3 sales to come from the event.”
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