Astron Packaging installs HP Indigo Digital Press

HP has announced that Astron Packaging has installed the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press at its Ahmedabad printing facility. This is the second HP Indigo press being added to significantly increase the company’s digital production capacity.

“We are very happy with the installation of the new HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press. Thanks to the immense flexibility in speed, size and printing substrates that will be at our disposal we will be able to offer better turnaround times, reduce waste, and deliver cost-effective customer solutions,” said Niraj Darji, Senior Vice-President, Astron Packaging Limited. “We will also have state-of-the-art colour management capability which will help us run simple automated jobs and save on time. All this will help increase and enhance our production capabilities.”

“At HP, we are focussed on helping printing companies offer innovative and better solutions to their customers,” said A. Appadurai, Country Manager, Indigo and Inkjet Press Solutions, HP India. “Today, Astron Packaging enjoys a large pharmaceutical customer base, which they have painstakingly built over the years as a result of the high value labels and packaging printing capabilities they are able to provide. The new feature-rich HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press will help them drive further efficiencies and build new business.”

The installation of the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press will provide Astron Packaging Ltd. with increased production efficiency, advanced automation, higher uptime, and serviceability for high-quality and medium volume labels and folding carton production. Together with the HP SmartStream IN 100 Labels and Packaging server version 4 powered by Esko, Astron Packaging Ltd. expects to increase their productivity three-fold.