Smurfit Invests for Brand Protection and Tax Stamps

Smurfit Kappa Security Concepts (SKSC) has invested over €3 million in a brand new custom press (Perfect NT security printing press) from Rotatek.

Currently being assembled for factory acceptance testing at Rotatek’s Barcelona headquarters, the 520web, nine-unit rainbow split-duct press will be installed at SKSC’s site in Dublin, Ireland.

SKSC’s investment also covers ancillary equipment, such as an offline inkjet unit from Rotatek and inline hot-foil stamping from a yet undisclosed manufacturer.

According to Peter Thomas, SKSC Managing Director, the bespoke offset press will be fitted with all ‘bells and whistles’, including wet and dry plate capability, attached die-cutting, matrix removal, numbering, reel-toreel, and reel-to-pack machinery.

He added that the new press would open up real opportunities for SKSC. ‘We’ll be quicker, meaner, cleaner and faster – but it’s also going to allow us to open ourselves up to other markets like brand protection and tax stamps, and we can do self-adhesive labels because we can remove the matrix.’