Xeikon to take 8000 press to Hunkeler event

Xeikon is to showcase its new flagship digital colour press, the Xeikon 8000, at post-press kit manufacturer Hunkeler's 'innovationdays' event in Switzerland later this month.

The 230ppm machine will be exhibited in combination with finishing equipment from Hunkeler in order to demonstrate "offset-challenging print quality in the transpromo market".

At the show, the digital press will produce personalised transactional documents, which will be cut, perforated, folded in three, and glued. The mailings will also be finally combined in batches of 20-25.

Danny Mertens, business development manager of document printing at Xeikon, said: "We wanted to use an application that would not only illustrate the Xeikon 8000's capabilities, but also impose heavy demands on the finishing equipment."

The Hunkeler 'innovationdays 2009' will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland, from 16 February until 19 February, with Xeikon at booth 4 in Hall 1.