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Tau 330 and Jumbo roll units speed up production
Omnilabel exponentially increases their productivity

2. Michiel Smudde: “The Tau 330 enables us to expand into new,
interesting market segments with new products.”
Omnilabel, a major label printing specialist in the
Netherlands, was Durst’s first customer to install the
Tau 150 Label Press in 2010 with a view to opening up
new market potential with digital label production. The
Tau 150 has accounted for 60% of Omnilabel‘s increase
in turnover over the past four years.
Combined with rising demand, this necessitated an
expansion of the production capacity. In December
2014 Omnilabel and Durst decided to intensify their
collaboration by installing the Tau 330 digital UV Inkjet
Label Press with Jumbo roll units.
Omnilabel B.V.
Dalfsen, Netherlands
www.omnilabel.nl

3. “The new Tau 330 enables us to develop our
core competence with a greater focus on digital
production,” stated Michiel Smudde, Managing
Director of Omnilabel BV in Dalfsen. “In addition to its
excellent print quality, the Tau 330 is equipped with a
number of interesting features, including an integrated
cooling roller for the processing of thin, heat-sensitive
materials such as aluminium foils for blister packs.
This will help us develop new business models in the
future.”
Omnilabel is now able to print on the Tau 330 using
Durst’s new Tau Low Migration Inks for primary food
packaging produced by Sunjet. The used substances
of the Tau Low Migration Inks comply with European
Printing Ink Association (EUPIA) guidelines, the Swiss
Ordnance for Materials and Nestlé Packaging Inks
Specifications. This ink increases the production range
of the Durst Tau 330 to include unsupported foils for
specialty packaging applications such as blister packs,
yogurt pot lids and many other applications.
Michiel Smudde: “This is a highly significant feature
for us as demonstrated, for example, by the new
blister foils for food packaging for Unilever marketing
department. We already print packaging orders for
health products on their behalf, but with the low
migration inks we can also include food products.”
He continued: “The 330 mm maximum width of the
Tau 330 enables us to move into primary packaging.
Bearing in mind that this will be a highly profitable
market, with figures increasing by 12 to 14% annually
(as opposed to 2 – 3% for labels), we have already set
up a new, digital packaging division and appointed a
dedicated sales representative.”
The integrated inert gas system also reduces the
typical odours of UV inkjet printers, thus complying
with the low odour print production requirements of
the food and pharmaceutical industries.
Omnilabel has a large customer base with diverse label
specification and print run requirements. Most jobs have to
be delivered within three days. There is an increasing demand
for small and medium production lot sizes in the highest
print quality and with added-value such as variability and
versioning. Quality, flexibility and very fast delivery are of
great significance to the Omnilabel organisation.
Applications at Omnilabel range from smaller and mid-
range runs for industrial and safety labels to labels for the
electronics and automotive industry, fashion, drinks, body
and health care, household products, the chemical and paint
industries, printing on blank die-cut labels and printing of
variable data jobs including sequential numbering, text,
images, barcodes, matrix codes and QR codes. As regards
new applications in packaging, from 40 micron, the company
can now print on packaging material, especially blister foils.
Blister foils for packagingNew market segments, new applications

4. The Omnilabel management (Mark Eshuis, Ingrid
Smudde-Eshuis and Michiel Smudde) decided to invest
in the Durst Tau 330 as an additional production
facility, i.e. the Tau 150 is staying in place. Michiel
Smudde explained that there is still a lot of scope for
Omnilabel in sizes up to 150 mm wide. “We can still use
the Tau 150 for this type of work. The Tau 330 enables
us to expand into new, interesting market segments
involving new products. Obviously we are still very
active in the larger – adhesive and/or non-adhesive
– label segment, but there are some very viable
opportunities in the packaging sector. Using the Durst
Tau 330 Omnilabel is able to meet this demand and
deliver the requested products in the desired number
and quality, promptly and profitably.”
Michiel Smudde added: “Despite the extensive range
of market solutions on offer, Omnilabel once again
opted for Durst and decided to invest in the Tau 330,
as this printing system features an impressive range
of applications and an outstanding print quality
of 1260 dpi. The resolution is much better than in
flexo or screen printing and customers are asking
for it. Moreover, Durst‘s operational and service
competencies were also crucial factors, which made
Omnilabel decide not to go for the lower priced
products offered by some competitors.”
Competencies focused on digital
production

5. Durst specifically developed CMYK inks for the Tau
UV Inkjet printing systems. Omnilabel opted for extra
White on the Tau 330. Michiel Smudde explained:
“Almost 50% of our labels are transparent so we
first print white on them. The Durst Tau runs at the
same speed to print white, thus avoiding loss of time.
Moreover, similar to other colours, the white dries
immediately which again prevents time loss whilst
overprinting white during a second step.”
There have been many developments in paper and
cardboard for digital printing in recent years, but
Omnilabel employees regularly attend training
organised by suppliers. A wide range of standard
materials can now be applied without expensive, time
consuming preparation or drying and finishing process
steps. The Tau systems deliver constant print quality
throughout the entire production run, from the first
to the last label. The option to repeat orders makes
it possible to replicate all parameters without long
preparation cycles.
Compared to conventional flexo print techniques,
which Omnilabel is still using for very large or one or
two colour runs, the Tau is simple and easy to handle.
The optional Variable Data Print module (VDP) makes it
possible to create individual labels, varying in number
or colours.
Michiel continued: “The new Tau 330 enables us to
develop our core competence with a greater focus on
digital production. In addition to the excellent print
quality and speed, the new Jumbo roll winder/unwinder
will speed up production even more, facilitating
uninterrupted print production and faster job changes.”
This large roll unwinder/rewinder can handle rolls
of ø 1000 mm diameter or roll lengths up to 4000
linear meters for material widths up to 330 mm. To
support this speed the system incorporates automated
motorised loading and unloading of heavy rolls with
a built-in roll lifter. Furthermore, a built-in splice table
facilitates easy and fast roll changes. The system is
equipped with a servo drive to feed material in both
directions.
Michiel Smudde explained why the production speed
has become 3 times faster in relation to the Tau 150,
while printing labels smaller than 150 mm wide.
“Because the print width is twice the width of the Tau
150, we are already able to place two maximum 150
mm wide labels side by side on the Tau 330. Moreover,
the Jumbo unwinder/rewinder facilitates uninterrupted
printing for much longer roll lengths – 4,000 instead
of 2,000 running meters. With the Jumbo winder/
rewinder in place we have a factor of 4 less stops in
production. A certain amount of time is lost each time
the machine stops, which is why this feature saves
us a great amount of time. When the system runs it
prints very smoothly and precisely, even with two
smaller rolls of labels side by side - another reason to
opt for this machine. As a result overall production
is approximately 3 times faster than what we could
achieve with the Tau 150, which is already fast! This
means a 25% lower production cost to print the same
volume.”
He added: “Although Omnilabel does a lot of work in
the range up to 2,500 running meters, there’s also
considerable potential in the range between 2,500 and
10,000 running meters. That’s why both machines are
more than welcome as far as we’re concerned.”
Speeding up productivity
Numerous advantages

6. The latest technical developments are constantly
being incorporated into Durst products.
Descriptions, illustrations and specifications are
therefore subject to change without notice.
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03/2015
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Omnilabel also deals with a number of special clients
including ACA in Eindhoven, which is managing the
automation process for more than 600 fashion retail
shops in the Benelux. Omnilabel supplies volumes
of about 25 different – adhesive and non-adhesive
– labels, produced from stock. From 1 March 2015
Omnilabel will continue these operations in a joint-
venture with ACA.
Michiel Smudde concluded: “We execute our existing
jobs with great care and attention to detail, but we
are also constantly looking for new applications and
products that will serve our customers even better.”
Omnilabel serves approximately 650 customers in the
Benelux and Germany. Since 2010 the company has
acquired approximately 300 new customers for digital
label printing on the Tau 150 printing system. Most
clients aren‘t really bothered which printing system
is used to produce their orders and don’t notice any
difference. Some comments relate to improved quality
in terms of resolution and colour. Many are happy with
the option of shorter runs, runs in different versions
or with variable data, and now, with the Tau 330, with
wider labels and packaging products in outstanding
print quality.
Client base