News 1: Compliance + High-End Dual Drive! UV Printers Become Core Tools for European and American Printing Enterprises' Transformation
Against the backdrop of the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (2024 Amendment) mandating VOCs emission limits to 50mg/m³ and increasingly stringent low-carbon regulations in California, USA, UV printers have emerged as the preferred equipment for European and American printing industries to break development bottlenecks, thanks to their three core advantages: environmental compliance, high-end customization, and intelligent efficiency. Practical cases from numerous benchmark enterprises have verified their market value.
As one of Europe's largest label printers, the Skanem Group achieved a disruptive upgrade after introducing two Domino 7-color N610i UV inkjet printers at its Skurup factory in Sweden. Equipped with solvent-free UV inks, the equipment achieves zero VOC emissions, fully complying with the EU REACH and RoHS dual certification standards, and successfully avoids the risk of EU's new UV-328 hazardous substance restrictions in 2025. Its white ink printing effect is comparable to screen printing, with speed matching UV flexographic printers, and no additional primer coating is required, adapting to various label materials. This has allowed Skanem to completely eliminate the inventory pressure of traditional processes—previously, obsolete label scrapping costs caused by mass stockpiling for flexographic printing are now fully eliminated through the "single-piece printing, instant drying" model. Customer order delivery cycles have been reduced from 72 hours to 8 hours, saving over 1.2 million euros annually in warehousing and consumable costs. More notably, the equipment's "microtexture" technology enables high-reflection three-dimensional effects, helping Skanem create differentiated labels for FMCG and pharmaceutical clients, with high-end customized business accounting for 60% of its operations, up from 35%.
In California, USA, a company specializing in high-end packaging has reduced costs and improved efficiency through intelligent upgrades by introducing industrial-grade UV printers. Integrated with Industry 4.0 capabilities, the equipment features a CCD visual positioning system achieving precise alignment within 0.1mm, supporting batch production of mixed SKUs. It can complete printing of luxury packaging in different specifications in a single batch without mold replacement or machine adjustment. Combined with UV-LED cold curing technology, energy consumption is 40% lower than traditional equipment, saving over 30,000 US dollars in electricity bills annually. The light source has a lifespan of 20,000 hours, reducing maintenance costs by 65%. The company's person in charge stated: "UV printers have enabled us to pass environmental inspections while securing orders from multiple high-end beauty brands, increasing product premium by 3-5 times."
From label printing to high-end packaging, from European factories to North American markets, UV printers perfectly meet the dual demands of environmental compliance and high-end customization in European and American markets with their core advantages of zero VOC emissions, high-precision processes, and intelligent adaptation, driving the industry towards greenization and high value-added transformation.
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