About Ganesh Printers – Our Infrastructure
Infrastucture
We at Ganesh Printers will spare no effort to ensure complete customer satisfaction by: Partnering with our customers to provide cost-effective, timely & world-class printing. Seeking active involvement & participation of Employees at all levels. Actively investigating & investing in Technology to continually improve Quality & Productivity. Treating Vendors as Partners in Progress. Ensuring complete fairness in all transactions & compliance to all legal & statutory requirements. Contributing to the Society at large.
PrePress
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Workflow Software | Esko workflow (Trap, RIP, Imposition, etc.) |
| Output devices | 1 Creo Trendsetter Quantum F 3244 (8-up Thermal CtP system)1 Fuji Luxel T9500 (8-up Thermal CtP system)1 Screen Tanto DTR-5120 (8-up film recorder) |
| Proofing devices | 2 Epson Stylus Pro 7900s w/GMG ColorProof RIP1 Epson Stylus Pro 7900WT (with white ink for clear & metallized substrates)1 Konica Minolta C6000 |
| Sample Making | Esko Kongsberg XL20 die-less cutting and creasing table for quick sample making & short production runs |
| Scanners | 1 Dainippon Screen SG-8060P high-end digital color drum scanners1 Creo-Scitex Eversmart Supreme flat-bed scanner |
| Software | Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Macromedia FreeHand, and CorelDraw.Speciality software such as Esko PackEdge, ArtiosCAD, etc. for applications such as packaging design, structural design etc. |
Press
Sheet-fed Presses
| Machine | Max.Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Komori Lithrone G740 | 28.3in x 40.5in | 7 colour + coater |
| Komori Lithrone S729 | 20.85in x 29.5in | 7 colour + coater |
| Mitsubishi Diamond V3000 | 29.5in x 41.3in | 6 colour + coater |
| Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX (UV) | 28.5in x 40in | 6 colour + coater (UV Press) |
| Mitsubishi Diamond 1000LS (UV) | 20in x 28.3in | 6 colour + double coater (UV Press) |
| Mitsubishi 1G6 | 20in x 28.3in | 6 colour + coater |
| Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LS | 28.5in x 40in | 5 colour |
| Mitsubishi 2F5 | 22in x 32in | 5 colour |
| Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LS | 28.5in x 40in | 4 colour + coater |
| Komori Lithrone 240 | 28.5in x 40in | 2 colour + coater |
| Mitsubishi 3F2 (UV) | 28.5in x 40in | 2 colour (UV Press) |
| Komori Lithrone 240 | 28.3in x 40.5in | 2 colour + coater |
| Komori Lithrone 240P – 2 nos. | 28.3in x 40.5in | 2 colour (1/1 Perfectors) |
| Komori Sprint 228 – 4 nos. | 20in x 28.3in | 2 colour (1/1 Perfectors) |
Web-fed Flexographic presses
| Machine | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MPS | 16in web-width | 8 Colour; Full-servo, full UV-curing machine with online cold-foil, lamination and die-cutting options |
| MPS | 13in web-width | 8 Colour; Full-servo with Sleeve Technology, full UV-curing machine with online cold-foil, lamination, delam-relam and die-cutting options |
| OMET | 22in web-width | 8 Colour; Full-servo, full UV-curing machine with online cold-foil, lamination, delam-relam and die-cutting options.1 movable unit of Gravure also for embellishment.Capable of printing from 0.04-0.6mm substrates. |
| HP Indigo WS6600 | 13in web-width | Digital press with 7 colour Indichrome |
| Codimag | 13.3in web-width | 2 Colour; Full UV flexo & Letter press machine with online rotary silk screen, hot foil, emboss and die-cutting options |
Finishing
Coating/Lamination
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Lamination | Steinmann Lotus & 2 Wenchyuan machines for lamination of Gloss/Matte BOPP films as well as Metallised PET films |
| Full UV/Aqueous coating | 3 coaters from Wenchyuan (Taiwan) and Proteck (Juba) for full or spot high-gloss UV coatings & aqueous (water-based) varnishes |
Embellishments
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Cold Foiling | Transferring highly detailed patterns in foil without the need for a stamping block. |
| Laser Cutting | 2 Machines from SEI (Italy) for high-speed and intricate laser cutting of materials upto 4mm thick |
| Spot UV coating | 3 Sakurai and 1 Proteck screen printing machines for spot application of gloss, matte, raised and textured UV finishes |
| Hot Foiling | 4 automatic foiling machines in various sizes with foil-saver technology from Germany and Italy (manual machines also available for short runs) |
| Embossing | Multiple embossing machines |
| Reflection Embossing | 2 machines for transfer of fine micro textures and details onto selected areas of paper |
| Holographic coating | 2 machines for innovative transfer of holographic patterns to full or spot varnished areas |
| Edge Gilding | Gilding of edges of books, thick cards, etc., with metallic foils |
Binding
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Folding machines | 7 folding machines from MBO, GUK, Shoei and Horizon with up to 6 parallel and 3 cross folding capabilities |
| Saddle-stitching (Centre-pinning) | 2 Sankoh (Japan) pinning and three-knife trimming machines with up to 7 form gathering stations |
| Section-sewing | 2 automatic section-sewing (Smythe-sewing) machines from Meccatronica Aster, Italy |
| Perfect Binder | 2 auto-perfect binding machines from Kolbus (24-clamp) and Muller-Martini (4-clamp) |
| 3-Knife Trimmer | 2 programmable trimming machines for three-side cutting of book blocks from Kolbus and Horauf (Germany) |
| Case-making & Casing-in | Hardcase book making machinery from Kolbus (Germany). Also used for making cases for rigid fliptop boxes |
| Wire-O sealing | Automatic wire-o mounting and sealing machine from Rilecart (Italy) & Renz (Germany) |
| Wire-O & Spiral hole punching | 3 Automatic machines (from Germany and Japan) and 5 manual hole punchers and sealers |
| Fuse-binding | Fused calendar hanger machine from Sanwa, Japan (tops of sheets fused together to form an eco-friendly stiff paper hanger) |
Conversion
Packaging Conversion
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto-platen die-cutting | 5 Fully automatic platen die-cutters with stripping – from Sanwa (Japan), Sugano (Japan) and Iijima (Japan) |
| Stripping machines | 2 Auto-stripping machines from Kawahara, Japan |
| Folder-gluers | 4 folder-gluers capable of pasting tuck-in, crash-lock and 4-corner boxes from Bobst, Brausse, Bagempam and Tanabe |
| Rigid box making line | 2 Fully automatic rigid box making line (box formation & outer liner pasting) from Emmecci, Italy and China.4 semi-automatic box-making machines from Japan and USA |
| Case making (for flip-top boxes) | Fully automatic case making machinery from Kolbus (Germany)Also used for hardcase books |
| E-Flute pasting | Registered Board-to-Fluting paster from Meigwong, China |
| Manual die-cutting | 6 manual die-cutting machines |
| Sheeters | 3 Sheeters – 2 fully automatic machine from China, and a manual sheeter of Juban make for conversion of paper and board from reels to sheets |
| Pharma Folding | 2 VIJUK & 4 GUK & 1 H&H folding machines for pharma inserts/outserts with 19 parallel and 10 cross folds and spot gluing |
| Window Patching Machine | Fully automatic window patching and 360° window pasting machine from France |
Label Conversion
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Hot Foil, Emboss, Diecut | 2 station foil/die-cut machine with registered web-feed from Orthotec (Taiwan).Reel-to-reel or with sheeting |
| Screen printing | 2 station screen print machine with registered web-feed from Orthotec (Taiwan).For printing colours or UV effects. Reel-to-reel |
| Slitter-Rewinder | 5 Slitter-rewinders from Omega and Prati. 3 of them equipped with AVT defect-detection systems |
| Variable Data printing | 2 inkjet systems capable of printing at 600x600dpi resolution for numbering, 2D/3D barcoding, etc. Reel-to-reel |
| Pressure Sensitive Material Convertor | Converts printed substrates into pregummed label material, without liner in the case of LinerLess labels and including liner for LiteLiner labels |
Other Equipment
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Cutting Machines Programmable | 15 fully programmable cutting machines from Itoh (Japan), Polar (Germany) and Proteck (Juba) |
| Collators | 2 Auto-collators for collating sheets in sequence & 2 signature collator for sequencing folded forms |
| Sheet Counters | For auto-counting of printed stacks |
Quality Control
| Equipment | Description |
|---|---|
| Label Insepction (3 nos.) | Online Barcode & Image Checkers from AVT on slitter-rewinders to do 100% checking of every label by comparing against a reference image of a good sample. |
| High-Speed Full-Lot Inspection Machine (2 nos.) | Checks the entire lot against a defined good sample to catch any defects. For sensitive verticals like pharma, tobacco, etc., these machines provide 100% checking |
| Spectrodensitometers | Auto-tracking Spectrodensitometers from XRite and Techkon are available on all presses and measure the colour bar on press sheets to check consistency |
| Sheet Scanner and Checking | This checking system from Nikka, Germany scans a printed sheet and compares against a PDF or a scanned good sheet. Apart from catching any variations, minute spots, missing items, it also checks the readability of barcodes. |
| Barcode & Image Checkers | Online Barcode & Image Checkers on Pharma Folders as well as our Bobst folder-gluer ensure that no defective items (missing print, reversed sheets, different batch, etc.) get into the job in production |