Event details
Global rises in energy costs, coupled with a laser focus from brands on sustainability issues, are driving a sharp rise in the adoption of energy-efficient UV LED systems. Despite this, some still doubt how useful it could be to their business. Charlie Kortens, editor of FlexoTech, and Jamie Neill, sales manager UK & Ireland at GEW (EC), will be joined in this open discussion by UV LED adopters Morag Ash of Bizerba Labels (UK) Ltd and Adrian Brown of Olympus Print Group.
Topics covered:
- How does UV LED benefit flexo printers?
- Which applications is UV LED most appropriate for?
- What are the costs involved with UV LED and how does it impact energy consumption?
- What is the installation experience like for printers?
- How was production improved after installation?
- What are the pros and cons of UV LED technology?
Presenter information:
Charlie has worked as a trade journalist for eight years, joining Whitmar Publications in 2018. Since then he has worked across all of the company's titles (Digital Printer, Digital Labels & Packaging, Digital Textile Printer and, of course, FlexoTech). He became editor of the latter in 2022, taking over from Michal Lodej. As editor, his role is to keep abreast of the latest advancements and developments in the flexo industry, cementing FlexoTech’s position as the leading publication in the flexo sector.
Adrian Brown has never had any doubts regarding the explosion of UV LED technology. With a 40-year background in print technology, an apprenticeship as a litho printer was followed into production planning, then sales and marketing, before taking the step to set up his own print company.
Adrian has a firm belief in the phrase ‘standing still is moving backwards’ and this led to him purchasing Olympus’ first UV LED lampheads from GEW back in 2019. The ArcLED enabled system on their Nilpeter FA4 allows Olympus to interchange E2C and LeoLED cassettes on a job-by-job basis to allow Olympus to meet their customers’ requirements.
Jamie is responsible for GEW sales across the UK and Ireland, working closely with customers to deliver UV solutions for a wide variety of applications. His experience is in B2B technical sales and account management, having spent the past four years with a leading equipment manufacturer. During this time his focus has been on adding value to customers’ projects and services. He now brings this expertise to GEW and advises printers who are considering an upgrade to their press by retrofitting a UV LED curing system.
After 20 years working with a multinational food packaging corporation, Shaun Boult moved to the
UK from New Zealand in 2015. Since then, he has worked with UK market leaders specialising in the
management of end-to-end production and new developments.
With this experience in hand, he was appointed factory manager for Bizerba Labels UK in June of
2021, tasked with setting up the organisation’s new clean-cut labels division with state-of-the-art
equipment, including an MPS LED 530 press. He was recently promoted to (BLUK) factory operations
manager, heading all factory operations on site.
Mr Boult is dedicated to developing sustainable packaging, waste solutions and continuous
improvement through team-based lean manufacturing and quality-based concepts.