Gidue is the winner of the 2015 FTA Technical Innovation Awards. Founded in 1958, the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) is a professional society dedicated to the advancement of the flexographic printing industry. The Technical Innovation Awards have been founded to celebrate innovations and excellence in the flexo industry.
On 3May 2015,the FTA Awards brought together some of the sector’s leading companies and individuals to honour those companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the flexographic industry in terms of printing excellence, technical innovation, leadership and more. Held as part of the FTA Forum and InfoFlex 2015, the formal presentation of the Technical Innovation Award took place at the Annual Awards Banquet in the Omni Nashville Broadway Ballroom.
Gidue’s Digital Flexo Excellence Project has been already awarded in 2014 in Chicago with the Label Industry Global Award for innovation. Digital Flexo Excellence is a system of technologies developed to make the workflow, setup and run of a flexographic press fully automated and digital.
Digital Flexo Excellence presses are designed to deliver high productivity, reduced costs, flexibility and consistent quality, with digital efficiency, repeatability and ease of operation. Print and diecutting cylinders are exchanged non-stop, on-the-fly, fully automatically without stopping the press. A digital camera and eight servo motors on each print unit substitute the eyes and the fingers of the operator with digital eyes and digital fingers, performing fully automated print pressure and register control. With faster changeover times, higher press up-time, and minimum waste, it projects flexography into a new era in the label and packaging industry, challenging digital printing on quality, efficiency and profitability also in micro and shortruns.
Federico d’Annunzio, president, Gidue, comments, “We are honoured that the efforts of the whole Gidue team have been awarded. Since the inception of our company, Gidue technologies have introduced revolutionary concepts and innovations, which today, after 15 years, have become some of the technology standards in our industry. This award is a further incentive for Gidue to continue developing new technologies for the benefit of the labels and packaging industry.”
Matteo Cardinotti, MD, Gidue, says, “We are proud that judges have understood in depth what the Gidue Digital Flexo Excellence concept is. This award represents a great opportunity for Gidue to strengthen and consolidate its role as an innovative manufacturer company, also in the North American market.”
Cristina Toffolo, VP marketing, Gidue, says, “Winning an FTA award is a prestigious honour. We have all put tremendous energy into making automation and digital flexo a top priority in our innovations programme and this award is a creditto everyone in our high quality workforce and their contribution to our excellent record. We take great pride in exceeding our customers’ expectations and delivering award-winning technology on their behalf.”
Maurizio Trecate, VP sales, Gidue, concludes, “We want to thank all our customers,suppliers and distributors spread all over the world. Their partnership and constant commitment represent a strong push to keep on developing our innovative technologies.”
