PackSim-Gravure Case Studies
| Shorewood Packaging Formalizes Press Training With Gravure |
It’s not easy to find trained gravure operators in Newport News, Virginia. All of the operators in the
rural Shorewood Packaging plant have come up through the ranks, trained by existing staff while on
the job. With gravure presses running at $900 per hour, the plant has found this to be a very expensive
learning curve. So when it began putting together a formal training program for gravure operators, the
plant turned to a PackSim press simulator from Sinapse Print Simulators.
| Westvaco Case Study |
Westvaco has been using PackSim (Packaging Simulator) for a little over a year. The goal was to find an efficient and effective way to improve their troubleshooting training, and, ultimately, the troubleshooting skills of their press personnel.
| Italians take Lead in Gravure Training Technology |
The packaging industry is one of the most dynamic segments of the graphic sector in Italy. This is particularly true in Northern Italy where gravure is often the process of preference for large companies.
| Pilots use simulators |
I saw the early, pilot version of the simulator being demonstrated at the Sinapse H.Q. in Paris/F in the spring of 1998. It looked very promising then - but I wanted to see how far the project had progressed since then. I was not disappointed. ERA supported the promotion of this "training tool" during the IPEX exhibition and saw first hand the popularity and potential it has.
Saudi Arabia: Shots at Riyadh Institute -
Canada: 6 Shots at Mohawk College -
South Korea : Gravure & Shots at Pukyong University -
Finland : Flexo & Sheetfed at Pohjois-Karjalan - REGISTER NOW for 2nd SHOTS Productivity Contest -
New UPM print jobs in Heatset -
India: 3 Newspaper simulators at WAN IFRA -
China : 36 new Flexo/Sheetfed/Gravure at SPPC, QuFu Normal & Dongguan Polytechnic -
South Africa : 3 Heatset at Paarl -
Japan: Shots at Fujifilm -
Mexico : Shots at Uilmac & El Debate -
New installations: -
US: 1 Shots at Diman Regional VTHS & a 6th Shots at Fox Valley College -
France : Heatset & Flexo at Baggio & 2nd Shots at Branly -
SHOTS with Heidelberg interface available -
Gravure & Flexo now compatible Windows 7 -
Germany: 10 Shots at JGS Stuttgart -
Poland: Shots & Flexo added to schools in Warsaw and Bydgoszcz -
Spain: SHOTS at IES Leixa -
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