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Schur® Star Systems GmbH Simplifies Flexographic Platemaking with CDI Crystal 4835 XPS

The new in-house, fully automated flexo platemaking system is so easy to use that Schur Pack even makes plates at night, when the platemaking expert is not in.

The Challenge:

Ensure on-time delivery

The Solution:

An in-house platemaking department

The Benefits:

Automation that results in the highest possible quality

Case Study Summary

The Schur Group is comprised of 15 international companies and has about 850 employees in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Australia and in the USA.

Founded in 1846 by Johan Wilhelm Schur, the sixth-generation family-run company Schur® is one of Denmark’s oldest.

Schur® Star Systems GmbH offers a solution for many different packaging types: food packaging, packaging with different shapes, packaging with rounded corners,… The company prints on paper, mat material, gloss material, single layer material… For all these applications flexo printing offers the best results.

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Ensure on-time delivery

Schur® Star Systems GmbH saw a need to streamline and automate prepress and platemaking in order to ensure on-time delivery.

The company therefore implemented an in-house platemaking department.

An in-house platemaking department

Schur® Star Systems GmbH chose Esko’s CDI Crystal 4835 XPS to further automate flexo platemaking.

From the one-up artwork all the way to the press-ready set of flexo plates, Esko systematically eliminates manual steps and inefficiencies where possible, making platemaking itself a two-step process.

Automation that results in the highest possible quality

Ease of use
Minimal training, no need for a platemaking expert
Highest possible quality results for flexo printing
Automation and plate consistency