Manufacturer of UV curing equipment for the printing and coating industries, GEW (EC), in October invested in a fleet of 8 new Toyota Auris hybrid cars for its team of service engineers to provide more efficient and environment-friendly transportation. With a total fleet of over 20 vehicles with a high annual mileage to manage the benefits of changing to hybrid vehicles are significant.

A new video has been released by GEW to illustrate how wide-web converters can benefit from GEW’s fully air-cooled NUVA2 UV systems. The NUVA2 lamphead is available in widths of up to 2.50m and boasts particularly fast switch-on and cool-down cycles achieving considerable electricity and time savings.

Phenix Label Company’s product range includes innovative labelling and packaging solutions for the food and beverage sector, for beauty and personal products and the pharmaceutical and automotive industries with a strong emphasis on exceptional service and rigorous quality management. In 2016 Phenix Label installed a brand new OMET printing machine with GEW UV curing: an X4 ten colour flexo press with ten 16” wide GEW-designed LW1 LED...

Exhibiting at this year’s ICE shows in Munich and Orlando, GEW will be presenting the latest releases of their line of specialist UV curing systems for the coating and converting industries. Both events will be an opportunity to update the professionals on the full range of UV equipment for use with coating and converting machinery supplied by the British manufacturer.

Exhibiting at this year’s Graphispag exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, GEW will present the latest releases of its line of specialist UV curing systems for the printing and converting industries. The event will be an opportunity to update the professionals on the full range of UV equipment for use with printing presses and converting machinery supplied by the British manufacturer.

UV curing capability has been added by Folex Coating in Cologne, to its principal coating line. In 2016 Folex installed a UV curing station on their principal coating line and integrated a GEW-made 170cm NUVA2 UV system with an 18kW RHINO electronic power supply. The UV lamphead is positioned over an 800mm temperature controlled roller with the ability to operate within a range from 15-130°C, depending on the substrate, to achieve an opt...

  To support the research and development effort of UV LED ink manufacturers, GEW has released a faster version of its LED UV curing lab system. The company’s ‘Magic Carpet’ LED lab system makes the task of developing and testing UV LED ink formulations easy, accurate and ergonomic.