Disastrous property damage, loss of key customers, and evaporating markets would spell the end for most companies, but for graphics producer Filmet, these trials marked turning points that would lead the company to prosper. Read on to find out how th
An Overview of Filmet’s Equipment
prepress
M&R Digikote II screen coater
Helios exposure unit
AGFA Avantra44 imagesetter
printing
M&R Insignia six-color inline (images up to 40 x 56 in.)
Two M&R Patriots (images up to 40 x 56 in. and 52 x 84 in.)
EFI VUTEk UltraVu 3360 eight-color solvent inkjet printer
Two EFI VUTEk PressVu UV 180 eight-color UV inkjet printers
Two EFI VUTEk FabriVu eight-color
dye-sub printers
Eight HP 5500 aqueous inkjet printers
Durst Lambda laser photoimager
Xerox 8100 toner-based digital press
Two Kodak RP30 laser photo printers
finishing
Zund i-cut M-1600 and XL-3000 digital cutting systems
Accutech 16- and 24-in. liquid coaters
GBC 60-in. hot/cold laminator
Sallmetall 60-in. hot/cold laminator
Seal 5500 60-in. hot/cold laminator
D&K film laminator and Accu II cutter (31-in.-wide web)
Michael Miracle 60-in. guillotine cutter
Two Pfaff KL-1245 industrial sewing machines
Three Juki industrial sewing machines
JOP EVI industrial grommet setter
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