Lion Labels Adds Xeikon 3300 for On-Demand Printing

ITASCA, IL—December 4, 2012—Xeikon NV, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced today that Lion Labels, a Massachusetts-based, full-service label converter, has purchased and installed a Xeikon 3300 digital color press.

With 50 years of label printing expertise, Lion Labels offers labeling solutions for a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical and medical, advertising, cosmetic, food and beverage and private labeling. The company invested in a Xeikon 3300 press after experiencing customer service and downtime problems with its previous digital press provider.

Many of Lion Labels' customers are startup companies that need labels for new- or test-market products, and the Xeikon 3300 offers better productivity, higher-printing quality, and more versatility for shorter-print runs. "The Xeikon 3300 was the ideal solution for us to grow our digital labels business," said Michael Berke, Lion Labels' general manager. "This press has allowed us to price our digital labels services more competitively and win more business. We can print on a wide range of substrates, while being more cost-effective for shorter runs, because there are no make-ready costs. Our digital and flexo technologies complement each other perfectly."

The Xeikon 3300 is Xeikon's primary narrow web-fed press designed for labels and packaging applications. It can print on scalable widths ranging from 7.9˝ to 13˝, and has virtually no restrictions on the length of the printed label. In addition, the press can print on a wide range of substrates without pre-treatment.

"Lion Labels is another example of a company taking advantage of the paradigm shift in the tag and label market," noted Michael V. Ring, president of Xeikon America. "Today, many brands can no longer afford to buy huge quantities of labels because the nature of the competition demands less waste and no obsolescence. The Xeikon 3300 is a perfect combination of speed, productivity, high quality, and cost-efficiency, and has proven to be a major differentiator for Lion Labels over competing label converters."

For more information about the Xeikon 3300, please visit www.xeikon.com/solutions

About Xeikon
Xeikon NV (XEI: AEX) is an innovator in digital printing technology. The company designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital color presses for labels and packaging applications, document printing, as well as commercial printing. These presses utilize LED-array-based dry toner electrophotography, open workflow software and application-specific toners.

As an OEM supplier, Xeikon designs and produces plate makers for newspaper offset printing applications.

Xeikon also manufactures basysPrint computer-to-plate (CtP) solutions for the commercial printing market. These proven CtP systems combine the latest exposure techniques with cost-efficient UV plate technology, high-imaging quality and flexibility.

For the flexographic market, Xeikon offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name. ThermoFlexX systems provide high-resolution plate exposure including screening, color management, as well as workflow management.

All the Xeikon solutions are designed with the overarching principles of profitability, quality, flexibility and sustainability in mind. With these guiding principles and a deep, intimate knowledge of its customers, Xeikon continues to be one of the industry's leading innovators of products and solutions.

Source: Xeikon.