Smartcolormatch and Inkmaker introduce the new SmartColorMaker system supplied and co-developed by Cellografica Gerosa of Inverigo (CO).
In collaboration with Inkmaker, based in Sangillio (TO), has developed a brand new and innovative system, the SmartColorMaker, complete with a small scale Color Matching feature, for printing, formulation, mixing and automatic dispensing, with to the hundredth of a gram accuracy, of ink formulas. The prototype has been industrially validated and has been in operation at the Cellografica Gerosa plant in Inverigo (CO) since 2024 with great satisfaction and has recorded, in just six months since its deployment, considerable reductions in start-up waste and spot colour adjustment times on rotogravures, with positive effects on investment recovery times.
Customer benefits
- Drastic reduction of waste and spot colour adjustment times
- Lower than 2.5 DE00 guaranteed on rotogravure machines
- Positive effects on investment recovery times
What it is
It is a complete miniaturized and customizable system for printing, formulating, mixing and dispensing ink formulass, capable of guaranteeing a DE00 of less than 2.5 between the desired target spot color and its counterpart printed on the first sheet on the rotogravure machine, allowing a steady speed start.
What’s included
- A miniaturized Rotolab Smartcolormatch® manual rotogravure printing machine (7 kg)
- Two miniature Smartcolormatch® rotogravure printing tools for both external and internal printing
- Two Smartcolormatch® colour charts printed on white and transparent PP with Sunchemical inks with 70-cylinder 0-angle lines.
- An annual use license for the Mycolor Smartcolormatch® DBCMS colour search software
- A license for Inkmaker’s IMaestro software
- An automatic dispensing system for ethyl acetate based inks, model XPT/S by Inkmaker
- Technical support for the positioning of the system
- Two weeks of Smartcolormatch ® training for on-site colour specialists
- On-site Smartcolormatch ® specialist consultancy for obtaining a lower than 2.5 DE00 on Rotogravure machines compared to the desired target spot colour
- Smartcolormatch ® helpline support included for the first six months after delivery.
How it works
The operating principle shown in the picture provides that printing must not be initiated unless you have obtained a DE00 of less than 1.5 from the SmartColorMaker system in order to guarantee 2.5 on the roto.
For informations
Tel. +39 347 082 8826
E-Mail: consulenza_aziendale@hotmail.com
E-Mail: info@smartcolormatch.com
Sito web: www.smartcolormatch.com
The main actors
Elia Gerosa, Direttore Supply Chain Gerosa Group
Cellografica Gerosa
Founded in 1935 in Italy, the headquarters of the Gerosa Group, develops and produces, in its European premises, tailor-made flexible packaging solutions for the food and beverage, pharma, detergents as well as other sectors. Thanks to its research and development centre and cutting-edge technologies, it offers innovative, safe and internationally compliant packaging all over the world. Its product know-how and almost one hundred years of experience in rotogravure and flexographic printing, combined with more than forty years in photochemical milling, make it an ideal partner for the development of packaging solutions that protect and enhance the product.
Agapito Di Tommaso, amministratore delegato Smartcolormatch
Smartcolormatch
Founded in 2020 by its CEO after more than 35 years of experience in the sector, the company deals with Color Matching. It has developed in its laboratory a complete set of hardware and software equipment and systems with the aim of reducing Spot Colors fine-tuning start-up times in job changes, costs attributable to waste and returns, and environmental impact. The company’s involvement starts with the supply of a Mycolor Smartcolormatch ® software license and a Smartcolormatch ® Data Base with over 80,000 stored colors for target colour research, and proceeds with the production of custom colour charts with substrates and inks provided by the converting client, down to the supply of manual portable rotogravure machines, which can be used next to ethyl acetate-based inks printing machines.
Christophe Rizzo, CEO EMEA / AMERICAS Inkmaker
Inkmaker
Founded in Italy in 1987, Inkmaker is a global manufacturer of integrated dispensing systems that improve efficiency by automating the process of dispensing and mixing inks, varnishes and chemicals. Inkmaker’s proprietary software and systems, produced on three continents, guarantee high color accuracy and immediacy. Inkmaker operates with its own staff and facilities in over 15 countries on 5 continents.
