On May 1, Sussex, Wisconsin USA-based QuadTech Inc., announced the acquisition of Vigiteck based in Limerick, Ireland. QuadTech is a world leader in press control technology and register guidance systems for web offset newspaper and commercial applications, packaging and gravure publications in more than 100 countries through facilities located throughout Europe, Japan, China, Singapore, India and the Americas. Vigitek, a leading designer and manufacturer of 100 per cent print inspection systems. The acquisition will improve offerings of print quality solutions for the packaging industry by combining QuadTech’s expertise in advanced register guidance systems with Vigitek’s state-of-the-art print defect detection systems.
The QX-100 is Vigitek’s 100% Colour Vision Inspection system Ireland based Vigitek are pioneers in print defect detection technology based on continuous 100 per cent inspection of the web for all kinds of printing like gravure, flexo, web offset, sheetfed, labels and corrugated packaging for all kinds of configurations (roll-to-roll, roll-to-sheet and sheet-to-sheet). Their solutions are considered the best in the industry. Vigitek will operate as a subsidiary of QuadTech, and will continue to function as its own entity.
In our last issue, we gave details of Vigitek’s system used by Uflex, India’s largest flexible packaging company, at their new Jammu plant. Their technology uses a linescan system that utilises high-resolution 3CCD cameras with an optical prism and customized software that runs very complex detection algorithms. This technology will complement QuadTech’s well-known Autotron Packaging colour-to-colour registration technology.
According to Karl Fritchen, President of QuadTech, “Vigitek excels at continuous defect detection across the entire press web. QuadTech excels at register controls. Together, we offer a premier solution for the packaging industry.”
QuadTech’s Register Guidance System Vigitek will operate as a subsidiary of QuadTech and continue to function as a separate entity. QuadTech itself is a subsidiary of Quad/Graphics, the largest privately held printer in the Western Hemisphere. QuadTech’s Indian subsidiary operates out of Ahmedabad and both QuadTech and Vigitek are exhibiting at drupa 2008 albeit in their individual stands. (QuadTech Hall 17, B40 and Vigitek Hall 3, B44) |
