Registration Allows Individualized Cigarettes

Source from:  www.tobaccoreporter.com 02/25/2009

AccuPac's new tipping paper print registration system allows cigarette manufacturers to print a unique message on each cigarette within a cigarette pack. Thanks to accurate print registration there is no need to match messages or logos across the cut on a repeat as had previously been the case. The system has been developed for the Hauni MAX range of machines, including MAX 80,90,100 and S variations. It provides the ability to apply tipping paper with multiple messages pre-printed on the tipping paper web. The system requires a print registration mark to be printed on the web at intervals of either every cut off panel length or integer multiples of the cut off panel length. The system uses the standard AccuPac servo driven Print Registration System with a bespoke mechanical interface for adapting the AccuPac system to the Hauni MAX for control of the tipping paper print position. "Manufacturers can now produce packs where every cigarette stick has a different message or image on the tipping paper," says Nigel Mawditt, managing director of AccuPac. "This not only creates impact as the pack is opened, but also each time a cigarette is taken out of the pack." Positioned under the overlap seam of the tipping paper, the print registration mark doesn't detract from any messaging or design. Enditem