Extrusion International 4-2024

17 Extrusion International 4/2024 “German Innovation Award” The German Design Council has honored LEIBINGER's innovative, high- performance industrial printer, IQJET, with the Gold German Innovation Award on May 14th in Berlin. Additionally, the marking system specialist was named Innovator of the Year 2024.  The interdisciplinary expert jury of the German Design Coun - cil awarded IQJET in the category "Excellence in Business to Business: Machines & Engineering" with the Gold German Innovation Award. The award is based on criteria such as sustainability, quality, and eco - nomic efficiency for outstanding products, projects, and pioneering achievements. About 300 guests from politics, business, and media attended the festive event. IQJET, for instance, prints texts, logos, and codes on a variety of sur - faces such as metal, plastic, glass, and paper. The device guarantees high performance, exceptional print quality, and efficiency with reliable continuous operation and no need for cleaning. Users ben- efit from the unique "Plug&Print" performance, easy operation, and five years of maintenance- free op- eration. Compared to conventional printers, IQJET reduces operating costs by up to 30 percent. Further- more, companies optimize their ecological footprint through the low consumption of energy, ink, and solvents. Christina Leibinger, CEO of LEIB - INGER, and COO Jan van het Reve personally accepted the award. Leibinger summarizes, "We have set a goal to continuously optimize industrial CIJ printing and take a leading role as a provider of inno - vative coding & marking technol- ogy. We are proud that our inno- vative strength has also impressed the jury.” Van het Reve adds, "Our developments are always focused on benefiting the customer, meaning that with the LEIBINGER printers we aim to make a significant contribution to operat- ing cost optimization, sustainabil - ity, and efficiency in manufacturing and packaging lines worldwide." The nomination committee also recognized LEIBINGER as Innova - tor of the Year 2024. Renowned business, science, and media ex - perts consider LEIBINGER to be the pioneer in its field. The award is the largest audience award in Ger- man business, honoring companies of every size and industry as well as innovative ideas from all areas of business. Over 70,000 entrepre- neurs, CEOs, and other business en - thusiasts also choose the winners of the audience awards online in various categories. Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG www.leibinger-group.com Christina Leibinger, CEO at LEIBINGER, and Jan van het Reve, COO, accepting the German Innovation Award in Berlin from three different versions of SML’s powerful winder W4000: A 2-shaft version, the well-known 4-shaft type and, last but not least´, a double turret winder with a to- tal of 8-shafts. “The advantage of the 8-shaft winder is the ability to use 2’’ winding cores for hand rolls. Generally, this type of winder is capable of running at very high speeds. This boosts the perfor- mance of the EcoCompact® II to the next level,” Thomas Rauscher says. As a standard, the EcoCompact® II comes with a Cloeren Reflex die, the benchmark technology for ultra- fast and hands-free die lip control. It can be upgraded with an automatic die mapping system. Also available are cut resistance rollers, coreless winding, modified edges and much more. “Thanks to the comprehensive technical pos - sibilities of the 2-meter-EcoCom- pact® II, flexibility in stretch film production is guaranteed,” Thom - as Rauscher from SML concludes with pride. SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH www.sml.at