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46 Flexo & Gravure Global 4-2016 Markets and events Let’s talk a little about Industry 4.0. Where does Uteco stand? Peretti: Well, let me start by say- ing Industry that 4.0 is a very well- known, and an important issue everywhere not only in Europe, but also worldwide. However, I do not think that the technical aspects are so well-known by all the people discussing this issue. We have al- ready been working for many years on some attributes of Industry 4.0. The first has been everything which is connected to the product which is the press in terms of global inte- gration for the exchange of infor- mation. In the first instance we have the installation at our cus- tomer and how we can integrate our electronic mechanical systems with logistics, global management of the press and the production line, and so on. I think that, like our competitors, we have been working on these aspects for a long time, in terms of obtaining direct feedback from the operators, and from the management system used by the customer including logistics. This system has been used in our work, for many years. Another important aspect of in- dustry 4.0 is the organization of our company. I came from the au- tomotive industry so I‘ve already introduced a lot of innovative management philosophies in terms of just-in-time, and quality - Six Sigma for example. You can there- fore say, that I am a six sigma belt coming to the company with auto- motive experience. What does that mean for a printing press manufacturer? Peretti: I have introduced these philosophies more and more strongly into the company with Six Sigma philosophy. But this kind of system must be organized in a completely integrated way. We’ve got to work with all the other sup- ply chains and logistic systems, lean engineering, manufacturing, and the organization of our facto- ries. This is due to the fact that now we need to introduce this system into our three factories in Italy and the USA and also in our partner supplier plants in Italy and abroad. This means we must also have a management system in terms of in- formation. We were the first to in- troduce, for example, SAP, which is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. It is not so easy to in- troduce SAP for our kind of busi- ness and our kind of products, as the concept is more useful for mass Ansgar Wessendorf In September 2016, the Italian flexo and gravure printing press manufac- turer Uteco organised the “Flexo So Good” event with suppliers and print- ers at its headquarters in Colognola ai Colli (VR). Several companies in- cluding 3M Italy, Prades, Sun Chemical, Simec Group, Rossini, Asahi Photoproducts, Camis, I&C/Gama and Grafikontrol participated in the first edition of this event. Using the technologies and consumables offered by these companies, the Onyx flexo printing press installed at the Uteco Con- verDrome technology centre performed impressive print demonstrations. Flexo & Gravure Global used this occasion to speak with Aldo Peretti, CEO of Uteco about topics like the company’s new EB machine, Industry 4.0 and what this means for a printing press manufacturer. “Flex So Good” highlights flexible packaging print quality An interview with Aldo Peretti, CEO of Uteco on EB curing and Industry 4.0 Technicians demonstrate a job changeover on the Onyx XS Eco One with EB curing “It is not so easy to introduce SAP enterprise resourse planning systems for our kind of business and products” © by G&K TechMedia GmbH · 79312 Emmendingen · Germany · www.flexo-gravure.com
