Andrea and Phil Trumble (Pozitive) with Nico Valiani and Francesco Morelli (Valiani) featured here.

Pozitive recently took the wraps off the Valiani Omnia 100 automatic feed die cutting machine and introduced it to customers at the recent Open House event in Sydney.

The Valiani Omnia 100 automatic feed die cutting machine was launched for the first time in Australia at Pozitive Sign & Graphic Supplies’ recent Print Finishing Open House at Eastern Creek in Sydney.

Also on display and being demonstrated at the open house was Summa’s latest finishing solutions, along with Roland DG’s TrueVIS AP-640 resin and LG-640 UV printers.

Pozitive staff were in attendance to help attendees gain first-hand experience on the company’s finishing solutions including sheet-fed, wide-format and roll cutting technology to suit their cutting, creasing and scoring needs, and more.

Valiani CEO Nico Valiani, Pozitive managing director Phil Trumble, and Roland DG product and marketing manager Greg Stone took us on a tour of the respective machinery.

“An advantage of the Omnia 100 is that it is designed and developed to work automatically all day long without the presence of an operator,” Valiani said, kicking off his demonstration of the machine.

Valiani explained that he has been in the family business for 29 years, and that it was started by his father 49 years ago. The company was recently sold to the Summa Group.

He pointed out that the Omnia 100, which is made in Italy, can process media up to 75cm by 105cm in size, and caters to the growing demand of personalised diecutting processes, exclusive packaging and unique labels without the added cost of dies and make-readies.

Other benefits of the Omnia 100 include its QR Code feature.

The high-res camera quickly detects the code, pulls up the cut files into the software and executes each project, eliminating cut lists.

Valiani also pointed out that the Omnia can cut several types of material of different thicknesses (up to 12.7mm) and is able to collect two SRA3 sheets at a time, significantly increasing average output levels.

ProPack.pro was then given a tour of the Summa S One and S Class 2 series cutters by Trumble.

He explained that the S One D60 drag knife driven cutter, ideal for signmakers that require the functionality and performance for high volume vinyl and digital print shop environments, has a vibrant colour touchscreen, fast and reliable ethernet connection and improved processing speed, amongst other notable features.

Trumble then moved on to the Summa S One D160 and S Class 2 T160 cutters, explaining that they could kiss cut and flex cut pre-printed material, and pointed out the advantages of the barcode workflow feature.

“The cutter will read the barcode and identify the job, then load the correct cutting file, allowing for full automation,” he said, adding that with the F Series flatbed cutters, even more flexibility can be added, like routing and creasing.

Stone was on hand to take us through the Roland DG TrueVIS AP-640 and LG-640 UV printers, which he said had been launched last year, and would be on display at Visual Impact in May.

“The TrueVIS AP-640 four-colour resin printer is the first leap into resin technology for Roland, so it’s pretty exciting,” he said, explaining that the printer has redefined resin printing with high colour saturation on a wide range of materials from uncoated PVC to non-PVC media.

It features new TrueVIS resin ink and advanced machine features to optimise colour reproduction and includes variable dot control technology and dual staggered printheads to create impressive image and colour quality.

Stone also went on to point out the benefits of the LG-640 UV 64-inch series printer and cutter which includes staggered print heads, wide colour gamut and high-density white ink, high-definition output, fast-drying print, speciality printing, broad media compatibility and automatic calibrations.