Flexible Packaging – SCREEN Europe

Sacchital Bets on Digital Printing to Lead Paper Packaging Transformation with SCREEN’s first-ever Truepress PAC 520P

Andrew Dion — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:49:32 +0000

Sacchital Group has become the first company worldwide to install SCREEN’s Truepress PAC 520P, embracing digital inkjet printing for toward sustainable, paper-based flexible packaging.

Milan, Italy — In a bold move towards reshaping the future of sustainable packaging, Sacchital Group, a leading Italian flexible packaging converter, has become the first company globally to install SCREEN’s Truepress PAC 520P – their revolutionary digital inkjet digital press engineered for paper-based flexible packaging using water-based inks compliant with the strictest European safety standards.

Supported by SCREEN’s trusted distributor for digital label and packaging printing solutions in Italy, REM srl, this strategic installation marks a major milestone in the development of paper as a viable, high-quality, and environmentally responsible alternative to plastic in flexible packaging. This demand is driven not only by rising consumer demand for recyclable, low-environmental impact materials, but further accelerated by the EU’s upcoming Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) legislation, mandating greater circularity and recyclability across the packaging sector.

Sacchital’s Long History of Forward-Thinking Innovation

Founded in 1945, Sacchital has consistently led the industry with its commitment to innovation, top-quality, and environmental responsibility. The company’s extensive paper packaging portfolio spans the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical sectors, with deep expertise in delivering high-barrier, tailor-made packaging solutions. With a firm belief that “competitive sustainability and performance must go hand in hand,” said Alberto Palaveri, Executive Member of the Board at Sacchital, CEO at Åkerlund & Rausing (part of Sacchital Group), as well as current President of Giflex. He explained how they have been actively investing in sustainable materials and processes, and now, digital print technologies that further support circularity initiatives.

In a rapidly evolving market where brands are urgently seeking sustainable packaging solutions, Sacchital identified an opportunity to become early innovators while expanding their product portfolio and printing capabilities—recyclable paper-based formats. While flexo and gravure remain essential for long production runs, the company needed a smart, agile, and low-impact technology to complete to meet growing demand.

With the Truepress PAC 520P, Sacchital now has a highly flexible and cost-efficient digital printing technology—enabling faster time-to-market and greater reactivity to customer demands with final orders ready to ship within 48 hours, and a future-ready platform to confidently navigate upcoming regulatory changes in the flexible packaging sector.

“Innovation is in our DNA,” said Palaveri. “As the market shifts toward sustainability, we wanted to be at the forefront—not reactive, but actively shaping the transition. The SCREEN Truepress PAC 520P allows us to offer something radically new to our customers: a digital solution for paper packaging that is flexible, competitive, and truly eco-conscious.”

Expanding Proven Inkjet Technology to Flexible Packaging

“With thousands of inkjet printing devices already installed globally across the Commercial Printing and Label printing sectors, this first Truepress PAC 520P installation marks a pivotal entry for SCREEN into a new segment with flexible paper packaging,” says Yukiyoshi Tanaka, President of SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. “This installation with Sacchital signals a major step forward for our company’s mission to drive sustainable innovation in the packaging industry.”

The Truepress PAC 520P uses water-based inks and is designed to digitally print onto the new generation of heat-sealable, recyclable paper-based packaging, enabling a short time-to-market and supporting brands’ transition toward circular, low-impact packaging solutions.

This press is also compact, easily installed, and seamlessly integrates into existing production workflows, enabling converters to transition to digital printing for paper packaging without the complexities of heavy investments into new infrastructure.

As individual job length continue to shorten and SKU counts explode, the ability to print on demand what’s needed, when it’s needed, represents a huge strategic advantage to increase sustainability while reducing overproduction waste.

With this new digital printing solution, Sacchital can now print short run, fully finished reels of packaging with high design variability—perfect for market testing, seasonal promotions, or SKU proliferation.

SCREEN & Sacchital: An Innovative Future Together

Both companies are united by a commitment to excellence, technical leadership, and sustainability. As this partnership evolves, Sacchital and SCREEN will collaborate closely to explore new applications, support customers in the transition to paper, and demonstrate how digital printing can future-proof packaging portfolios.

“We are delighted to partner with Sacchital, whose reputation for quality and innovation makes them the ideal pioneer for this technology,” said Yukiyoshi Tanaka. “This collaboration demonstrates how digital inkjet can remove entry barriers when entering paper packaging—simplifying production, reducing waste, and enabling converters to serve new markets confidently.”

Alberto Palaveri was just as optimistic about this new partnership, remarking, “True change requires bold steps. With SCREEN, we’re not just installing a new press—we’re co-creating the future of sustainable packaging.”

About Sacchital Group

Sacchital Group, operating with five production plants, specializes in the manufacturing of flexible packaging for the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical sectors. Thanks to extensive experience in the world of packaging, it is always ready to offer customized and highly versatile solutions to its clients.

The Group operates in various sites across Northern Italy. In Bergamo, Dupol Next is at the heart of semi-finished extrusion production, while other plants in Milan and Turin area specialize in flexible packaging, with a particular focus on paper and rotogravure and flexographic printing technologies, as well as the new digital printer.

In each plant of Sacchital Group innovation and tradition meet, continuously fostering solid know-how and an ever more diversified product portfolio. Its extremely flexible production capacity allows to respond efficiently and creatively to every challenge.

In total, the Group covers a 350,000 square meters area, and our annual packaging production serves both the European and global markets. Each facility is designed to meet the future challenges, always prioritizing quality, innovation, and sustainability.

SCREEN Launches Truepress PAC 520P Water-based Inkjet System for Paper Packaging

screen — Thu, 23 May 2024 13:51:50 +0000

SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. (SCREEN GA) has finalised the development of its Truepress PAC 520P, a new water-based inkjet press designed for paper packaging, making this innovative system available worldwide.

Outline

The continuing diversification of consumer needs in recent years has seen brand owners adopt various strategies to drive interest and increase the marketability of their products. Even for individual items, they now often use a number of package designs and link each product to targeted digital information. Product packaging is also often changed in rapid cycles driven by sales campaigns.

At the same time, a growing awareness of environmental issues has led many countries to increasingly regulate plastic use and work toward the creation of a more sustainable global society. For companies, this has triggered a shift away from packaging made from conventional fossil-based plastic packaging toward more easily recyclable naturally derived packaging.

Unfortunately, traditional analogue presses used by converters cannot cope with this shift toward increased product diversification and new, sustainable forms of packaging, hindering production efficiency and significantly impacting profitability.

In response to these needs, SCREEN GA has leveraged its innovative, market-proven technologies to develop the Truepress PAC 520P, a new type of press for paper packaging that is designed to meet the industry’s increasingly demanding requirements for quality, productivity, and safety. The system is now available in markets worldwide.

The Truepress PAC 520P can print onto media widths of up to 520 mm at a superior resolution of 600 x 900 dpi and speeds up to 80 meters per minute thanks to a specially designed drying mechanism optimized for paper packaging.

In addition, the Truepress PAC 520P uses SCREEN’s proprietary Truepress ink NP. These water-based inks comply with European food and safety regulations and guidelines, known for their strict inspection standards, ensuring a high level of consumer safety. The system also includes various eco-friendly features, such as the use of lightweight, easily recyclable bag-in-box units for the ink tanks.

The Truepress PAC 520P is a digital system that dramatically reduces prepress processing and printing preparations compared with conventional methods. It also significantly shortens production times and decreases the number of operators required on-site, as well as their
workloads.

Even with high value-added packaging runs, such as mixed, small lot, and variable design items, the press is able to maintain throughput with no less of productivity. This allows converters to create a printing environment capable of supporting a more comprehensive range of applications and serving a more diverse portfolio of clients.

SCREEN will be showcasing the Truepress PAC 520P at drupa 2024, to be held in Duesseldorf, Germany. Going forward, SCREEN remains committed to quickly identifying the needs of emerging markets and providing new functions and solutions to address them. These advances will help drive the continuing growth of the sustainable, flexible package field.

Note: TRUEPRESS, Truepress PAC and Truepress ink are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. in Japan and/or certain other countries.

SCREEN ready to take orders for new Truepress PAC 830F high-speed water-based inkjet system for flexible packaging

screen — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:14:07 +0000

New partnership with printing company Chiyoda Gravure will further refine the new sustainable flexible packaging printing technology

SCREEN is ready to accept orders for the Truepress PAC 830F, a new high-speed, water-based inkjet system designed for flexible packaging.

With the introduction of the new inkjet system, SCREEN addresses the rising demand for secure and sustainable packaging solutions. It aligns with the evolving preference of flexible packaging companies to transition to efficient small to medium lot printing to meet diverse requirements while minimising environmental impact.

Recognising these developments, SCREEN GA had announced in 2020 it was creating a new inkjet system. Since then, it has been improving the quality of the system to levels that would satisfy market requirements, with the help of customer feedback. These efforts have culminated in the launch of the Truepress PAC 830F.

The Truepress PAC 830F is a high-speed, water-based inkjet system specially designed for flexible packaging. Using drop-on-demand inkjet technology, it can handle media of up to 830 millimetres wide at an industry-leading speed of 75 meters per minute with a resolution of 1,200 dpi x 1,200 dpi. The system is also capable of printing at a resolution of 1,200 dpi using a built-in primer coater that increases ink adherence. Its CMYK and white water-based inks also conform to food safety regulations.

These features allow the Truepress PAC 830F to deliver both excellent safety and colour consistency, two factors that are essential for the food products industry. Serving as its digital front end (DFE) is EQUIOS, which has evolved with SCREEN GA’s Truepress JET and Truepress LABEL series and is now optimised exclusively for the Truepress PAC 830F. This DFE enables not only high-speed printing but also advanced colour management.

Partnership with Chiyoda Gravure

Chiyoda Gravure Corporation and SCREEN GA have reached an agreement that will see them work together to drive the use of digital printing for flexible packaging materials, utilizing SCREEN’s Truepress PAC 830F.

With increasing global emphasis on sustainability in production and evolving consumer preferences for diversified small lot packaging, traditional gravure printing methods, best suited for large runs, face challenges of low productivity, operator strain, and significant product wastage. To address these issues, Chiyoda and SCREEN GA have recently worked together to install the Truepress PAC 830F at Chiyoda’s facility. Their joint mission is to advance the use of digital printing in flexible packaging, expand the range of applications, optimize the digital workflow, and resolve issues associated with small to medium lot production.

Aligned with their respective corporate philosophies and a commitment to innovation for sustainability, the collaboration aims to enhance working conditions in flexible packaging production and elevate print quality. Their ongoing efforts will focus on developing solutions for longstanding challenges in small and medium lot production, ultimately contributing to the digital transformation of the flexible packaging market.