SCREEN and Lombardi Converting Machinery’s hybrid printing system delivers a smart production workflow with digital flexibility, flexo speed, and automation throughout. The companies will showcase the hybrid label printing solution built around the SCREEN Truepress LABEL SAI S inkjet label press deeply integrated with Lombardi’s Digistar Hybrid line.
This configuration combining SCREEN’s high-performance digital printing with Lombardi’s flexographic and semi-rotary die-cutting units will be demonstrated live at the Lombardi booth throughout the Labelexpo 2025, taking place 16-19 September in Barcelona. Lombardi’s visitors can expect to see this advanced hybrid printing workflow in action, producing beer bottle labels to explore the benefits of a digital-flexo workflow guided by SCREEN and Lombardi’s label printing experts with personalised demonstrations and consultations.
This proven solution between SCREEN and Lombardi reflects an important trending topic at Labelexpo 2025 as label converters increasingly seek hybrid printing workflows to provide the flexibility and efficiency needed in the increasingly competitive label converting industry.
Lombardi’s exhibition centres their hybrid technology under their ‘Enter the Printdom’ theme, symbolised by a butterfly capturing how this market is transforming as digital and flexo printing are converging as complementary technologies that enable converters to optimise production based on job complexity and run length. Reflecting this vision, Lombardi’s Digistar Hybrid line is built to manage a wide range of label applications, from short, variable-data runs to longer, more intricate print jobs — all while maintaining consistent quality and throughput.
Represented by a hummingbird, known for its rapid manoeuvrable flight, SCREEN’s exhibition focuses on label and flexible package printing technology, balancing speed, precision, and adaptability. SCREEN’s part in this hybrid configuration brings not only its proven reliable Truepress LABEL 350UV SAI S digital inkjet label press, but also its exceptional EQUIOS workflow management software, enabling complex data sharing between both technologies to support an automated, end-to-end label printing workflow.
‘We believe hybrid digital and flexographic printing represents a new starting point for our industry,’ said Nicola Lombardi, Marketing Manager of Lombardi Converting Machinery. ‘This joint solution gives converters the tools they need to grow faster, handle diverse job types, and stay competitive, all while delivering the premium print quality their customers need.’
At the Lombardi stand, there will be a Truepress LABEL 350UV SAI S in a hybrid configuration with a Lombardi flexo unit, where visitors can see label production runs displaying how the deep technological integrations between SCREEN’s inkjet and Lombardi’s flexo provides a versatile label production solution.
At the SCREEN stand, attendees can explore the benefits of high productivity standalone digital label printing with 8-hour daily demonstrations of continuous label printing, highlighting how reliable printing performance drives reliable profitability.
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