{"id":94204,"date":"2025-11-19T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.converter.it\/?p=94204"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:15:05","slug":"making-gravure-shine-utilizing-bobst-oneecg-to-create-metallized-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.converter.it\/en\/making-gravure-shine-utilizing-bobst-oneecg-to-create-metallized-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Making gravure shine: utilizing BOBST oneECG to create metallized colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adding a luxury look to flexible packaging, BOBST oneECG (Extended Color Gamut)<\/strong> for gravure includes the ability to print a wide range of metallics colors with a standard ink set. By removing the need for expensive metallic inks, the solution simplifies production, cuts cost, increases design flexibility, and supports sustainability goals.<\/p>\n

\"BOBST\"<\/p>\n

Since introducing oneECG technology for gravure in 2019, BOBST has delivered multiple machines optimized for printing with a fixed set of inks. Today, converters are successfully using this approach to meet growing brand-owner demands for shorter runs, reduced waste, faster turnaround times, and higher color stability and long-term color consistency.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the standardization of the gravure printing process enabled by oneECG<\/strong>, converters can enjoy less complexity and higher process stability in packaging production. The concept entails a set number of standard inks that stay on the press between jobs, making set up and changeover a much more efficient and straightforward process.<\/p>\n

By avoiding the use of spot (or PANTONE\u00ae) colors, fewer cylinders are required to print the job and less ink is wasted, saving considerable costs, as well as time and energy. In addition, oneECG allows multiple SKUs\/jobs to be printed across the same run, meaning converters can respond better to the trend towards shorter job lengths and more frequent design changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ECG process has gained considerable traction among European gravure printers over the past few years, because they recognize the crucial benefits this method brings to their business and the wider implications it has for the industry, and the environment,\u201d<\/em> stated Davide Garavaglia, General Manager and Head of Product Lines Gravure, Vacuum Coating & Laminating.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adding a luxury finish with oneECG metallics <\/strong><\/p>\n

Making oneECG for gravure an appealing prospect for brand owners in the luxury market, the solution enables converters to print metallized effects easily and cost-effectively.<\/strong> The first converter to realize the potential and adapt oneECG to metallics commercially was Poplast Flexible Packaging in Italy<\/a>, with the introduction of its Pop7+1<\/strong> solution. The market pioneer and flagship user has integrated oneECG on its BOBST gravure presses.<\/p>\n