Press Relase

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Poly-Pak Industries, Inc. invests in a second SOMA flexo press
to significantly increase quality and productivity
Lanskroun, Czech Republic; March 29, 2019—Czech Republic based SOMA (www.soma-eng.com)
announces that Poly-Pak Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of a wide array of packaging products, has
invested in a new SOMA OPTIMA2 eight-color flexo press, the first in the U. S. It will be used in
addition to the existing presses the company has on site—including a SOMA Premia flexo press
installed two years ago.
Founded in 1958, Poly-Pak Industries Inc. is a Melville, N.Y.-based film extruder and converter. The
company’s three shifts of more than 300 employees typically makes and converts polyethylene and
polypropylene films for bags, envelopes and roll stock. They provide a wide range of packaging
products, including reusable polyethylene bags, paper bags, and promotional paper and specialty bag
products for an extensive list of industries.
Poly-Pak had already installed a 59” wide 8-color SOMA Premia flexo press in November 2017. In
explaining his reasons for investing in the new SOMA OPTIMA 2 press, David Perelstein, Poly-Pak
technical manager comments, “Our SOMA Premia flexo press has brought Poly-Pak’s quality and
productivity capabilities to a level equal to anyone in the marketplace. We will now have the ability to
utilize the most recent flexo advancements with our new SOMA OPTIMA2 press. SOMA’s technical
R&D brings Poly-Pak access to leading edge flexo innovations. Poly-Pak also appreciates the
flawless service support from SOMA. They offer the support we need to keep production virtually
faultless.”
The Optima2 Press is the culmination of the latest advances in flexo press technology and design.
Optima2 presses are fitted with an Advanced Bounce Control System. Decks with print and anilox
cylinders are designed with emphasis on rigidity, precision and reliability. The press can reliably and
consistently hold highlight dots with perfect registration and minimize bounces at high speeds. This is
particularly important as it helps to maintain job consistency — especially when using HD plates or
when printing with an extended gamut. It can also assure that the press can hold registration.
With the ARUN system the registration and impression is adjusted automatically without any operator
effort. The result is that jobs get up to speed faster and there is basically zero feet of setup waste.
The SOMA Ink Cartridge system offers printers a means of reducing ink costs by minimizing ink
volume and residual waste. This is particularly handy on printing jobs where expensive spot colors—
for example, special effect and metallic ink formulations—are used.
Poly-Pak Industries, Inc. intends to install the new OPTIMA2 flexo press during the second half of
2019.
About SOMA (www.soma-eng.com)
Launched in the early 1990s, SOMA produces an entire range of machines, including flexographic printing
presses, slitter rewinders, laminators, plate mounters and die cutters. All products are manufactured and
assembled entirely in-house enabling the company to oversee all aspects of production and quality control. The
company is committed to developing new products with added value and to providing long-term service and
maintenance to ensure the longevity of its products.
Continuous growth over the past few years has seen the establishment of a new production and administration
complex encompassing both research and development. More recently, new innovations in product design have
led to investment in the SOMA Globe Centre, where customers are able to run product and development trials
using the latest machines in the SOMA range.
SOMA serves an international market from its EU based facility in Lanskroun, Czech Republic via sales representatives
& distributor network.