Latin America’s largest label event, Label Summit Latin America, is set to open its doors on May 16 in Chile. Prati Company, an Italian manufacturer of finishing solutions, will be there to present Futura technology to label converters eager to safeguard their investment in high-performance finishing equipment. Visitors to the event will discover a brand new design concept based on an open-platform technology. Futura is available on the Saturn range of finishing platforms, including Saturn Omnia, which is a highly successful multi-use finishing solution for multiple label types.

After purchasing converting equipment, it is not impossible to upgrade and increase the machine’s performance, but it always incurs unwanted downtime, heavy retrofits and unsustainable costs. Futura enables converters to immediately upgrade and adapt their equipment to keep pace with future demands.

Compared to today’s standards, this open-platform technology enables an unlimited number of instant upgrades to safeguard the initial investment. The most recent technology developed by Prati allows converters to adapt immediately to a fast-moving market. With Futura, on-site upgrades are available. Downtime is kept to a minimum and a 24-hour stoppage is enough to upgrade what once required six days to accomplish.

According to Chiara Prati, sales and marketing manager at the Italian company: “Futura is a truly significant step ahead and will become a key concept for our new generation of finishing platforms. Such flexibility is like a life assurance policy. Your initial investment is always right because you’re acquiring one machine today which, becomes 2, 3 or even 4-machines-in-1, tomorrow.” 

Futura will officially be launched onto the South American market at Label Summit Latin America. A selection of finishing solutions in the Prati range already integrate this new design technology, in particular the Saturn Omnia.

Already a highly flexible solution, Saturn Omnia handles SA labels, flexible packaging, A4 sheets, wet glue labels and IML – one of the fastest-growing label types in today’s market.