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Stölzle’S MaSniereS Decoration

Stölzle Masnières Parfumerie
glassmaking enters the digital world Décoration is well prepared
to realize the customer’s most
Digital glassmaking has enabled Stölzle’s Masnieres site in France to
offer its customers finished samples in less than four weeks. The site is demanding ideas in terms of
the company’s centre of excellence for perfumery and cosmetics and it decoration. The decoration
now offers its customers more flexibility in development and in production site offers automatic and semi-
runs. automatic silkscreen printing in
The site’s Managing Director, Etienne Gruyez, said: “The industry is adap- ceramic and a broad range of
ting to keep up with the digital big bang. For example we can provide organic colours as well as spray-
new finished samples to our customers in less than four weeks thanks to ing and hot foil stamping. Stölzle
a complete digitalisation of the design phase. Digital printing allows us to
also minimise errors and reduce costs.” Masnières Parfumerie is the sole
When it comes to the development of new products, all departments glass producer worldwide to offer
involved, including the mould shop, its team of product developers and IPET treatment, which is applied
designers, along with its decoration facility, are fully integrated and co- to the glass containers immedi-
operate closely with each other. ately after production in order
This ensures the availability of a finished, decorated glass sample within to achieve fancy reflections on
a four week development process. the bottles’ surface. The French
“What the client needs is flexibility and that’s what digitization brings. decoration site also sets steps
Agility is what we try to offer at Stölzle,” said Mr. Gruyez. with its most recent acquisition,
The site has also installed new production equipment which allows to
manufacture two different items – meaning two different shapes – simul- which is inkjet printing. This
taneously on the same production line. This reduces the minimum order technique allows to carry out
quantity and the number of moulds required for an item. fast and high quality multicolour

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