In recent years, the market landscape for sheet-fed gravure presses has been quietly reshaped. A market once dominated by Zhenheng Limin is gradually transforming into a competitive arena shared by multiple players. Intensifying competition brings both challenges and opportunities. At its core, the market's recovery is driven by the accelerating shift from traditional screen printing to sheet-fed gravure technology.

Gravure printing has consistently held a significant share in the printing industry, demonstrating particular strength in the field of flexible plastic packaging. It is also widely used in cigarette packaging, decorative materials, and publishing.

In high-end cigarette packaging printing, striking a balance between process quality and production efficiency has long been a central challenge for enterprises. In particular, special processes commonly used in cigarette packaging, such as embossed ink printing and snowflake effects, place extremely demanding requirements on equipment in terms of drying capability, stability, and operating speed. Although traditional gripper-bar delivery systems are technologically mature, they are increasingly

In cigarette packaging printing, the sheet-fed gravure press has long been an important production asset, yet it is often misunderstood. The "sheet-fed" in sheet-fed gravure refers to single-sheet feeding, not single-color printing In fact, ongoing technological iteration has long made unit-type multi-color sheet-fed gravure presses a reality. However, earlier models, constrained by limited registration accuracy and low levels of automation, were gradually overtaken by the higher efficiency of w

Interview with Feng Yan, Executive Director of Beijing Zhenheng Limin Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.

In 2006, Zhenhengli's single-concave machine was exported to India. Shortly after the installation team returned home, a service call came in from India reporting that the paper couldn't feed through.

As a classic model from Beijing Zhenheng Limin, the Wbz+LA single-diameter single-concave machine has enjoyed 18 years of strong sales in India, earning widespread popularity among Indian packaging users.

By the end of 2024, Hubei Hejia Packaging Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hubei Hejia) returned an earlier purchased assembly machine (due to misregistration issues) and procured a single-diameter, single-concave machine from our company. Through the joint efforts of both parties, the sample production for the Black Horse cigarette packaging was completed before the 2025 Spring Festival.

In recent years, the unique process effects of single-depression machines have gained increasing recognition among industry experts. Newly established cigarette packaging enterprises, considering factors such as limited capital and unstable operations, are opting for second-hand single-depression machines as their first choice.