TAMIR ADDS KOENIG & BAUER DURST

The move represents strategic step for the family-owned company, which has built its business over more than 30 years on offset-based production of folding cartons, laminated corrugated packaging and leaflets. Founded in1993 and now led by the second generation of the Krywulec family, Tamir serves customers in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, automotive and appliances sectors across Poland and Europe.

For a company coming from a purely offset environment, Tamir’s decision to move directly into industrial-scale digital folding carton production is an important statement – and further proof that digital is moving from discussion to implementation in mainstream packaging production.

 Tamir operates from two specialised production sites in Bystrzyca Klodzka, with a third facility currently under construction as part of its continued expansion. The company’s near 20,000sqmof production and warehouse space support a broad and highly specialised packaging portfolio. One site focuses primarily on pharmaceutical packaging, pharmaceutical leaflets and premium, highly finished cartons for food and confectionery brands. The second site is dedicated mainly to automotive packaging production. Tamir also operates a B0-format line for laminated microflute packaging, alongside a high-end offset pressroom and advanced post-press capabilities.

At Tamir, the VariJET 106is being introduced based on a clear short-run and medium run business case. The hybrid press will replace older offset capacity for more than 3,600 short and medium-run jobs and over 5.6 million sheets annually. It is expected to enable production previously requiring two offset shifts to be handled in one VariJET shift.

The investment is forecast to generate significant annual waste savings and reduce production costs. In addition, the remaining VariJET 106 capacity is expected to relieve Tamir’s other nine offset presses from inefficient short- and medium-run work, further improving overall equipment efficiency and creating additional capacity across the pressroom.

“This is a significant strategic step for Tamir,” says Michal Krywulec, President of the Management Board, Tamir. “From the beginning, I had one key requirement: our digital press had to complement our offset production, not replace it. It had to be fully compatible with our existing workflow and, most importantly, capable of printing on the same carton substrates that we already use in offset production. This allows us to switch between technologies depending on the customer’s needs while maintaining the same quality standards and production flexibility.”

Krywulec continues, “When Koenig & Bauer Durst introduced the VariJET concept, it was the first solution that matched the vision I had for digital packaging production. It combines the flexibility of digital printing with the industrial capabilities and substrate compatibility we were looking for. That’s why we decided that VariJET was the right investment for Tamir. We come from a purely offset environment, so our decision to move into high-volume digital folding carton production was based on a clear business case and a view of how we want to develop our production in the future.”