Our Jobs

Autajon Group offers technical professions as well as cross-functional professions which support production.

The Group offers a wide variety of trades: technical professions related to production as well as cross-functional professions which support production.

Packaging production

Desktop Publishing Design & Pre-Press

At the customer's request, Autajon Group proposes through a R&D department, the creation of new folding boxes shapes.

The Design department will conduct a neutral prototype on a plotter and put it in volume which is called a white cut.

This sample is then presented to the customer for approval. From that prototype or customer's files, the DTP operator intends to match the graphics with geometry to obtain a good sample to print.

It is controlled from the received items. The colour sample is sent for validation.

Process Planning

Thanks to customer files and the estimate made, and in accordance with the Production department, the Methods department draws up the manufacturing file which defines each step of the process.

The manufacturing file generates all demands in terms of raw materials and equipment (cardboard, cut pattern... )

Copy & inks labs

Based on digital files established by DTPs, the copy laboratory engraves the print plates thanks to the CTP system (Computer To Plate), a technology which allows productivity gains, quality printing and significant reproduction accuracy.

The copy laboratory also undertakes the creation of equipment films, varnish plates and controls offset plates. At the same time, in the inks lab, inks are created according to the customer's needs.

Once inks comply with customer needs, the ink technician prepares the colours for printing.

Each ink's formula is filed automatically.

Printing

Before launching printing, operators prepare and wedge the machines. Colouring is checked by different means (densitometer, pantone colour chart or bar code scanner).

When printing for the fisrt time, the customer gives his approval by signing a pass for press. Once the colouring corresponds to the customer sample, printing can begin. The first side of the folding case is printed and the second side will follow the same process.

The different printing methods (Offset, flexography and screen printing) allow a wide range of colours and results (bright, matte, glitter).

In order to avoid counterfeiting, Autajon offer numerous solutions.

After the signing of a confidentiality agreement, these solutions and their concrete application are examined which leads to forms or authentification and securing reassuring the customer.

Hot stamping

Hot stamping is frequently used, especially in cosmetics where it gives a luxurious appearance.

Gold, silver, coloured or holographic, hot stamping is carried out thanks to gilding tools that are previously positioned.

Film coating

It consists of pasting a bright, matte or satin transparent film in order to embellish or protect the box.

It is also possible to film coat the paper with gold or silver metallic films before printing so as to give a metallic look to the printed paper.

Cutting and embossing

The machine alignement is prepared out of the machine's environment. The operator ensures the cut pattern is correct, prepares the machine by adjusting the cut pattern and the ejection plate.

At this stage, embossing or stamping phases can be incorporated. It is then also possible to affix braille. After that comes the phase called stripping.

This operation consists in separating the boxes from the cardboard matrix.

For large series, the boxes are cut and ejected mechanically. For smaller series, this is done manually.

Gluing

Boxes previously cut are put on a glue production line where they are folded and glued automatically before final packaging. Quality control technicians identify defective boxes and glue correct proportionning.

Both folding boxes and box sets undergo quality tests at each stage. All these measures comply with procedures codified in the ISO 9001 quality standards.

Labels production

Creation

The creation of a label is the result of artistic research undertaken by our creative studios which combines material effects, different design techniques: line drawing, watercolours, oil based paint, computer-aided design...

Once the proof is validated, the creative design studios conduct the printing of a coloured model which is presented to the customer. It is crucial to differentiate the 2 major types of labels:

- Dry labels: produced from a paper sheet on which printing and forwarding are incorporated.

- Self-adhesive labels: made from a coil comprising complex with a glassine paper and a pre-glued (acrylic or hotmelt glue) front-end called frontal.

Pre-press

Based on the colour proof or customer files, the DTP operator ensures they can be perfectly used by the machine and tries to match graphic elements together with geometry in order to generate a «Passed for Printing » which will be validated by the customer.