Episode 267 - Lighting Up New Possibilities with Excelitas at LabelExpo
Show Notes:
In this episode of the FuturePrint Podcast, Marcus Timson is joined by Rob Karsten, EMEA Director for Advanced Lighting Systems at Excelitas, to explore how the company’s expanded product range is transforming print curing.
Since acquiring Phoseon Technology nearly three years ago—and later Noblelight from Heraeus—Excelitas has built one of the most comprehensive curing portfolios in the industry. By uniting UV, LED, infrared, excimer, and thermal technologies under a single brand, Excelitas now offers printers and converters an unparalleled ability to tailor solutions to their specific needs.
Rob explains how this broadening of capability allows Excelitas to address the full spectrum of curing requirements, from high-performance UV inkjet to aqueous coatings and hybrid press configurations. With the expertise of former Noblelight specialists in infrared and the longstanding UV LED knowledge of the Phoseon team, customers benefit from a unified source of deep technical know-how and practical application support.
Looking ahead to LabelExpo in Barcelona, Rob previews the launch of Nexus II—an enhanced UV LED curing platform with new form factors, improved performance, and advanced data integration for predictive maintenance and Industry 4.0 workflows. He also discusses the resilience of the label sector, where efficiency, energy savings, and performance upgrades—such as converting arc-lamp presses to UV LED—are driving strong demand for retrofit solutions.
From hybrid press trends to the economics of energy savings, Rob shares insights into how curing technology is evolving to meet the challenges of tighter margins, sustainability goals, and increasingly complex print applications.
If you’re attending LabelExpo, this episode offers a valuable preview of what to expect from Excelitas, and why their “one supplier, every solution” approach is lighting up new possibilities for the future of print.
FuturePrint Events:
FuturePrint TECH: Industrial Print: 21-22 January '26, Munich, Germany