From carpet to curtain, store décor to packaging, footwear to outdoor clothing, street signs to outdoor signage, car windows to airplane seats, Zund cutters can process a wide variety of materials required with the perfect tools for knife-cutting, routing, punching, creasing, scoring, marking and laser-cutting.
Zund is a family-owned company headquartered in Altstätten, Switzerland, with subsidiaries in the US, China, India and the Netherlands, and with resellers in more than 50 countries worldwide and with more than 200 people currently working for the Zünd companies. Founded in 1984 by Karl Zünd, the company has built a reputation for over 25 years and, hence, is not only a pioneer but also a pacemaker and market leader at the same time.
Swiss engineering and precision
For more than 25 years the Swiss machine is known for its quality, dependability, technical superiority and exceptional customer value. The unrivalled precision at highest speed and acceleration of these machines, along with an intelligent and completely modular tool system and automatic material handling, has led Zund cutters evolve into high-performance production systems.
Just-in-time delivery from many Swiss suppliers is a key factor in Zund’s ability to maintain flexibility and efficiency in the final assembling of products in order to provide the shortest delivery time in the market of less than two months for a new, tailor-made machine.
From simple plotter to multifunctional machine tool
The latest digital flatbed cutting systems G3 and S3, are the result of 25 years of solid engineering work. Both product lines produce the modular and flexible machine concept available in terms of size and configuration, and also comply with the most stringent safety norms and environmental standards and come with a professional and multi-lingual manual.
Manual labour carries the risk of errors and inconsistency and is very time-consuming. As the cutting task is often one of the last steps in “just-in-time” production, the consequences and cost of errors can be serious. Contour cutting is normally very involved and time-consuming at both the design stage and at the time of production in the cutting room.
With Zund’s G3, always one step ahead
As the world’s most productive, versatile, reliable and precise cutting system, G3 couldn’t be better prepared for the race. “G3 has all the tools and options you need for digital cutting of any shape or material. Rigid boards, flexible fabrics, structural designs… G3 makes finishing profitable”, says Peter Hohl, Product Manager, Zund Systemtechnik AG.
The modular machine design of G3 and S3 makes upgrades with additional tools and options easy and cost-efficient to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. The machine design of Zund also satisfies the growing demand of the customers for safe, ergonomic and user-friendly operations.
Remote and on-site services are available to solve problems and answer questions that may arise. Zund’s technical support offers system maintenance and service and a spare parts exchange programme covering all models that they have ever sold over the past 20 years.
Indian market
With more than 100 installations for various applications, Zund has already built a broad and firm customer basis in India. With the establishment of the Indian office in Bangalore in 2012, Zund has made a firm commitment to the growing Indian and South Asian market. The state-of-the-art demo centre in Bangalore is designed to showcase complete design and cutting solutions for the packaging and display markets and other industries. Housed in a 2,000 sq.ft. two-storeyed building, Zund India provides complete demo and test facilities for prospects in the region as well as supports sales activities and provides after-sales service in response to the local demands and expectations.
With the largest production capacity worldwide, with a highly motivated and very experienced R&D-team and with its global reseller and after-sales service network, Zund never ceases to face new challenges. It responds quickly and effectively to the changes in the market place.
The following are the benefits of digital cutting:
• Additional capabilities and new applications such as contour cutting
• Arbitrary cutting contour possible, not only simple X/Y-cutting
• Digital workflow from design to finishing
• High and reproducible quality and precision, leading to better products
• Faster turnaround times
• Overall higher efficiency: More output with less labour (increase production without increasing labour costs)
• Labour reduction for manual cutting, printing and mounting
• Reduced waste due to human error and poor material use (nesting)
• Reduced printing time (no need for reprints)
• Less need for outsourcing, opens possibility for insourcing
• A flexible work-flow, pre / post-cutting and easy template creation.
• Shorter lead-time and improved ability to supply on time.