Soma Engineering is the world’s largest manufacturer of flexo printing and converting machines equipment manufacturer based in Lanskroun, Czech republic. It offers a wide range of products like flexographic presses, slitters rewinders, laminators, plate mounters, sheeters and die cutters.

Flexographic printing presses
When designing Optima, Soma Engineering focused on bouncing and registration accuracy issues and developed Advanced Bounce Control System to raise your confidence in high speed printing of problematic designs. They implemented IRIS to address short run issues. They also made OPTIMA ready for Expanded Gamut, Enviromental (WB) Printing or UV LED.
Optima
Start-up press, small press in terms of width and repeat, easy to operate
Is designed for MID WEB segment such as wrap around labels, shrink sleeves, sachets, various pouches, other food packaging, paper cups, paper sacks and wrappings.
Optima2 8C
Main stream printing press, high speed, full automation
Is designed for WIDE WEB segment such as food packaging, frozen products, hygiene product packaging & diapers, paper cups and wrapping, paper and plastic bags…
Optima2 10C/8CL
The top of the range press for 10 colour print or larger formats, high speed, full automation
Is designed for EXTENDED REPEAT such as group packaging, pet food, agriculture sacks, paper cement bags, pre-print cardboard
Laminators
Slitter rewinders
When designing slitter rewinders, Soma Engineering added various features that allow slitting of difficult materials such as diaper membrane, thin filtration nonwoven or rigig PET up to 700 microns. Our slitters offer different levels of automation as well as customization, for example laser perforation.
Pluto III.2
The PLUTO III.2 Slitter Rewinder with integrated unwind unit offers to converters a cost effective solution for slitting of a wide range of substrates.
Venus III.2
VENUS III.2 is top of the range, high performance slitter, that offers converters maximum efficiency in slitting.
Venus III.2-T
The VENUS III.2 Turret is aimed at larger converting companies needing multiple slitting of medium diameter rolls with the highest level of automation and productivity.
Plate mounters
The FLEXMONT series of plate mounting machines are designed for fast and accurate plate mounting to ensure the superior print quality of OPTIMA flexo printing presses
Flexmont
An entry level machine designed for maximum precision and high repeatable accuracy achieved by manual mounting of the plates.
S-Mount
Sophisticated plate mounter designed for full automation of either of the two processes 1) plate mounting, 2) register and impression setting later during the printing process.
Die Cutters
Bulldog
The Bulldog machine is a roll-fed die cutter mainly designed for the production of foil lids for yogurt containers. The die cutting technique is of very high precision to ensure perfect edge quality. The long life die cutting tool consists of multiple dies that enable several lids to be punched per stroke. Various lid shapes, formats and embossing patterns are possible.