MPH doubles plate capacity with new Esko CDI system
20 February 2024
The UK-based reprographics supplier has installed its second Esko CDI Spark flexo plate imaging unit, having also recently invested in a Vianord Engineering plate processor.
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Looking ahead to 2024
20 February 2024
With the first drupa in eight years on the horizon, Sean Smyth looks at the developments likely to come in flexo.
Shine LED lamp kits impress in Pacificolor beta
19 February 2024
Flexographic prepress trade shop Pacificolor says it has increased production efficiency and improved its sustainability performance after upgrading a plate exposure system from fluorescent exposure…
‘True end-to-end support’ envisaged after Eco Flexibles investments
19 February 2024
New facility with in-house flexo platemaking and major investments in inkjet printing, slitting and laminating, as UK flexible packaging supplier gears up for growth.
DuPont celebrates 50 years of the Cyrel brand
5 February 2024
DuPont is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the Cyrel brand, having introduced its first such photopolymer plate to the flexographic printing industry in 1974.
US trade plate supplier switches to ‘reduced solvent’ plate
17 January 2024
Excelsior Marking has adopted Asahi Photoproducts’ AFP-R reduced solvent flexo plates, gaining subsequent improvements in solvent use and processing times.
LeadEdge unveils bio-based plate mounting for corrugated
15 January 2024
The product, cbak evolve, is a bio-based Polyethylene incorporating at least 30% bio-based material, that combines ‘exceptional corrugated print performance with resource-efficient design’.
XSYS unveils online customised adapter sleeve tool
10 January 2024
Step-by-step configuration of rotec adapters, including dimensions and application details, makes customisation and ordering of adapters quick and easy.
Denmark’s Reproflex doubles its CDI Crystal plate capacity
28 November 2023
Further investment in Esko platemaking equipment said to strengthen quality and reliability of flexo plate output for customers.
PPC Flex hails beta Miraclon plate processor
18 October 2023
The US flexo printer used plates from Miraclon’s solvent-free Flexcel NX Ultra 42 plate processor to produce award-winning work.
Comexi, Asahi and partners to focus on ‘effortless platemaking’
3 October 2023
Flexible packaging event in Girona, Spain, will see real-time water-washable plate creation and extended colour gamut (ECG) printing.
Aztec Label invests in additional Fujifilm plate systems
28 September 2023
UK firm looks for added sustainability and productivity with second C-Touch plate processor and new water filtration unit.
Victory enhances flexo quality with Hybrid screening
21 September 2023
Intelligent Flexo, a screening module within Hybrid Software’s CloudFlow system, will help eliminate common flexo problems.
Offset prepress supplier ECO3 launches new flexo plate system
4 September 2023
ECO3, formerly known as Agfa Offset Solutions, has developed a flexo-focused software and plate package that it will launch at Labelexpo Europe.
Hamillroad and Asahi partner to push environmentally friendly flexo printing
1 September 2023
AWP CleanPrint water-wash flexo plates are now certified to use with Bellissima DMS.