Comexi and hubergroup presented their latest innovations and solutions at the Flexo Innovation Day, an open house called held on 24 October, at Comexi’s CTec facilities, located in Girona, Spain.
The event was directed to South-West European clients and more than 50 managing and technical directors attended to see presentations and demonstrations of the latest product developments and applications for flexo. Attendees also had the opportunity to see the latest technologies in the sector and discovered new added value opportunities and trends that bring benefits to the flexible packaging industry.
Presenters included Sante Conselvan, president FTA-Europe, who explained the latest world flexographic packaging trends. Paolo Bonamigo focused his speech on the restorable gravure-printed products that currently can be made in flexo printing, the new challenges in raw material evaluation and the special innovative lamination inks and coatings that hubergroup have launched, which boost print quality and efficiency. Lutz Frischmann detailed how the company has been able to overcome binder system immanent restrictions and open up a new world of applications with its solvent based Gecko Platinum Flexo printing inks, he said, ‘Facilitate outstanding lamination bond strength values even under sterilisation, pasteurisation conditions and broaden the gamma of applications to flexible packaging flexo printing
