Flexo Technology
XSYS launches nyloflex FTM digital flexo plate for water-based inks
he new nyloflex FTM Digital plate with inherent flat top dots has been developed specifically for flexographic printing with water-based inks on different grades of paper substrates.
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The trigger for the development of this new plate solution is the acceleration in the demand for more environmentally-friendly packaging production. As the market moves towards more sustainable substrates in response to those demands, XSYS is introducing the nyloflex FTM Digital plate which enables printers to use water-based inks on coated and uncoated paper for aseptic food packaging and corrugated preprint liner. “This latest addition to the nyloflex plate portfolio will have a broad appeal for printers serving different segments of the packaging production wishing to move to a more sustainable operation, but still retain the ability to produce the highest quality products,” says XSYS product manager
Simon Top. “The nyloflex FTM Digital will help to fulfil the brand owners’ sustainability requirements by allowing printers to switch from printing on plastic film materials to printing on paper substrates with water- based inks.”
The nyloflex FTM Digital is a medium hard plate with a smooth surface, bringing a good ink transfer and ink laydown out of the box and capable of reproducing sophisticated surface screenings in case this is required. With no need for additional equipment or auxiliaries, the plate can be
exposed in existing systems with standard tube lights or LED UV-A light exposure, before solvent processing.
XSYS innovative inherent flat top dot technology ensures minimum dot wear and significantly less dot gain compared to round top dot plates, thereby also greatly improving press uptimes to reduce costs and start-up waste in the press room. Featuring advanced dot sharpening, the nyloflex® FTM Digital presents fine highlights and a high solid ink density in print, increasing the shelf appeal of the final product.
Mr Top adds: “In the past, a hard plate, like the nyloflex ACE UP and medium hard plate like nyloflex ACT were often combined to achieve the optimum result. At one customer case, we were able to reduce this complexity for up to 60% of the print jobs by using the nyloflex FTM Digital.”
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Newco Graphics Poland joins Reproflex3 Global Network
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K-based flexographic pre-press specialist Reproflex3 Ltd has announced a strategic partnership with Newco Graphics in Poland to deliver its ProjectBlue technology in the country. Newco Graphics is the latest pre-press and plate provider to join Reproflex3’s growing global partnership network, which gives printers and brand owners access to its ProjectBlue ultra-high definition (UHD) screening technology, alongside its new and emerging screening innovations. The Newco Graphics partnership builds on the success of Reproflex3 and its founding network partner Z Due. Based in Italy, Z Due is a major supplier of pre-press services in both the flexo and corrugated print industries. Together Reproflex3 and Z Due will support Newco Graphics to exclusively deliver ProjectBlue, BlueEdge and Vortex flexographic print technologies inside Poland.
BlueEdge is one of the first products
to result from Reproflex3’s collaboration with Z Due. BlueEdge does everything ProjectBlue does, but it has been adapted by the two partners to deliver exceptional print quality for the European corrugate packaging industry.
Reproflex3 co-founder Andrew Hewitson says: “We are delighted to have Newco Graphics on board. This new partnership is testament to the success of our original collaboration with Z Due, which led to the development of our BlueEdge and Vortex flexo technologies, achieving market- leading print on corrugated cardboard. “By combining our shared passion for this industry, strength in solutions-led print innovation and Z Due’s unrivalled expertise in corrugated print techniques, we have a fantastic opportunity to support Newco Graphics in growing its customer base and delivering a new generation of flexo products throughout Poland.” Newco Graphics has been operating
since 2008. It supplies corrugate to the Polish market from its base in Piotkrow Tribunalski. The company is equipped with solid digital and liquid photopolymer processing lines, has two mounting machines in curve and a new NX laser machine. Through its partnership with Reproflex3, Newco Graphics will now also begin to serve the flexible market througout Poland.
Welcoming Newco Graphics to the global partnership network, Z Due general manager Marco Mingozzi says: “This is an exciting time for Newco to join the network. The flexible and corrugate packaging industry inside Poland offers huge potential for growth. Recent print tests we’ve run with Newco using BlueEdge and Vortex technologies have amazed their customers. They are literally stunned by the print quality that can be achieved.
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reproflex3.com 20 June 2021
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