Asahi Photoproducts launched its AWP-CleanPrint line of water-washable flexographic plates, designed as a more sustainable alternative to traditional solvent-washable plates and to deliver improved quality on press with reduced cycle time. The water-wash plates have low surface energy resulting in fewer press stops for plate cleaning. Asahi also promoted a new water recycling
As consolidation continues apace in the label sector, it was no surprise that major announcements from workflow software suppliers at Labelexpo Americas 2022 were centered on mergers and acquisitions. The show also saw advancements in other key workflow trends: increased automation, the move toward cloud-based operations, and increasingly open systems that allow data
It has been three years since the last Labelexpo show so there was much to catch up on, and a clutch of world firsts greeted the 13,500 Americas 2022 show attendees. This Labelexpo in many ways represented a turning point in the relationship between flexo and digital printing. Up to now, digital has been seen mainly as a way for converters to offload their short-run work,
The KFlex is a modular platform press handling substrates from 12 microns up to aluminum lidding and light cartonboard. Targeted at end-use applications in the wine and spirits, food and beverage, household, industrial, healthcare and cosmetics markets, the press is designed to handle everything from self-adhesive labels to wet glue, multi-layer, wraparound and shrink sleeve
At Labelexpo Americas 2022, Mark Andy launched the latest version of its Digital Pro toner-based press, the Digital Pro Max, now adding digital white to the standard CMYK and increasing speeds to 130ft/min (40m/min). This is the third generation of the Digital Pro (DPro) line that uses Konica Minolta’s toner-based imaging technology. The DPro Max provides end-to-end flexo and