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nyloflex® Seal F Digital – the first photopolymer coating plate based on polyester foil for digital imaging
December 2008 — Flint Group Flexographic Products launches the first digital photopolymer foil based coating plate for inline and offline print finishing, meeting the increasing demand for digital printing plates.
One of the key advantages of the digital coating plate nyloflex® Seal F Digital is the improved quality of the finishing, due to sharper reverses and more open intermediate depths, which particularly benefits spot coating applications with negative elements. All in all the nyloflex® Seal F Digital plate allows very good results in spot and full surface coating, in commercial and packaging printing on coated papers and board. The digital workflow is cost effective and environmentally friendly as no film negative is required. The digital data transfer reduces the failure rate and allows plate making without loss of quality. A reproducible and consistent quality is guaranteed due to repeatable plate processing.
Both the digital and analogue version of nyloflex® Seal F offer remarkable performance in processing as well as on the print result. The high-contrast colour change after main exposure and wide exposure latitude help to make plate making easy. Due to the thick polyester base foil the coating plate has very high dimensional stability. Additionally the good transfer properties with both water based / dispersion-varnish and UV-varnish ensures excellent finishing results.
Flint Group
Flint Group is dedicated to serving the global printing and packaging industry with five specialised business units: Flint Group’s ink companies develop and market a wide range of conventional and UV printing inks on a global basis, with regional operations providing local service throughout the world. Flint Group Flexographic Products specialises in photopolymer printing plates, flexographic sleeve systems as well as washout solvents and platemaking equipment. Flint Group Narrow Web is dedicated to the narrow web ink market, including labels, product decoration and package printing. Flint Group Pigments produces a range of pigment products and additives for use in inks and other colourant applications. Day International develops and distributes offset printing blankets and sleeves, pressroom chemicals and diecutting supplies. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Flint Group operates more than 170 facilities worldwide and employs some 8300 people. Revenues for 2007 are € 2.3 billion ($US 3.1 billion), positioning the company as the number one or number two supplier in every major region it serves. For more information, please visit www.flintgrp.com
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