R&D scientists at Miraclon receive technology award

The international awards program, sponsored by Printing Industries of America (PIA), recognizes technologies that are predicted to have a major impact on the graphic communications and related industries.

The judges were unanimous in their opinion that Miraclon’s technology will be the catalyst for more prepress providers and printers to convert to aqueous flexo platemaking.  

‘The judges recognized the breakthrough and transformative nature of Miraclon’s technology, as it enables the shift to solvent-free flexo plate processing,’ said Jim Workman, vice president of PIA’s Center for Technology and Research.

‘The Flexcel NX Ultra Solution provides packaging printers with another method for producing high-performing FLEXCEL NX Plates,’ explained Dr. Zaki Ali, chief technology officer at Miraclon. ‘An aqueous plate making system with newly-patented Kodak Ultra Clean Technology, the Flexcel NX Ultra Solution allows the preparation of a press-ready plate in under one hour while removing the hurdles and challenges that have plagued aqueous platemaking solutions for the last 25 years.’

Miraclon will be running live demonstrations of Flexcel technology at the upcoming Labelexpo in Brussels.