Flexo leader honored at DuPont awards

Promopack Digital Studios, a supplier to the packaging industry in the United Kingdom, recently was honored in the Notable Achievement category at the 20th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation for its use of the DuPont Cyrel Fast thermal process. Promopack was recognized for eliminating solvents and reducing energy usage in the manufacturing process by more than 50 percent via its installation of Cyrel Fast process technology, which enables a one-step process to replace a four-part approach.

The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is an independently judged global awards program honoring packaging materials, processes, technology and service innovations. The international expert jury focused on innovation in seven factors, including responsible sourcing, effective recovery and energy optimization, which contribute to sustainable packaging as their key criteria in selecting the winning achievements. 

As the first major supplier of photopolymer plates in the United Kingdom to completely eliminate solvent use by moving to the Cyrel Fast thermal processing system, Promopack has derived significant benefits and advantages. ‘By switching to Cyrel Fast we’ve been able to achieve significant reductions in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as realize cost benefits, all while providing our customers with high-quality printing plates – it’s really a win-win situation,’ said Mike Baxter, managing director – Promopack. ‘In just one year of platemaking with Cyrel Fast, we’ll be able to reduce the total energy consumption of our platemaking department by 75 percent. In addition, we’ll have eliminated 13 tonnes of solvent emissions from our plate driers and eradicated hazardous waste disposal from our platemaking process.’