Etiquetes Anoia invests in nyloflex FTS technology

Etiquetes Anoia is a family-owned company founded in 1998 with just one letterpress machine printing labels for the textile business. Today the business operates have three flexo machines and offers special finishing, silk-screen as well as hot and cold stamping producing self-adhesive labels and booklets for the food and chemical markets. 

In 2017, Etiquetes Anoia started working together with Flint Group and switched the plate processing technology from water to solvent, by installing a nyloflex Combi FII, a compact plate processor with exposure, washer, dryer and light finisher for small format plates. In 2020, the company invested in Flint Group’s nyloflex FTS printing plates with inherent flat top dots.

‘At this moment of Covid-19, we think that the most important things are the flexibility and the fast delivery, by keeping the quality standards,’ said Ramón Solà, general manager of Etiquetes Anoia. ‘We choose to work with Flint Group because of the good service and quality, but also the technical advice by finding the best solution for us.’ 

According to the company the newly installed technology offers significant improvements of printability, such as more ink transfer and density with improved dot definition, reduction of start-up time and waste due to a better wettability of the plate nyloflex FTS in combination with UV inks. 

‘The productivity of exchanging the printing plate has not undergone any significant change as the plate processing times are more or less the same, but we observed a strong improvement in the workflow as a result of the faster start-up. We have less startup waste per print job and eliminated the need to clean the plate prior to printing,’ added Solà. ‘We work together with Flint Group for continuous quality improvement. At the end of 2016, we had a bunch of challenges regarding stability in producing high quality plates. Today, with Flint Group as a very supportive and problem-solving partner, we overcome these challenges. We have stabilized our plate processing while saving time, reducing cost and significantly improving quality.’