Flexo Digital installs complete nyloflex system

Flexo Digital wanted to supply its customers in the packaging and label industries with high-quality, most consistent printing results and greater efficiency in its pre-press workflow and plate production, while at the same time managing costs and environmental responsibilities.

The company decided to invest in nyloflex FIV Xpress thermal processing system, a combi FIII exposure/light finisher and a ThermoFlexX 48 imager – all from Flint Group. Flexo Digital is currently using the thermal plates nyloflex XVH and XPM. 

‘With Flint Group’s nyloflex Xpress technology, I was able to reach the most consistent ink laydown coverage in comparison with other technologies, including solvent plates,’ said Jose Hernández, managing director of Flexo Digital. 'Our evaluation of system is the only one in which we were able to produce plates that surpassed the print performance of what our customers believed to be the best printing plate in our region. Now, with the nyloflex plates, our customers are printing consistently with excellent solid ink density, and we are able to make plates for them in about an hour, since no drying time is required.’

In addition to citing cost savings of 94 percent lower electrical consumption of the nyloflex system as compared to the former solvent processing system, Flexo Digital has been able to reduce plate production time from five hours down to an hour. The company has also indicated the reduction of solvent and vapors from the plate room, which helps to meet the company’s sustainability goals.