MacDermid announces Lux installations

Since launching the Lux platemaking process at the FTA Forum in Las Vegas in May 2010, MacDermid Printing Solutions has since installed 12 Lux systems outside the US, with seven going to Latin America and five to Europe.

Alberto M. Senado Sidauy, general manager of Multibolsas Plasticas in Mexico, said: ‘Print quality is very important to our company, and we are sure that plates made with MacDermid’s Lux process will significantly increase the print quality of our products. Lux offers us an extended print gamut and higher contrast in our print jobs, with the freedom to continue to use our current equipment.’

Lux produces digital plates with an extended print gamut, reduced fluting in corrugated and improved print performance with smoother vignettes, higher contrast and faster press start-up. The process works with all existing plates from MacDermid, does not require modification to current equipment, and can be used with all digital flexo plate imaging units, including units equipped with the latest HD flexo imaging technology from EskoArtwork.

‘The results of our in-house tests gave us cause to be excited about what Lux could offer the flexo industry,’ said Scot Benson, vice president and general manager at MacDermid. ‘The company has always offered its customers choices, and this new technology, which can be used with the same plates and equipment as our customers already use, makes a significant difference to their line-up. It has also created opportunities for collaboration with our customers and co-suppliers.’