MPS customer wins Supporter's Association of Chairman's Award’

MPS has announced its customer Takara Pac was awarded the ‘Supporter's Association of Chairman's Award’  at the 22^nd Seal and Label Contest, on behalf of The Japan Federation of Label Printing Industries (JFLP). The winning label, entitled ‘Tuki No Shizuku’ (Japanese for ‘moon dew’), was printed on an MPS EC330 UV full servo 8-color flexo press.

Mr Tsuda, president of Takara commented: ‘Takara is very proud to win the ‘Supporter's Association of Chairman's Award’ for our label printed on a MPS press. Being one of the pioneer flexo printers in Japan, receiving this award is confirmation that Takara chose the right path investing in flexographic printing technology of MPS.’

Recognized for its fine print quality, the winning label was printed in one pass using five colors and special varnishes on a matte silver polyester self-adhesive material. The fireworks imagery on the label was printed with a clear varnish to achieve a metallic and twinkling finish. For the expression of water movement, a UV released OP varnish was applied to an underlying layer of UV coat varnish for the pre-embossing effect, in combination with Japanese paper patterns. The summer night sky was created using deep gradation. The combination of using converging colors and semitransparent designs is said to have given the label a classical Japanese look.

Takara purchased its MPS EC330 UV full servo 8-color flexo press in 2011 to increase production capacity and to upgrade quality standards supplied to its Japanese customers. The press has a high degree of automation due to built-in MPS innovative technology including automated print control (APC) to set print pressures automatically, automatic register control, and the iControl press control system.

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