York Reprographic pushes boundaries with CDI Spark 4260 from Esko

YRG Group Ltd, a pre-press house in the UK, has installed an Esko CDI Spark 4260 with Multi-beam Optics 80 at their York site to upgrade and replace a CDI Twin Beam operational since 1996.

YRG has three Esko installations across sites in York and Manchester supported by Esko’s Scope integrated packaging software suite and color management software for packaging and labels. Group director Dave Cowley said: ‘YRG is a specialist center for flexo plate and sleeve production, multi-process reprographics and brand management for the printing industry as well as a wide range of end-user clients and brand owners. YRG has had a long and successful relationship with Esko’s research and development team for flexographic imaging. Our company provides external partnerships supplying Esko’s CDI range along with training for workflow and colour management and technical support. Our recent investment in the CDI Spark 4260 is an evolvement of our strategy to push boundaries and continue investing in the latest equipment on the market. The CDI Spark 4260 is a bigger, faster high-end machine, giving us maximum speed and productivity, thereby dramatically improving our turn-around-times.’

‘The CDI Spark 4260 is a part of a larger investment programme, which includes a plate processor for thermal photopolymer processing,’ says Bob Hollingsworth, YRG technical director. ‘We are delighted with the results to date. This is the first installation in Europe. We are continually pushing the boundaries and setting new, improved industry standards. The laser technology in the new CDI Spark 4260 has improved considerably and has new intelligence allowing the laser head to skip as it passes non-image areas during the imaging process.’

YRG was established in 1974 and the company has expanded over the last five years with multi-million pound investments in processes and people, including a purpose built sleeve factory in 2003. YRG operates over three closely aligned sites in York and Manchester with it’s HQ in York housing pre-press and flexographic platemaking. The company operates multi-process facilities including flexo, litho, letterpress, silkscreen and gravure. It’s digital operation began in 1989. 75 per cent of product is for the label market within the food industry. The company also supplies the wallpaper and decorative markets, along with other flexible applications.