High-quality, flexible, economical - modern flexography
Flexibility has always been the strength and hallmark of flexographic printing. It is the only process that enables the printer to print the entire range of substrates used in the packaging industry today. Thanks largely to dynamic developments in press and printing form technology in recent years, packaging produced by flexographic printing now rivals those of offset and gravure printers in every way. Consequently, combinations of flexo and gravure or flexo and offset printing systems are increasingly common in modern printing plants.
A clear trend towards the use of laser-engraved elastomer sleeves for printing forms has been evident for some time. This trend is a result of continuing advances in highresolution laser engraving technology on the one hand, and accompanying developments in the field of elastomer sleeve material science on the other.
Today, laser engraving is capable of reproducing ultra-fine dots and screens of up to 80L/cm. Improvements in all components involved in the printing process and the advantages offered by elastomer continuous printing forms ensure flexographic printing a steadily increasing share of the market and guarantee a strong position in packaging production in the future.