Italian packaging prepress company Tadam plans to invest in a KODAK FLEXCEL NX Wide System and KODAK FLEXCEL NXC plates in order to meet the demands of its broad customer base, including producers of high-end corrugated cartons.
Capable of enhancing the visual appearance of corrugated flexo post-printing, the new additions to its pre-press product offerings are expected to help Tadam boost business with existing customers and attract new printers.
Tadam director Bruno Amadio said: "This focus on quality control extends all the way out to our customers, including those in corrugated cartons and flexible packaging through the implementation of the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System technology and KODAK PRINERGY Workflow, which has brought undoubted benefits in terms of efficiency, predictability, error reduction and customer satisfaction."
The company said that the FLEXCEL NX Wide System comprise the latest FLEXCEL NX Wide-C Imager and leverages KODAK SQUARESPOT Imaging Technology at an optical resolution of 10,000dpi to produce digital flexo plates that enable a broader tonal range, use of higher line screens, more efficient ink transfer and a higher level of quality.
The FLEXCEL NXC Plates are designed to meet the needs of the corrugated post-print market.
Kodak Italy packaging segment manager Michele Pioli said: "Use of the FLEXCEL NXC Plates with their flat-top dot structure (same height overall) significantly reduces the time for plate-anilox and plate-substrate interference regulation (impression), thus reducing start-up time and rejects, while also reducing the dot-gain differences caused by unwanted printing pressure variations during the run.
"This in turn gives a big improvement in tone and colour stability, increasing the quality and uniformity of prints as well as the bottom line, i.e. the profitability of the order."
Image: Printing with plates realized with the KODAK FLEXCEL NX Wide-C System and the new KODAK FLEXCEL NXC Plates. Photo: courtesy of Kodak.
