Alexsandro Pires, technical manager of Clicheria Blumenau
Brazilian flexographic repro house Clicheria Blumenau has installed Esko’s 3000th CDI Spark 5080 flexo platemaking system.
The flexo platemaking system with Pixel+ is the fifth Esko CDI for the company.
‘We chose to add a new Esko CDI to accommodate the needs of our growing business,’ said Alexsandro Pires, technical manager. ‘We have been extremely pleased with the performance of Esko solutions; and we expect this new unit to deliver even more value.’
The CDI Spark 5080 is a full sized flexo imager able to produce larger format plates for corrugated and folding carton converters. Loading and unloading of the large, thick plates is assisted by an air-supported loading table and plates are secured with the Esko EasyClamp III pneumatic clamp. With Pixel+, flat top dot workflows can accommodate a variety of flexo plates from DuPont, McDermid and Flint.
‘Hitting this 3000-unit milestone is a huge achievement,’ said Pascal Thomas, director of Flexo Business of Esko. ‘The first CDI was introduced at drupa 1995 in partnership with DuPont and its Cyrel technology, and we have followed that with more than 20 years of innovation.’
At drupa 2016, the company demonstrated a new CDI, the Crystal 5080 XPS flexo platemaking system.
