(L-R) David Parker, technical sales manager, and Mark Gration, group managing director, YRG Group, with Tatsuya Tajima, managing director of Asahi Photoproducts in Brussels, and Chris Lodge, Asahi Photoproducts (UK) Ltd.
YRG Group has committed to Asahi Photoproducts by being the first to install an AWP 1116 processor in the UK at its Stockport site.
Tatsuya Tajima, managing director of Asahi Photoproducts in Brussels, approached YRG Group because of its reputation for leading the market with technology and its portfolio of FMCG customers.
Mark Gration, YRG Group managing director, said, ‘Having done extensive trials on all flexo image carriers YRG found that the printing advantages of AWP printing were the best.’
Following the early success of the label and flexible packaging print trials, YRG was keen to create a productive AWP centre of excellence within the group. The installation of the AWP 1116 flow line will give the group increased production capacity with a format size of 60 inch x 42 inch.
The two companies first started working together on the aqueous AWP platemaking equipment in August 2012. They have now agreed to continue the partnership and install the AWP 1116, which has been in full production since September.
The Crossley Road Stockport site has been selected to become the AWP technology centre within the group. The intention is to offer a trade service to printers throughout the entire UK with large format AWP plates.
