A total of 23 awards in six categories go to eye catching jobs produced with Kodak Flexcel NX Plates.
Flexo printers from around the world submitted more than 500 projects to be evaluated by a panel of judges in the 2013 Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Excellence in Flexography Awards. The awards were presented at the FTA Forum & INFO*FLEX show in San Diego in May, and Kodak customers took home three of the seven coveted overall ‘Best of Show’ honors for their outstanding projects.
In addition to the three ‘Best of Show’ winners, Kodak customers from North America, Europe, Japan and Australia also captured 20 additional awards across six different flexo categories. All 23 of the award winning jobs were produced exclusively with the company’s plates, demonstrating the versatility of the technology and the ability to deliver outstanding results across a variety of applications with a single plate type.
‘The fact that nearly half of the ‘Best of Show’ awards went to Kodak customers demonstrates how our technology is helping users do more with less and differentiate themselves in a very competitive environment. The system truly is a proven solution,’ said Dr. John Anderson, packaging segment sales and product marketing director, United States and Canada. ‘Our family of award-winning flexo solutions is designed to streamline production, deliver high-quality print results, and create high-impact packaging that drives growth.’
During the evaluation process, judges inspected the print jobs in terms of level of execution and degree of difficulty. Some of the areas examined include registration tolerances, printing complexity, tonal range, image sharpness, ink coverage, dot/screen/vignette quality, and consistency.
