Mumbai-based label converter KEM Cards has invested in integrated Esko hardware and software solutions in order to bring its flexographic platemaking process in-house.
The printer of self-adhesive and wet glue labels, which uses five narrow web flexographic presses at its Navi Mumbai plant, has acquired an Esko CDI Spark 2350 and the Flexo Tools software for its plate room.
KEM, which produces labels mainly for beer brands and pharmaceutical companies, was previously outsourcing the plate imaging part of the pre-press operation to third party vendors but is now completely independent of any other third party operator.
‘There was a push from our clients to have an imager so that the complete digital flexo platemaking process comes in-house,’ said founder Haresh Rajani. ‘That is why we went for the solutions from Esko. Also, the market for analogue technology was shrinking. The decision to invest in an Esko CDI was very easy for us as we already had a high-quality plate making unit at our plant. The whole set up was a breeze. I now realise we should have gone for the Esko plate imager much earlier.’
