Reproflex Scandinavia has become the first platemaking and prepress specialist in the Nordic region to achieve best in class certification under the XPS Crystal Program from Esko.
As an accredited business, Reproflex now benefits from benchmarking and identification of best practice around quality control processes and production efficiency.
Reproflex CEO Thomas Borge Christensen said, ‘While our work in labels, corrugated and preprint is an important part of our product portfolio, the largest part of our business involves flexible packaging for film, lamination and paper. Our customers in this area rightly demand the best of us, and we take pride in producing plates that repeatedly and consistently deliver the best print quality.’
With three facilities in Denmark, Reproflex specialises in services covering the entire value chain from design, artwork, prepress, proofing, colour management and flexo plate production. The company uses the full Esko ecosystem of software from design through to production, before the plates are produced using the Esko CDI 5080 Crystal plate imager and the XPS 5080 Crystal exposure unit.
Mr Christensen said, ‘Our sales partners are mainly flexo printing houses, but our customers also include advertising agencies, design producers and brand owners,” said Thomas. “After installing our Esko Crystal line in May 2020, we optimized the quality of our plate production and have used the combination of integrated Esko software and hardware to deliver plates that surpass all our customers’ expectations.’
Mike Ball, Esko regional sales manager, added, ‘With the CDI Crystal 5080 XPS at the heart of the plate room, manual steps are significantly reduced, which leads to a reduction in errors and ultimately less plate waste, as well as delivering efficiency gains through requiring less operator time. With the complete Esko in-line set-up, Reproflex is able to supply the highest quality plates, even more efficiently.’
