All4Labels Hamburg boosts productivity with automated platemaking
17 May 2024
All4Labels Hamburg has installed an automated platemaking system, CrystalCleanConnect.
Dieter Niederstadt
Plate training set to take place at Gallus Experience Center
8 March 2024
Flexo plate supplier Asahi Photoproducts is set to start a training course, combining prepress workflow, platemaking and flexo printing, which will be held at the…
Comexi, Asahi and partners to focus on ‘effortless platemaking’
3 October 2023
Flexible packaging event in Girona, Spain, will see real-time water-washable plate creation and extended colour gamut (ECG) printing.
Asahi Photoproducts partners with Gallus Experience Centre
1 June 2023
Flexo plate manufacturer Asahi Photoproducts is installing water-wash plate equipment at Gallus’s new Experience Center
Asahi achieves carbon neutral status for water-washable flexo plates
29 September 2022
Asahi has achieved carbon neutral certification in partnership with the Carbon Trust for its AWP-DEW CleanPrint water-washable flexo plates.
Asahi sets sight on ‘accountable sustainability’
26 September 2022
The company can now display the Carbon Trust’s ‘Carbon Neutral Label’, showing that the footprint of the product has been certified carbon neutral.
Partners and printers promote CrystalCleanConnect
30 May 2022
Printers in Japan and China detail gains from fully automated flexo platemaking.
Plate pressures
1 March 2022
In the label and flexible packaging markets, there are many challenges facing printers today and they need a plate that can withstand modern demands.
Carbon Trust certification given to Asahi plates
10 November 2021
Asahi Photoproducts has received the PAS 2050 certification by the Carbon Trust for its AWP-DEF/DEW CleanPrint water-washable flexographic plates.
Asahi and Esko build automated platemaking machine
28 April 2021
Esko and Asahi Photoproducts have collaborated to build a fully automated flexo platemaking line, CrystalCleanConnect
Price increases for flexo plates
5 May 2020
Companies using solvent-based platemaking processes, could see the cost of flexo plates rise by as much as €3/sqm
Asahi launches AFP-Leggero for corrugated applications
26 March 2020
AFP Leggero is a super-soft and smooth plate designed for no board crush, fewer flute marks and good ink density
Asahi brings kiss touch printing with AFP-BFTH plates
5 February 2019
Asahi Photoproducts will launch new flattop flexographic plates during the first half of 2019