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Besides many of these machine upgrades, improvements in the flexo printing components themselves are contributing greatly to better print quality. Maher Hanna, president and CEO of Chromas Technologies, points out that the combined improvements in aniloxes, plate material, and ink are allowing flexo printing to rival offset. "The aniloxes have gone from 600 cells per inch for a normal flexo process print to 1200, giving much finer ink transfer. Plate materials have better hold-down and ink-transfer characteristics." He also credits major improvements in UV ink as one of the cornerstones of flexo printing improvement.