DuPont Packaging Graphics Celebrates Major Patent Milestone
WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Packaging Graphics has recently achieved the registration milestone of 125 patent families consisting of more than 600 patents and applications worldwide. These patents, which represent the technological innovations of the Packaging Graphics business, cover a wide range of products, equipment and processes that enable customers worldwide to improve the productivity of their operations and quality of their products and services.
“Since the introduction of DuPont™ Cyrel® photopolymer printing plates in 1974, we have been working with our customers to develop innovative technologies to advance flexography,” said Lisa DiGate, global business director, DuPont Packaging Graphics. “These patents represent our investment in flexography, the package printing industries and in the innovations that our customers value.”
Flexo is a dynamic industry and it is no accident that today flexo is the process of choice for high quality, high impact consumer packaging around the world. Hard work and a willingness to invest on the part of flexo tradeshops and printers, and innovations by suppliers in pre-press technology and plates, anilox rolls, inks and press technology have helped fuel flexography’s growth.
“DuPont innovation has played a key role in the major technology, productivity and sustainability advances in flexography. Like the other technology leaders in the flexographic industry, we continue to make investments in order to find creative ways to serve customers and satisfy the innovation demands of the consumer packaged goods companies (CPG). And of course, this has proven to be a great fit for a science company like DuPont,” stated Kevin Leary, global technology director, DuPont Packaging Graphics. “The market values our innovative technology and ideas, and is constantly looking for the next big breakthrough.”
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