Esko Full HD Flexo Receives the FPPA 2015 Technological Innovator of the Year Award
From left: Dan O'Brien, Dynamic Dies—FPPA President; Rory Marsoun, Esko VP business development, Flexo; and Tim Moore, Southern Graphics—FPPA President Elect.
Esko's Full HD Flexo platemaking system was awarded the 2015 Technological Innovator of the Year award at FPPA's 18th Annual Convention. The award recognizes the application of innovative technology contributing to the advancement of the prepress industry. Full HD Flexo is a unique process for making digital flexographic plates that are of higher quality and print more consistently than standard digital flexo plates. With Full HD Flexo plates, flexography, a more economical print process, can match the print quality of offset or gravure, and may be implemented without scrapping existing equipment and working methods.
The Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Association (FPPA) is comprised of businesses that are involved in or supply the flexographic industry— as well as academic and trade press members.
Esko Full HD Flexo is a platemaking system for all packaging applications. It utilizes a patented, fully digitally controlled platemaking system combining high-resolution 4000ppi imaging with a unique inline UV main exposure unit. An LED-array delivers UV power density strong enough to fully control the plate polymerization process during main exposure. No lamination, films or special consumables are needed, and it works with all popular digital flexo plates and sleeves. Plates are ready for processing after unloading from the CDI imager. Press changeovers are faster because of easier makereadies, and downtimes are reduced. Human errors are reduced and plate consistency is boosted enormously.
