The Year of the Flexo Plate

The first water wash plate systems became commercially available in the early '90s. These plates are processed without harsh solvent chemistry and can be dried in a fraction of the time it takes to dry solvent wash plates (minutes compared to hours depending on plate size and relief). Originally suitable for line and low line screen printing applications, water wash systems, such as MacDermid's Flexceed, are now advanced enough for 150 and 175 line process work.