UV flexo is starting a move to a wider realm.

By Susan Busch

By contrast, UV ink usage remains more of a specialty than a must for mid- and wide-web flexo printers, but interest has reportedly been building in the past several years, particularly for mid-web presses, and more generally in wider flexible packaging and folding carton applications. But will UV printing ever achieve its narrow-web pervasiveness at wider widths? What factors could help it gain momentum?