With a champagne toast, Flint Group (Booth 5B45) celebrated its winning the Label Industry Global Award of Innovation, which it shared with partner Mark Andy, for its EkoCure UV LED curing technology. Flint Group was presented with the award at a gala awards ceremony during the first evening of Labelexpo Europe.

 

In addition to EkoCure, Flint Group Narrow Web is showcasing more than 25 new products for differentiation, sustainability and improved profitability.

 

“We know that only through a continuous innovative mindset we will be considered the market leader,” said Jennifer Joyce, global product director, Flint Group Narrow Web. “We honor our history of innovations in our promise to never stand still; we know that the narrow web market is continuously looking for differentiation, sustainability and improved profitability. We are very enthusiastic to be able to announce well over 25 new innovative inks and coatings products at Labelexpo 2013.”

 

Flint Group Narrow Web introduced Lithocure ANCORA - the newest product offering in the narrow web low migration portfolio. This new range of UV offset inks combines not only outstanding press performance and excellent lithographic properties, but also meets stringent migration performance criteria for all types of food applications.

 

Flint Group Flexographic Products is featuring exposure technologies as well as high quality inks, plates, sleeves and adapters. Said Inken Steinhauser, director marketing and product management, Flint Group Flexographic Products, “We are glad to provide added value to our customers with our system solutions and new developments.”

 

The exposure technology for producing Flat Top Dots and surface screening, nyloflex NExT, enables an optimized ink lay down on press exploiting the potential to improve the highlights and fine vignettes. In flexible packaging, printing plates exposed with this technology allow excellent ink transfer, particularly in solids. In corrugated printing, fluting will considerably be reduced. nyloflex NExT provides significantly improved reproduction quality and long-term stability.

 

The new nyloprint NExT exposure technology for a precise reproduction of finest relief elements and gradations is targeted to the high-end segment of labels, tubes, cups and can printing as well as the security and banknote printing.