Flexoshop spurs business growth with water wash plates

Packaging Solutions

Flexoshop, a repro and platemaking house based in Colchester, Essex, has moved its plate production from flat top dot plates to the premium quality Asahi AWP flexographic plate system.

Managing director Simon Drane said, ‘What spurred me to make the move was a printer client who had to outsource his highest quality work to a digital printer because the plates we were using couldn’t meet the quality demands of his customer. We decided to invest in an Asahi AWP 2530 plate setter with AWP water washable plates and have never looked back. That printer is now able to produce the highest quality work in-house and better serve his customer from both a price and performance perspective. That experience prompted us to make our AWP water washable plates the centrepiece of our new business acquisition strategy. The Asahi AWP water washable plate is the best plate you can buy on the market. We were not getting anywhere near this quality with our previous flat top dot plates.’

The AWP 2530 Auto plate processor is designed to meet the quality requirements of even the most demanding customers. Its combined processor and plate technology is engineered to deliver a sustainable quality output that produces vivid colours and high quality screening. Its water processor is an environmentally sound solution that drives print forward in balance with the environment. Its automated water washing system conserves water, uses no chemicals and generates a plate every 25 minutes. It uses six litres of water per plate, as opposed to the 15 litres of solvent per plate used in a typical solvent based platemaking process.