EnglishFlint Group at Labelexpo 2011
Flint Group will present at Labelexpo Brussels (stand B45, Hall 5) innovation in action as well as inks, plates and sleeves. “For the 2011 show Flint Group has more new products to show than ever before” says Global Product Director Flint Group Narrow Web, Jennifer Joyce.
She continues, “Thanks to a focused and intense R&D effort over the last 12 months from our global team we are able to introduce many new products that we know will be of high interest for many customers”.
“The secret of Flint Group's success in product leadership and innovation lies with the company’s strong focus on customer needs,” says Niklas Olsson, Flint Group Narrow Web Global Brand Manager, he continues, “Flint Group involves leading converters in the development process from a very early stage. We always listen to printers and try to fulfil their needs. We are proud to be able to state that the term 'printer friendly' will perfectly suit many of our products.”
Highlighted at the show will be Flexocure Ancora – a high performance low migration UV flexo ink designed to provide very low migration potential. The new ink offers high performance on press, good colour strength and adhesion while still meeting the demands of the food packaging industry. Also Lithocure Premium will be on show – “printer friendly” UV offset ink perfected for Narrow Web, a new generation UV offset system with print and press performance suitable for most label substrates and narrow web applications. UvoScreen Elite – also on show – is a press ready UV screen ink for high end label applications. UvoScreen Elite is the latest technology from Flint Group, tailor-made for rotary screen printing using either Stork or Gallus screen systems and can be used in combination with any of Flint Group’s other ink ranges, and print over CombiWhite – Flint Group's award winning Opaque White screen ink.
Visitors will have chance to become familiar with: BioCure F, Flint Group Flexographic Products (inter alia the plate types nyloflex FAB and FAH, the hard flexo plate type nyloflex ACE, the medium hard plate nyloflex ACT), rotec Label Sleeves developed specifically for narrow web printing with increased dimensional stability and edge stability.
Flint Group Narrow Web will also host the 7th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards Thursday, September 29 at 4:00 p.m. on stand. This award is dedicated to celebrate the excellence and innovation in the wider world of narrow web printing – honouring those “inspirational” print jobs in the industry. Label converters from all over the world are encouraged to submit sample labels of their choosing for evaluation by a panel of industry judges.
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