Contact Originators has invested in a second Esko CDI Crystal XPS imager and exposure solution that will add another inline flexo platemaking workflow at the impressive new facility, setting the industry standard for highly efficient, integrated and automated platemaking.
Steve Mulcahy, CEO of Contact Originators Group, said, “We believe we now have the best equipped site in Europe to meet the needs of the pre-press market today and tomorrow. Our equipment configuration is designed to support the creation of a fully streamlined and automated site for truly flexible flexo pre-press processing. This latest investment in Esko is helping us change the game in flexo plate production, providing a highly efficient, sustainable facility that is delivering excellence to customers and stakeholders. The inline set-up delivers efficient, highly productive operations and brings supreme quality, flexibility and fast turnaround to plate manufacturing. Importantly, all our plates now incorporate flat top dots, bevelled edges and printed shims, as a result of our digital shim printing technology, PrintHQ.”
The CDI Crystal offers efficiency and quality gains by reducing manual steps and operator intervention, as well as reducing errors by 50%, meaning less plate waste. With UV main and back exposure, the XPS Crystal uses LEDs which require no warm-up time and emit even light to ensure consistent plate quality.
