Asahi Photoproducts is to launch the AFP™-BFTH plate in the first half of 2019. It features premium Clean Transfer Technology, which is designed to facilitate kiss touch printing pressure. This new plate, available in hard, fits seamlessly into any workflow and requires no special equipment.
“The AFP™-BFTH plate is the first plate with Clean Transfer Technology to boost solid ink homogeneity in printing,” says Dieter Niederstadt, Technical Marketing Manager at Asahi Photoproducts.
“It also delivers consistent print quality throughout the run, with fewer press stops for plate cleaning. This adds up to increased productivity and throughput while significantly reducing waste. Asahi’s Clean Transfer Technology has found great market reception in our line of water-washable plates and we are now excited to be extending this capability to other plate categories in our portfolio. Not only will this help flexographic printers increase productivity, but it will also extend the range of applications they can offer to their customers, including the ability to transfer more work from offset to flexo.”
Very high screening resolution is possible with the Asahi AFP™-BFTH digital flexo plate due to the absence of oxygen in the plate making process.
