Our Philosophy

Since our company was founded more than 50 years ago, we have been developing sustainable printing plate materials such as our liquid APRTM resins which are processed with water.

We are proud of this heritage and are committed to continuing to develop platemaking material and equipment solutions for the printing and packaging industries that are in balance with the environment. We are eager to create new products and solutions that improve our clients’ ambient production environments, and step by step enable them to eliminate VOC-based washout platemaking from our industry.

This is our Asahi Photoproducts philosophy, and we call it “The Road to Solvent ZERO.”

Our Products

Asahi Photoproducts manufactures both flexographic plates and the required processing equipment. If you do know what you are looking for please select from the below product categories. Otherwise please follow the easy-to-use Plate Selection Guide.

Asahi Water-Washable Plates

Asahi Flexo Plates

Asahi Photopolymer Resin
Liquid Photopolymer Plates

Equipment AWP™, AFP™ & APR™

Need help with your plate selection?

Answer the questions below and we will guide you on your way.

Question 1

What printing application is your focus?

Question 2

What ink type is your focus?

Question 3

What quality level are you trying to achieve?

Question 4

Do you want to improve press efficiency (OEE) by up to 40% with "CleanPrint" plates?

Question 5

Is a sustainable plate production without VOC washout solvents important to you?

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Our Technology

CleanPrint is a flexographic plate technology specifically engineered by Asahi. It features low plate surface energy that transfers all remaining ink to the printed substrate. Compared to conventional plates, this reduces press-cleaning stops, creating a significant profitability improvement. These plates deliver very high resolution with fine screen rulings and minimum dots fading out to zero, allowing a broader total colour gamut to be achieved, providing more design flexibility and enhanced graphic quality.

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CleanPrint

Our CleanPrint plates result in a higher printing press efficiency (OEE).

Automation

CrystalCleanConnect, the first truly revolutionary development in flexography in years, reducing production steps from 12 to 1.

CleanPrint fixed colour palette

Fixed Colour Palette

Enable higher printing press up-time and vibrant colours when printing with expanded gamut

Newsroom

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New Study Documents Dramatic Reduction in Carbon Footprint When Comparing Flexographic Printing to Gravure

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Asahi Photoproducts Showcased Latest Advancements in Sustainable Packaging Solutions at the 7th China International Import Expo in Shanghai

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Asahi Photoproducts to Showcase Innovation at 2024 China CI Annual Conference & “CI FLEXO TECH” Technology Awards in Shanghai

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Asahi Photoproducts Brings Solvent ZERO Messaging to the FTA Fall Technical Conference

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Itoen Adopts Asahi Kasei’s AWP™ Water-Washable Flexo Plate for its “Healthy Mineral Barley Tea Bag 30-Pack” Packaging

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CCL ASEAN Adopts Asahi AWP™-DEW and CleanFlat Water-Washable CleanPrint Plates for a More Sustainable Label Printing Operation

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Japanese Printing Company NABEPROCESS Adds Asahi AWP-LOOP™ Water Recycling System to Reduce Water Usage, Hazardous Waste

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Asahi Photoproducts Continues Solvent ZERO initiative at Labelexpo Americas 2024

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ACM revamps prepress suite with Asahi AWP water-wash CleanPrint Carbon Neutral Plates

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Maag GmbH Relies on a Spirit of Innovation for Business Success

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Polish Company Chespa Partners with Asahi Photoproducts and Esko to Introduce High-Quality Compostable Packaging for Food Products, on Display at drupa

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All4Labels Hamburg Boosts Productivity with Automated Platemaking

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Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Recognizes Asahi Photoproducts with its Prestigious Sustainability Excellence Award for AFP™-R Reduced Solvent Plates

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Asahi Helps Flexo Plate Producers on their Journey to Solvent ZERO!

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Suntory Beverage & Food selects Asahi Kasei’s AWP™ water-washable plates for label printing

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Are you ready to unlock efficiency and environmental stewardship with Esko CDI Crystal XPS and Asahi’s Road to Solvent ZERO?

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Transforming Flexo Printing: Cutting-Edge Sustainable Solutions to Take Center Stage at drupa 2024

Flexo Plate Training Center Kick-off inside the Gallus Experience Center. Asahi Photoproducts MD Masaki Matsumoto, Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG, COE Dario Urbinati, Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG, Ferdinand Rüesch, Senior Vice President Global Key Accounts, Anchor Shareholder of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and Esko CTO, Dr. Thomas Klein
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Asahi Photoproducts to Start In-House Plate Training at the Gallus Experience Center, Supported by ESKO

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Excelsior Marking Speeds Flexo Platemaking and Offers Improved Press Performance with Asahi Photoproducts AFPTM-R Reduced Solvent Plates

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