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.
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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.
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.
Fixed Colour Palette
Enable higher printing press up-time and vibrant colours when printing with expanded gamut
Newsroom
Itoen Adopts Asahi Kasei’s AWP™ Water-Washable Flexo Plate for its “Healthy Mineral Barley Tea Bag 30-Pack” Packaging
CCL ASEAN Adopts Asahi AWP™-DEW and CleanFlat Water-Washable CleanPrint Plates for a More Sustainable Label Printing Operation
Japanese Printing Company NABEPROCESS Adds Asahi AWP-LOOP™ Water Recycling System to Reduce Water Usage, Hazardous Waste
Polish Company Chespa Partners with Asahi Photoproducts and Esko to Introduce High-Quality Compostable Packaging for Food Products, on Display at drupa
Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Recognizes Asahi Photoproducts with its Prestigious Sustainability Excellence Award for AFP™-R Reduced Solvent Plates
Suntory Beverage & Food selects Asahi Kasei’s AWP™ water-washable plates for label printing
Are you ready to unlock efficiency and environmental stewardship with Esko CDI Crystal XPS and Asahi’s Road to Solvent ZERO?
Transforming Flexo Printing: Cutting-Edge Sustainable Solutions to Take Center Stage at drupa 2024
Asahi Photoproducts to Start In-House Plate Training at the Gallus Experience Center, Supported by ESKO
Excelsior Marking Speeds Flexo Platemaking and Offers Improved Press Performance with Asahi Photoproducts AFPTM-R Reduced Solvent Plates
Flexo Corrugated Plate Box with Less Packaging Waste: another step toward improving sustainability
Unique Selling Points
Created through a partnership between Esko, Kongsberg and Asahi Photoproducts, this revolutionary advance in flexographic platemaking reduces production steps from 12 to 1 and operator handling time by 90%.
Unique to Asahi Photoproducts flexographic plates, CleanPrint plates deliver high quality print performance as a result of engineered photopolymer chemistry with a low surface energy resulting outstanding ink transfer and fewer press stops for plate cleaning.
Whether you are printing labels, flexible packaging, corrugated or paper, we have a plate solution for you, ranging from our AWP™ water-washable plates to our more traditional AFP™ and APR™ flexo plates. Use our industry-leading plate processors or simply drop plates into your existing platemaking process.
Our Asahi AWP™-CleanFlat water-washable plates are carbon neutral certified, offering the industry’s smallest carbon footprint from cradle to grave when compared to alternative products.
Asahi experts are located around the globe to provide the best possible local service. Our experts will assess your current process and your business goals to make specific recommendations about improving productivity and profitability for your flexographic printing business.
