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Asahi Photoproducts Announces PAS 2050 Certification of their water wash AWPTM-DEF/DEW Flexo Plates by the Carbon Trust

This certification is a milestone toward the ultimate goal of PAS 2060 Carbon Neutral certification Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, November 5, 2021. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexog...

Chinese Label Printer Achieves 21% Improved Average OEE with AWP™ CleanPrint Flexo Plates

Tested 8 jobs, comparing AWP to their existing plate, with OEE improvement as high as 46% on some jobs Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, September 21, 2021. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in f...

Fachpack Marks the European Debut of Asahi Photoproducts AWP™ CleanFlat Flexo Plate

Water-washable FlatTop plate delivers high quality, consistency and improved ink laydown Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, August 31, 2021. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photo...

Asahi Photoproducts Unveils AWP™ CleanFlat Flexo Plate at SinoFlex

Water-washable FlatTop plate delivers high quality, consistency and improved ink laydown Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, July 19, 2021. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopo...

Nu-Maber Updates its Flexo Plate Processing Line to Include the Latest Asahi Photoproducts Technology

Inline plate processing and Asahi AWP™-DEW CleanPrint water-washable plates dramatically increase throughput and reduce operator intervention Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, July 19, 2021....

Water-Based Flexographic Printing Steps Up to the Sustainability Challenge

By Takumi Saito, Printing Solutions Project, Asahi Kasei Corporation The recent Leaders Summit on Climate, hosted by U.S. President Biden, demonstrates the growing commitment leaders of many count...

UAE-Based Sigma Labels is First in the Region to Adopt Asahi Photoproducts AWP CleanPrint Water-Washable Plates

Immediate improvement in quality and productivity. Printing press throughput could be increased by 26% in the first month after installation Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, May 11, 2021. Asa...

Asahi and Esko unveil breakthrough automated flexo platemaking solution at virtual.drupa

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, April 21, 2021 – Asahi Photoproducts and Esko have showcased their breakthrough, fully automated flexo platemaking line CrystalCleanConnect at this year’s vi...

Asahi OEE Reloaded. A handy Video for the Flexo Printer

Improve your print production capacity by up to 1/3 by just changing your plate! Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, February 2, 2021. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer...

Freppel Imprimeur Invests in Asahi CleanPrint AWP™ Water-Washable Plates

New plates expected to deliver up to 20% more productivity from prepress through the pressroom along with increased quality using a number of printing substrates Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgi...

Blog: Asahi Photoproducts to Demonstrate their First-in-History Remote Smart Glass Machine Installation

The first AWP™ 4835-P water washable plate processor was put into operation at the Comexi Manel Xifra Boada Technology Center following innovative installation approach By Pedro Hernandez, Engin...

Asahi Photoproducts and Esko Join Forces to Educate Chinese Market on Flexo Platemaking in Harmony with the Environment

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, November 20, 2020. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it extended its relationship with Esko through an...

Asahi and Esko collaborate to develop breakthrough automated flexo platemaking solution

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, November 12, 2020. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, and Esko, a global provider of integrated hardware and sof...

FFP Packaging wins ‘Best in Show’ entry at the EFIA Awards 2020 using Asahi AWP™ Flexo Plate technology

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 7 October, 2020 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, is delighted to congratulate its customer FFP Packaging Solutio...

Asahi Photoproducts Supports Comexi, in a Breakthrough Turnkey Project

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, August 25th, 2020. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it is participating in an important project with ...

Asahi Photoproducts Enters into Distribution Partnership with Matset Matbaa Makine for Increased Accessibility to Asahi Products by the Turkish Packaging Community

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2020. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Matset, an innovative pioneer serving the Turkish p...

Asahi AWP^TM-DEW 4260 PLF Delivers Higher Quality, Faster Processing, Sustainable Footprint and Easy Maintenance Concept

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 2020 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced availability of it’s next-generation larger form...

Rise in Alcohol Prices Creates Financial Impact for Packaging Companies

For flexographic companies using solvent-based platemaking processes, the sharp rise in alcohol prices we are seeing in several EU countries increases the cost of flexographic plates by as much as 3 E...

Asahi Photoproducts Announces New AFP™-Leggero Flexographic Plate for Corrugated Board Applications

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, March 26, 2020 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced the availability of a brand-new flexographic pla...

Asahi Photoproducts to Demonstrate New Water Recycling Unit at drupa 2020

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 30. January 2020 –Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced the latest development in its CleanPrint strate...

Hamilton Adhesive Labels Reduces Makeready Time by 30% with Asahi AWP™ Flexographic Plates

Tokyo/Brussels, 23 September 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Hamilton Adhesive Labels Ltd., a leading converter of printed a...

CleanPrint: The Future of Flexographic Platemaking

Brand owners are seeking faster time to market with higher quality packaging that stands out on the shelf. They want to achieve this at an ever-lower price point. And increasingly, they are looking fo...

Clean and in balance with the environment

As regulatory agencies around the world place more stringent focus on environmental sustainability, Asahi Photoproducts continues to innovate platemaking technology with a solution that aims to produc...

CleanPrint: The Details

In designing next-generation flexographic plates, Asahi’s polymer chemists have created chemical structures that can hold precise image structures, including the smallest highlight dots, for the ent...

Clean Print: The historical development of the naming convention

Since Asahi first brought to market its innovative flexographic plate technology that enabled complete release of ink onto the substrate for a cleaner image and fewer press stops for plate cleaning, o...

Asahi Photoproducts to Unveil CleanPrint at Labelexpo Europe 2019

Tokyo/Brussels, 28 May 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it will be again exhibiting at Labelexpo Europe, scheduled for 24 to 27 Se...

Asahi Photoproducts at EskoWorld 2019 with enhanced plate Portfolio

Tokyo/Brussels, May 23, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it is again attending and sponsoring EskoWorld 2019, scheduled for 24 to...

CleanPrint™ from Asahi Photoproducts is the best way to make flexographic printing “CLEANER”. Who knew it could be so easy?

At LabelExpo, Asahi Photoproducts will be featuring its CleanPrint™ flexographic printing plates. These plates are the latest generation of Asahi technology that enables complete release of ink onto...

Shanghai Hengze Printing Company Leverages Asahi Plates for Successful Transition from Letterpress to Flexo

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, April 25, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Chinese label manufacturer Shanghai Hengze P...

Asahi Photoproducts Signs Dis-Trade as Flexo Plate Distributor in Russia

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, April 8, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Moscow-based Dis-Trade has signed up as an of...

The Robinette Company Partners with Asahi Photoproducts for Productivity, Quality Improvements

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, March 28, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that flexible film and paper packaging manufactu...

Asahi Photoproducts Announces New FlatTop Flexographic Plates with Clean Transfer Technology

Tokyo/Brussels, February 4, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced the launch of the AFP™-BFTH plate in the first half of 2019, the o...

Asahi Photoproducts Signs Distribution Agreement with Spanish Firm INNOVA

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, January 30, 2019 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it has added Spanish firm INNOVA to its global...

2018 has been another exciting year in the flexographic industry, and for Asahi Photoproducts and our customers. We are looking forward to continuing momentum in 2019, and we have new innovations in t...

Celebrating 45 Years of Innovation in the Label Industry

As we look back over the last 45 years, we at Asahi Photoproducts are proud of our contributions to the label industry and flexographic technology. Both AFP and AWP plates, introduced in 1982 and 2000...

CymMetrik Receives Grand Printing Award Using Asahi AWP™ Flexographic Plates

Tokyo/Brussels, November 20, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that the Shanghai plant of global label producer CymMetrik was recog...

Asahi Photoproducts to Exhibit for the First Time at Labelexpo India

Tokyo/Brussels, October 23, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it will be exhibiting at Labelexpo India 2018, scheduled for 22 to 2...

Asahi Photoproducts Strengthens Market Presence in the U.S. with Wikoff Color

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, September 25, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it has signed Wikoff Color Corporation as a U...

Cartotecnica Postumia Chooses Asahi AFP™-DSF Digital Flexographic Plates for Quality, Productivity

Tokyo/Brussels, September 21, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Cartotecnica Postumia, a producer of square-bottom bags for th...

Asahi Photoproducts to Exhibit at Labelexpo Americas

Tokyo/Brussels, August 2, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it will be exhibiting at Labelexpo Americas 2018, scheduled for 25 to ...

Asahi Photoproducts Teams with SOMA Engineering to Support Flexo Technology Center Grand Opening in China

Brussels, Belgium, July 17, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it supported the grand opening of the brand-new SOMA Flexo Technology...

Asahi Photoproducts to showcase its Clean Transfer Technology at Gallus Innovation Days

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, May 29, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it will be attending Gallus Innovation Days for th...

Asahi Photoproducts Teams with Esko to Bring Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to Flexo Platemaking

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, May 24, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced it will be attending EskoWorld for the first time....

Dr David Galton recognised by the European Flexographic Association for his Outstanding Contribution to the Flexo Printing Industry

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 22 March 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts is delighted to announce that its European Sales Director, Dr. David Galton has been recognised by the European Flexographic...

Asahi Photoproducts to Support First Edition of Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018 with Innovation, Education

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, March 20, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it will be showing its AWP™ line of water-washa...

Asahi Photoproducts to Bring Its Clean Transfer Technology to Print4All 2018 in Milan

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, March 8, 2018 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it will be showing its full line of flexographic plate...

The Future of Print is Here

Asahi Photoproducts is all about the future of print – especially flexographic printing. Our goal is to radically improve the efficiency of flexo production and to support flexo printers. And we are...

Gateway Packaging Company improves Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) by 53% with Asahi Photoproducts AWP™ Water-Washable Plates

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium 30 November 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Tennessee-based Gateway Packaging Company ...

Asahi Photoproducts Brings the Future of Flexo Printing to Eurasia Packaging 2017

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 17 October 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that it will be attending Eurasia Packaging 2017...

Asahi Kasei launches R&D Center in Germany

05. October 2017 - On October 1st, Asahi Kasei launched its new R&D Center in Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The main focus of the Asahi Kasei Europe R&D Center will be on strengthening the...

S. Lerner Reduce Environmental Footprint, Improves Quality With Asahi Water-Washable Plates

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, September 18, 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer platedevelopment, today reported that S.Lerner, an Israeli company with deca...

Tips on Preparing for Labelexpo Europe 2017

Labelexpo Europe 2017 is fast approaching. It’s a good time to take stock of the efficiency of your labels & packaging converting operation. Is there room to improve your operating efficie...

Asahi Photoproducts Europe Strengthens Team with Addition of Three New Flexo Experts

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, September 7, 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced the addition of three new team mem...

Label Partners Gains Enhanced Reputation for Label Quality with Asahi Water-Washable Plates

Label Partners, located in Southern Australia, provides quality labels for many industries from wine, general food and beverage, fresh produce including poultry and dairy, through to the automotive, p...

Colognia Press Partners with Asahi Photoproducts to Dramatically Improve Flexo Productivity

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, July 25, 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Czech-based Colognia Press achieved 100% impr...

Asahi Photoproducts to Bring Innovation, Education to Labelexpo Europe 2017

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported it will be showing its AWP™ of water-washable fl...

Correct-Touch Graphic Arts and Asahi Score Big Win at FTA

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, and Correct-Touch Graphic Arts, the exclusive distributor of Asah...

New Asahi Photoproducts Web Site Offers Automated Product Selector and More

Tokyo, Japan, and Brussels, Belgium, 15 May 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a leading company in the development of photopolymer printing plates for flexo printing, today announced the launch of a brand...

UK-Based FFP Releases Fixed Colour Palette Guide for Brands

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 10 May 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that FFP Packaging Solutions, a UK-based innovator i...

ISIMAT profits from Asahi flexo printing plates

Tokyo, Japan, and Brussels, Belgium, 24 April 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a leading company in the development of photopolymer printing plates for flexo printing, has won over ISIMAT GmbH Siebdruckm...

Asahi Photoproducts Wins a Raft of Prestigious EFIA Awards

Significantly improved OEE and reduced waste compared to conventional platesTokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium. 30th of March 2017 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer pl...

Asahi Customers Sweep Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa Awards

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2017 - Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, is pleased to announce that its customers claimed a total of 24...

Uniflex Adopts Asahi Photoproducts Flexographic Plates for Higher Quality, Improved Efficiency

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 24 January 2017 – About eight years ago, Belarus-based Uniflex began its journey to enhance quality and competitive advantage through the use of fixed colour pa...

Label Impressions Rewarded with Top Prize at TLMI Annual Label Awards

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 01 December 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Orange County based Label Impressions took...

Asahi Photoproducts Responds To an Increased Market Demand of their Corrugated Board Plate.

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 24 November 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced that AFPTM-SE/DSE solid photopolymer flexograp...

Who says quality is not a top priority?

UK-based repro and platemaking house Flexoshop has a great story to share. The company, located in Colchester, had been using Flat Top Dot platemaking systems to serve its printer customers. When Mana...

UK-Based Flexoshop Spurs Business Growth with Asahi Photoproducts AWP Water-Washable Flexographic Plates

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 13. October 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced that Flexoshop, a repro and platemaking house ...

Asahi Photoproducts – York Repro-Graphic Group blog post

Fixed Colour Palette Printing Is HereOr so says the largest repro house in the UK! York Repro-Graphic Group (YRG) was founded in 1974 and, provides a full range of pre-press and reprographic services ...

York Repro-Graphic Group Turns to Asahi Photoproducts AWP Flexographic Plates for Fixed Colour Palette Printing

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, 1 September 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today announced that the York Repro-Graphic Group (YRG) has ad...

Asahi Photoproducts participates in FLEX SO GOOD

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium. July 29, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development confirmed its participation in FLEX SO GOOD on 22 and 23 Septembe...

DS Smith Receives Prestigious European Awards for Exceptional Quality in Flexography

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today congratulates its customer, the DS Smith plant in Fulda. D...

drupa 2016: Worth Waiting For!

A great deal has happened in the printing industry since 2012. Following drupa 2012, the industry was looking forward to the next big leaps we could expect to see four years later at drupa 2016. Now t...

Big Value, Small Environmental Footprint

This is what drove Nu-Maber, a leading Italian repro house, to choose Asahi AWP™-DEF water-washable plates with Pinning Technology for Clean Transfer. The company is known for being innovative and f...

Nu-Maber Improves Quality, Environmental Sustainability with Asahi AWP™ Plates

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium. May 30, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that leading Italian-based repro house Nu-Maber ha...

Gearing Up for drupa 2016

At Asahi Photoproducts, we are busy getting ready for drupa 2016, scheduled for 31 May through 10 June in Düsseldorf. We hope we will see you there; we’ll be located in Hall 11, Stand A60, at the s...

Making Flexographic Printing More Sustainable and Efficient Introduction

Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, has a long history of innovation in the field of flexography. This comes both from the expertise of Asahi Photoproducts e...

Asahi/Uteco Study Proves Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Improvements for Flexo Are Achievable

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium, May 12, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that it has carried out a practical OEE (Overall E...

Platinum Print: The New Standard in Flexographic Printing

FFP Packaging in the UK has received a number of well-deserved awards for the quality of its flexible package printing, and Asahi is proud to have contributed to its success.The company spent a couple...

Asahi Photoproducts Recognized with Prestigious EFIA Gold Award

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium. March 29, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, is pleased to report that its unique Pinning Technology for Cle...

Asahi Photoproducts Set to Bring Extreme Quality to Flexo Printing at drupa 2016

Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, is pleased to announce that it will be bringing a full range of ...

FFP Packaging Sets New Standard in Flexographic Printing

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium. March 7, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, is pleased to report that its customer, FFP Packaging, located i...

Can Flexo Displace Gravure?

UK-based TCL Packaging Limited thinks so. “We’re all about replacement of gravure here at TCL,” says Dean Langford, TCL Production Manager. The company produces films for all types of food and n...

TCL Packaging Teams with Creation Reprographics and Asahi Photoproducts to Bring Gravure Quality to Flexo

Tokyo, Japan, & Brussels, Belgium, January 21, 2016 – Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that TCL Packaging Limited of Telford in the U...

Achieving Fixed Colour Palette Printing Excellence with Asahi

With brand owner and retailer focus continuing to be placed on cost reduction and improved efficiency, all eyes are on the potential that fixed colour palette printing brings and what it can deliver f...

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