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The majority of platemakers today still use solvent wash platemaking technologies, which often can generate unwanted odor in the ambient working environment. In this day and age, many people believe that the manufacturer should be environmentally sustainable and create balanced solutions for a better working environment. At Asahi Photoproducts, we have been working for more than a half century to bring more sustainable products and platemaking to the industry. At the same time, these solutions also improve productivity and profitability.
Customers who have transitioned away from solvent-wash platemaking to Asahi’s AWPTM water-wash CleanPrint technology immediately found that this change contributed to a cleaner environment and a comfortable workplace for employees. They were also able to produce plates faster, and found that their presses were more efficient with fewer press stops for plate cleaning.
Asahi Photoproducts has made it its mission
to accompany its customers on their journey to
Solvent ZERO and to meet each customer where they are.
Step by step.
Getting to Solvent ZERO can also be accomplished over time, with each step adding additional benefits to the plate production process. STEP one is today´s starting point industry standard, STEP 2 and 3 describe the roadmap towards our Solvent ZERO future.
Standard washout solvent type of plate
Excellent printing quality with
CleanPrint offering strong sustainability
benefits, allowing for higher press efficiency
and reduced waste
Approx. 25 % reduction in solvent usage
and over 50% shorten platemaking time
Can use existing solvent installed base
processor in the market
Doesn’t need investment and can start
right now by just changing the plate type
You can entirely stop using hydrocarbon-based washout solvents for
platemaking
Plates can be produced using a variety of processor such as
CrystalCleanConnect, a unique automated platemaking solution
Less swelling and excellent printing quality
AWP™ platemaking machines are the center of our future R&D activities such
as:
WITH OEE
In the flexo industry, we can achieve performance improvement and increases in finished product throughput using a concept called OEE to measure efficiency and look for ways to improve it.
Did you know that by simply implementing Asahi CleanPrint plates you can improve your printing press OEE by giving you up to 1/3 more production capacity with your existing machine park?
NO use of solvent for platemaking
Excellent solid and highlight quality can be achieved with less printing pressure Excellent fine text and minimum dot
Better & easier registration and setup High press efficiency due to reduction of press cleaning intervalls
WATER-WASH PRODUCT LINE
Our water-wash flexographic printing plate family offers AWP™-DEW CleanPrint water-washable plates ideal for the highest quality flexographic applications, including flexible packaging and labels. We also offer AWP™-CleanFlat water-washable FlatTop plates that improve the ink laydown on wide web flexible packaging and beverage carton printing.
We have introduced an innovative water recycling system for AWP™ plate processing equipment. It features the proprietary microza® filtering technology developed by Asahi Kasei that reduces wastewater by 70%, and detergent usage by 50%!
The breakthrough automated flexo platemaking solution created by Asahi Photoproducts and Esko’s collaboration brings together key hardware and software technologies from both organizations to deliver a highly efficient and sustainable mount-ready flexo plate for the packaging industry.
