The development prospect of narrow flexo printing

The most common type of waterborne flexographic printing is the printing of large cardboard boxes, which are now widely referred to as wide-width carton printing. Although there is no standard definition for the scope of wide flexible packaging, most manufacturers consider the width of flexible packaging printing The wide range is from 600mm to 1400mm, and 600mm-1000mm medium-width printing presses are now appearing in the packaging market, and will fully devote to the development of short-run printing and quick-change printing. The most frequently printed products we find on a daily basis are: decorative bags, napkin boxes, frozen food packaging, refrigerated instrument packaging, snack packaging, bread packaging bags, candy paper, milk cartons, edible oil packaging, pet food bags, T- Shirt bags, handbags and so on, we call it a narrow flexo printing. Narrow flexo printing also has certain advantages in folding lightweight cartons and flexible packaging. As time passes, the cost structure will continue to change and the advantages will shift. For example, many beer labels printed on milk bags and single-sided coated paper are printed on flexographic equipment. Due to the continuous increase in offset printing equipment, the price of sheet-fed offset printing has dropped significantly, and many businesses have returned to offset printing. However, in the past decade, flexo platemaking and ink prices have dropped dramatically, and quality has continued to increase, causing many businesses to revert to flexographic printing. According to data provided by relevant professional companies, the annual demand for adhesive labels has grown by more than 30%. The average per capita use of adhesive label material in the UK is 16 square meters, while in China it is only 1/30th, and China's population is five times that of the United States. Currently, packaging and electronic labels for food, medicine and cosmetics have begun to use flexographic printing. And there is a growing trend. In this regard, the current major competition comes from letterpress printing. It is understood that there is almost no relief printing in the United States, and the European letterpress printing almost stopped its development in the 1970s. All equipment manufacturers have turned to flexo. Japan, Taiwan, and other manufacturers in China are still producing letterpress printing equipment. According to information recently learned, China's largest flexo-print integrated group company, Yingjie Flexo Technology Co., Ltd., is based on the development history of narrow-band flexible printing in foreign countries. Having spotted its inevitable prospects, it focused on the printing experts and backbones of Wuhan University and Beijing Institute of Printing and Printing, specializing in the development of laser seamless flexo platemaking and flexo multifunction inks. Chen Chun, Chairman of Yingjie Group, stated that although China has started late in the narrow flexo printing industry in comparison with the developed countries, our current technology is among the top three products of Yingjie Company under the support of universities and other universities. "Sheng Tang" 05 year narrow flexo material "Silver Award" 7, FTA excellence in FELOXgraphnY award :narrow web, process, metallized. , "Red River V8" 2005 Grand Prix Asia Pacific Flexographic Excellence Contest, "Gold Award" ". They and other groups than the most rare is the version, ink production, has a very high reduction.

With the continuous improvement of people's awareness of aesthetic packaging and environmental protection. From 1995 to the end of 2004, China has introduced more than 300 modular flexo production lines in more than 20 provinces and cities in the country. Among them, 90% of them are narrow-format flexo presses, and now they are taking about 30 sets per year. The number is increasing, and there are many imported high-end four-color, multi-color water-based ink printing slotting machines for corrugated paper color printing. The current domestic demand for narrow-width flexographic printing production lines requires more than 100,000 tons of water-based ink, coupled with the widespread application of ink in the narrow-width corrugated box packaging printing, which has considerable market potential. The main application areas at present are flexographic printing and gravure printing, and most of the products of these two printing methods are packaging products, of which food packaging, tobacco and wine packaging, and children's toy packaging occupy a considerable proportion. With the improvement of people’s awareness of environmental protection, the urgent need for “green” printed materials is increasing. In recent years, flexographic printing has developed rapidly around the world, and is considered to be “the best and most promising printing method on the planet” in developed countries in Europe and America. For example, in the United States, 95% of flexographic prints and 80% of gravure are printed. Printing inks are used. Therefore, when developing narrow-width flexo printing, do not overlook the water-based printing ink.