Flexo printers/converters are always under pressure to limit costs. This comes not only from brands who are always interested in reducing packaging costs, but also competitive pressures from other printers.
But how do you stay competitive when there are more, shorter press runs? The answer isn’t always digital, as flexo workflows and presses have become more efficient. One of the best ways to save costs — both material and labor — is to be flexible and reduce makeready time. There are more and more quick changes and makereadies in flexo, offered by throughput automation. The faster a printer can change plates — and perhaps inks — and get a job running in registration, the more work a printer can complete with greater capacity and with less waste. Shorter makereadies deliver the ability to run more jobs per day and to profitably print short-run jobs. There are many ways innovative flexo presses can help.