Q: What kinds of trends are you seeing among narrow web printers?
A: Technology innovations for the narrow web flexographic printing industry are more prevalent than ever. Today’s printing presses are engineered for speed, precision and durability. Recent enhancements in press technology have driven the need for new plate and sleeve technologies to keep pace with the high-precision machinery and increasingly advanced artwork patterns. As intricacies of artwork become more complex, printed line screen counts are getting higher, and area coverage is getting lower and lower; measurements of some dots are even in half percentages! The complexities of the printing process are exacerbated by the markets increasingly demand for shorter print runs that ultimately reduce working capital for the customer and manage short-term promotions more efficiently.