Flint Group welcomes Chinese print professors

Flint Group recently hosted professors from some of its Chinese partners, the Technical University in Xi’an and the Beijing Institute of Graphic, in Stuttgart.

Professor Xu Wencai, vice president of the Beijing Insitute of Graphic; Professor Cao Congjun, deputy dean of the Technical University Xi’an; and Hengzhen Diao from the Stuttgart Media University used the opportunity to learn more about the company’s product portfolio and the latest technologies used to produce flexo printing forms.

Dr Uwe Stebani, vice president Technology Flint Group Flexographic Products, says, “Of particular interest were discussions on the influences of the plate processing and their effects on the printing quality as well as the attractive field of the flexo printing market and technologies in China”, says.

“With different print samples showing impressively the advantage of high resolution surface textures implemented on the plate relief, we could demonstrate the improvement of the image quality in flexo printing, which can be achieved with the nyloflex Next exposure technology.”

Flint group says the high energy exposure with the UVA LED’s of the nyloflex Next Exposure enables a detailed reproduction of high-resolution textures due to oxygen inhibition adding that the imaging of fine surface textures enhances the printing quality in flexo printing by higher ink density in solids and smooth ink lay down of ink trapping. The printing image appears more brilliant and rich in contrast, according to Flint Group.

The Chinese academics visited Flint Group’s technology centre, where sheetfed, letterpress as well as flexo inks and plates are tested and evaluated.

Pictured above, from left: Professor Xu Wencai, Vice President Beijing Institute, presented a Chinese scroll painting to Dr Uwe Stebani, vice president Technology, and Thomas Leuschner, technical representative, Flint Group Flexographic Products

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