UV Flexo provides quality, cost, lead time, and environmental advantages by combining two printing technologies: ultraviolet (UV) inks and flexography.
UV Inks
Customer's Perspective:
- more "pop" and shelf appeal
- greater color consistency
- superior scuff, fade and chemical resistance
- best flexo quality
- wide range of substrates including foils and films
Printer's Perspective:
- better quality
- faster make ready time
- less down time
- no climate control
- lower scrap
- faster operator training
- better ink mileage
Environmental Perspective:
- minimal VOCs
- less scrap and waste
- no emission control or climate control systems needed
Flexography
Customer's Perspective:
- shortest lead time
- no order minimums
- low total cost
- best die cut quality and consistency
- most purchasing flexibility and simplicity
- less inventory and obsolescence
- offset quality for most graphics
Printer's Perspective:
- broad market acceptance
- versatility and simplicity
- one-step in-line processing
- low operating, staffing and equipment costs
- many substrates and products