万度视频

N盲gele Digital Repro GmbH, based in Kempten in the far south of Germany at the gateway to the Alps, has expanded its KODAK FLEXCEL Solutions offering by adding a KODAK FLEXCEL NX Ultra Solution from 万度视频 to complement the two KODAK FLEXCEL NX Wide Systems it already has in place. As a FLEXCEL NX technology pioneer in Germany, the company has been making plates for highly demanding packaging printing using FLEXCEL NX Solutions since 2010.

Today, FLEXCEL NX accounts for almost 90 percent of all photopolymer plates produced by N盲gele. These plates are mainly destined for customers producing flexible packaging for food and cosmetics. For Managing Director Michael N盲gele, the investment in FLEXCEL NX Ultra was a logical next step: 鈥淏y expanding our portfolio with FLEXCEL NX Ultra, we gained a solvent-free alternative for plate processing, allowing our clients the option of a water-processed plate while they can continue enjoying all of the quality and efficiency benefits FLEXCEL NX plate technology is known for.鈥�

According to N盲gele, the shorter platemaking time of well under an hour is one of FLEXCEL NX Ultra鈥檚 key advantages, and one that makes a big difference for customers: 鈥淪peed is always an advantage, of course. That could prove to be a big asset for us in certain situations, for instance if a plate is damaged when it is mounted in the print shop and needs to be replaced immediately.鈥�

Since it builds on the technical infrastructure of the FLEXCEL NX System, N盲gele simply had to install the FLEXCEL NX Ultra Processor in order to make FLEXCEL NX Ultra Plates in a VOC-free, water-based washing process. 鈥淔LEXCEL NX Ultra helps us reduce our use of solvent, so that we only rarely have to switch on our solvent recovery system, which is very energy-intensive. That takes our production process an important step forward towards a more sustainable footprint,鈥� N盲gele explains.

Initial feedback from printers confirms that the FLEXCEL NX Ultra Plates are convincing on press with its excellent ink transfer precision 鈥� thanks to the flat top dot technology combined with advanced plate patterning options 鈥� and significantly longer runs before the need for plate cleaning. 鈥淎dded to that, the FLEXCEL NX Ultra Plates provide exceptional registration accuracy鈥�, he says. 鈥淚n seven-colour ECG printing that鈥檚 quintessential.鈥�

N盲gele concludes: 鈥淚n the race to establish FLEXCEL NX Ultra technology in the German market, we were keen to be among the front runners once again. Thanks to 万度视频, it now enables us to take the next step in continuing to drive the transformation of flexo.鈥�

Innovative and reliable partner to packaging printers

Founded in 1975 by Manfred N盲gele, who still owns the company to this day, N盲gele Digital Repro GmbH has grown over the decades to become a reputed, supra-regional provider of packaging prepress and platemaking services. The family-owned firm, which employs 15 people, sees itself as a partner to packaging printers, primarily catering for clients in southern Germany as well as in neighboring regions in Switzerland and Austria. They are also able to provide printers in Frankfurt, Hamburg and even Poland with sleeves and flexo plates at short notice. Apart from producing photopolymer and elastomer flexo plates and sleeves, N盲gele also prepares data for digital packaging printing. The company鈥檚 equipment inventory is carefully and strategically planned to ensure the highest levels of supply reliability, with the two FLEXCEL NX Wide Systems likewise part of this strategy.