New rotec® Lightweight Sleeve presented

At the end of November 2015, Flint Group has once again invited to the traditional customer event, Flexo Round Table. This time, conference venues were Damme (Lower Saxony, Germany) and Fichtenau (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). The events reached a new attendance record with a total of approximately 120 participants.

A key subject of the event was the new rotec^® Lightweight Sleeve, which was exclusively presented to the conference members even before it was launched to the market. This new generation of hard-coated sleeves for conventional plate mounting with adhesive tapes offers weight savings up to 40% compared to standard sleeves and meets a range of customers’ requirements in the mid to wide web and pre-print sector. Now, maximum weight limits in the pressroom, shorter and easier press setups, or missing adapter configurations can easily be managed.

Additionally, the rotec^®Lightweight Sleeve offers a new feature which makes it even more attractive: The entire sleeve edge is sealed with an aluminum plate, which protects the sleeve from exposure to cleaning liquids, inks or solvents and prevents unnatural diameter growth of the sleeve. The new sleeves are available in rotec^® Omega Surface Technology for use of solvent based inks as well as with other well-known features like the rotec^®Stainless Steel Register Ring.

It was with great interest, that participants listened to the information about the nyloflex^® FTF Digital plate. This plate was introduced into the market in the summer of 2015, and provides the Easy Way to Flat Top Dots. The plate offers significant complexity reduction and efficiency gain for the reproduction of Flat Top Dots, as it can be processed like any standard digital plate – no changes, additional equipment, processes or consumables are needed. Furthermore, a special surface texture eliminates the need for time consuming surface screening. Additionally, the plate offers reliable high quality and consistency.

The conference programme was completed with exciting lectures around the subjects of cleansing and SAS smart anilox systems given by Flexo Wash and Sandon Global, as well as an exchange of participants’ experiences. Comments like „many thanks for the professionally organised and very informative seminar“, or „this was a truly successful event with interesting lectures“, demonstrate the high standard of the presentations and informative value for the attendees. Flint Group will also continue with further customer events in 2016.