Flexo by name, flexible by nature: printing functional coatings and graphics

摘要

Flexography is a versatile and cost-effective printing method that can be used to apply thin layers of inks and coatings to a wide variety of substrates. The ability to apply functional coatings to packaging materials is a key element to increasing their performance and creating innovative packaging solutions. Scion developed coatings that can be applied by flexography as well as conventional coating methods. The development process has included trials on Scion's two-roll flexographic printing press. The press has also been used to demonstrate its printing capability on both plastic and paper based substrates, using different inks and coatings, and hot air or infra-red drying, showing the suitability and versatility of flexographic printing for the deposition of graphics and innovative new functional coatings.