The printing market is changing dramatically, and by the year 2020, it is estimated that it will have shrunk by about 3% annually. However the printing and printing related manufacturers are working on the expansion of their market and "Environmental friendly" is regarded as an important keyword. Until now, a large quantity of organic solvents has been used for conventional printing processes. In view of such situation, the Japan Federation of Printing Industries introduced in 2001, the "Green Standard" that compels the printing industry to work on the reduction of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Since 2009, Sumitomo Riko Company Limited has been selling the environmental friendly Water-Wash Flexo Plate that is suitable for solvent-free ink printing in Europe and the United States. Afterwards, we began to improve high quality printing and started marketing "AquaGreen" as the "Water-Wash Flexo Plate and Waste Water Recycling System" for Japan. This Water-Wash system enables us to reduce VOC emissions during the whole process of printing.
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