Printing Innovation Asia Issue 5 2020
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What it takes to produce award-winning print KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plate user, Perfection Packaging, Australia, has just scooped the prestigious (North American) FTA Best in Show wide web category Award for Print Excellence. Their Eta Uppercuts Corn Tapas Bag was hailed by the judges as a truly exceptional piece of print, specifically mentioning the excellent overall tonal range, standout ink coverage and highlight reproduction.
We spoke to Selwyn Hyman and Hylton Hodes, Managers at Perfection Packaging to find out more about the application and to get the lowdown on what it takes to produce award-winning print: Can you share a little background on Perfection Packaging? Established in 1978, we have expanded over the years and now occupy a purpose-built 10,000sqm facility in Dandenong South, near Melbourne. We have five state-of-the-art flexo presses and offer flexible packaging solutions for the FMCG industry, including food, health and personal care. We’re focused on providing quality innovative
products with unrivaled customer service and produce work that regularly wins local and international printing awards – though this recent Best in
Show win at the FTA is the icing on the cake! Tell us a little more about the production of the winning bag: The first thing you need to know is that the job was printed as any job that goes through our plant. This included normal press speeds together with the standard process controls that are applied to every job printed at Perfection Packaging. This job was not treated any differently. It’s printed at 133lpi screen ruling. We don’t push high line screens – that way we minimize the challenges on press. The key to producing such a highquality job is maintaining consistency on press with ink density targets, which we were able to achieve by using KODAK FLEXCEL NX plates. The reprographics, provided by our prepress partner Kirk Group, are produced to a press color profile specific to our presses and substrates.
