New DuPont FAST Digital Plate-Making Installed

American Packaging’s Flexographic Printing and Laminating division in Story City, Iowa has installed the DuPont FAST digital plate making system. The DuPont FAST plate making system has several unique advantages including eliminating the use of solvents in processing plates which drastically reduces the manufacturing time for a plate to less than one hour.

Advantages:

• Reduced press downtime
• Improved schedule flexibility
• Faster response to customer requests
• Digital print quality
• Plate processing without solvents (no handling, storage, recycling and disposal of solvents)
• No plate swelling/excellent uniformity
• No plate drying
• Needs less space/ office equipment