Bengaluru-based Veepee installs Esko CDI Spark

This is the second Esko CDI Spark at Veepee Graphic Solutions.

Jaichandra, managing director at Veepee Graphic Solutions, said, “CDI Spark 4260 addresses the highest quality flexo applications, primarily in the flexible packaging, folding carton markets and corrugation. The flexo plate requirement for corrugation industry will be bigger than the label industry. The volumes are huge - and they are growing.”

Jaichandra added, “The requirement for the high end flexo plates will increase in next five years. Keeping this in mind we have invested in a high-end Esko CDI Spark digital imaging system.”

According to Jaichandra, Indian commercial offset printers are moving to digital. This is due to the shrinking print runs. This makes sense for the commercial printers who are also catering to the pharmaceutical and FMCG companies for their commercial print requirements. They already have the customer database which enables them to diversify or expand into packaging.

The flexo pre-press house produces 700 flexo plates of 30x40 inch a month for the combination of print production like labels, corrugation and wide web flexo.

Jaichandra said, “In 2009, we felt that the market is maturing and we had to look at next level. Esko also came up with a 4000dpi imaging system and a unique concept of inline UV II with flat top and round top dot. We knew that we could use this concept to produce high quality flexo plates also the plate handling is less. This means chance of plate getting damaged is lesser. This will definitely increase our plate production as the exposure time will go down by 15 minutes per plate. With the new system we are looking to double the capacity.”

Jaichandra concluded, “We are in process of installing software from Esko which will enable us to produce the flat and round top dots on the plate. This is the first system along with this software in India which will also be beta testing site for Esko.”