Creative Graphics achieves Esko HD Flexo Certification

Noida-based Creative Graphics which specialises in platemaking, recently achieved the Esko HD Flexo Certification.

22 Aug 2014 | By PrintWeek India

Srihari Rao, sales director of Esko India, presented the HD Flexo Certification to Deepanshu Goel, proprietor of Creative Graphics at the company’s premises in Noida.

Srihari Rao said, “I am extremely pleased at Creative Graphics’ success in achieving Esko HD Flexo Certification which gives flexo printers in India an opportunity to match the best quality in flexographic print to be found anywhere in the world. Apart from this global benchmarking, I'm impressed by the high volume of production that Creative is delivering to printers and converters.” 

Goel said, “Our company is a long-time user of Esko packaging software including DeskPack, Plato and FlexRip, and we have expanded our operations in the last two years with the addition of a large format CDI Spark 4260 output device for producing the highest quality flexographic plates. We cater to the copybook, corrugated carton, flexible packaging and label industry in the country and also have a second plant in Hyderabad.

Goel added, “We have invested in calibration, training and testing in this certification process, including the examination of test prints and ultimately the examination of running production prints by Esko’s experts.”



The Esko HD Flexo certification process entailed qualifying plates and creating appropriate screen sets based on customers’ presses and conditions.

Explaining the advantages of Esko’s HD Flexo, Goel said, “Plates made with Esko HD Flexo allow better ink coverage in shadows, improving solid densities and eliminating pinholes while also providing softer vignettes. The improved surface texture of the dots themselves, allow the use of a single anilox roller even with halftones on the same plate that use a variety of screen rulings.”

“In addition, our HD Flexo plates are more robust and since they require less pressure for achieving a better layer of ink transfer they are able to produce longer print runs with exceptional quality,” concluded Goel.