No running-in period and skilled worker required

For 35 years in package the company has been located in E-Land, the Eastern side of Taiwan –an isolated area before the freeway was built five years ago (June 2006), due to inconvenient transportation from Taipei city areas (which is on the North-west side of the island). In the past it took around 4 hours to get there –nowadays it's only about 40 minutes when taking the tunnel (about 13 kilometers/8 miles).

DJ Cartons operates three printer slotters for multi-colour carton printing to cater for the demand for packaging in the Eastern areas like Hua Lien and TaiTung counties. Now they have the ability to expand their territory to the city areas ; in Taipei DJ Cartons has opened a liaison office to take the orders after their own in-plant platemaking system from @flexoBag had been started.

In the past DJ Carons had to rely on tradeshops in Taipei to make the plates. They spent around TWD 150,000 a month which was not competitive. The total annual expenses for platemaking amounted to TWD 2,000,000; some TWD 8.00 per square inch (6.5 cm 2 ). Now that DJ Cartons has started @flexoBag system, the total cost has come down to only TWD 1.80 square inch, which also includes the costs for making the negative. Using the LaserBlack Enhancer this is a very economic and convenient way for making a negative : all that is needed is a HP laser printer.

The owners-two brothers-are happy with this new system as it has reduced plate costs by 75%. In addition : There is waiting time for plate delivery and the cost of transportation from West to East ; originals already having been sent online, which is quick.

Two ladies in the factory were assigned to be trained as operators for platemaking for two days. They joined the production immediately, although they have had no previous experience with platemaking. They are very happy with their waterwash @flexoBag system as they do not have to stand the bad smell of washout solvent which is also toxic. The two lady operators have achieved the goal of meeting the slogan No running-in period or skilled worker required.

New weapon as a substitute for engraving plates

• The @flexoBag system is an new solution which can be substituted for traditional platemaking for corrugated board printing.
• The @flexoBag system uses a new patented technology by putting liquid resin into a bag in a free definable quantity and a free seal to make a plate in any thickness and size according to the requirements. Advantages are :
•   Water washout. No solvent is required for plate washout ; the environment is now clean and Green.
• High productivity. With the invention of the @flexoBag system, platemaking is very quick, To produce 10-20 sqm (15,500-31,000 sq.in) of plates (thickness 3.94 mm/0.155”) in each day (one eight-hour shift) is very simple and easy.
•   Simple stocking. No more complicated stocks of various plate thicknesses and sizes are required. Just preparing a pail of liquid photopolymer resin ( 18 kg / 39.7 lbs or 200 kg / 440.9 lbs drums).
• Low investment. Investment for a @flexoBag system is only 30% of a conventional liquid resin platemaking machine.
•   Production cost. The production cost is only 50% of a solid plate with solvent washout. When washing with water the solvent cost (20-30% of the plate cost) will saved.

Nov. 14-17 2011 Flexo Technology had a successful exhibition in Shanghai at All-in-print China . LaserBlack Enhancer and @flexoBag System are our major innovative products at this show.

Digital innovation has made less and less photographic film users (such as no-film, no-plate printing and CTP plate making). This has made existing photographic film manufacturer intending to increase their film price accordingly due to less and less consumptions. (50-80% increased this year).

Therefore LaserBlack become a good alternative for plate makers, this probably because of over 10000 LaserBlack users in the world have proven its versatility. There are so many deals on the spot as we pushed an offer of SHOW SPECIAL

during the show, many foreign visitors have enjoyed the same offer as well by taking away from the show ground.

In combination, @flexoBag is a newly developed system by FTI with invention / patent which has been granted in many major countries already and pending in 40 countries over the world. Using water to washout / environmental green / quick and economic are the advantages of this system, the plate making cost is only 50-70% of solvent wash plate making also touching the heart of the bosses.

Water washout is an important issue in flexo plate making nowadays and the whole processing time of @flexoBag is only 30 minutes in a cycle (solvent wash plate is 2-3 hours per cycle.) which means can make 10-20 square meters plate in one shift each day. (2 -3 boxes of solid plate.)

For plate makers to make film, LaserBlack is another choice of photo film and reduce the film cost. ( www.laserblack.net ) While flexo plate makers especially for corrugated printing,@flexoBag use no solvent which is not only friendly to environment but also good to keep you and your employees away from toxic chemicals. ( www.flexobag.us )

Contact us immediately if you are interest in these innovative products.

Feedback from customer in South America

Feedback from customer

in South America

Good day!  I want to comment to you that we have been working very well all the time with flexo making plate you sold us since 2010 and also plates have a good quality and they are more flexible than former plates we had before.

  The HP 5200 A 3 printer which we have bought from you is working very well with your LaserBlack Enhancer which enable us to make our own negative film any time in our factory at very low cost and it is very convenient.

  As to the Model @A2SSF flexo plate making machine, which is also performs very nicely of all the functions : Exposure + Washout+ Drying + Anti-tack treatment 4 in 1. Due to all stainless steel made, it looks as new as the time we have bought it two years ago.

  This time I want ask you quote us sheet @flexo plates like last time.  Please quote all goods price under C&F Arica, Chile in American dollars, we will take insurance from Taiwan to Bolivia, please do not don't worry about it although we know the freight maybe expensive, but we still like to buy from you.

  We appreciate very much that only you can provide the

total flexo plate making solution for our one-stop shopping

requirement including: prepress + materials + plate + equipment in once and one shipment.

Thank you once again and have a nice day.

Best regards,

Marcelo Lizarazu Orellana

FIMAR LTDA.

Tel: 591-2-5249985/5242613

Oruro , Bolivia . (110831)

Feedback from users

Chang Yuen Paper packing Co. , Ltd. VN ,

Lo J1, duong NA3 – DA3 KCN My Phuoc II,

Huyen Ben Cat Tinh Binh Duong , Vietnam 

Experiencing new @flexoBag plate making technology

To whom it may concern:

We are a corrugated paper company with 6 flexo printer /slotter in our factory, before we make our own plate in plant, we are paying about USD 2000.- of photopolymer plates each month from the trade shops near around.

Besides this, we have 10 people making hand engrave plate and a laser engraving machine making rubber plates for not so fine image jobs. Due to growing business, the owners have decided to make our own plate in our plant.

Photopolymer plate making is a brand new item for us, so we have started to

search for new technology of equipment and materials in order to improve our

printing quality as well as for expanding our future business.

Eventually, we have found @flexoBag System is a brand new technical for photopolymer plate making to meet our requirements of low investment, quick process and environment green for us. The total equipment cost with consumables

for initial starting cost us USD .- for a 60 x 90 cm size machine which is quite

practical for our use and quick process of the system has increased a lot of our productivity.

By the end of December 2010, we are expecting to have our investment return, for we

have found the total cost of the production including everything is less than 20% of the plates we rely on trade shop before.

The owners know that using this new system is worth with no regret now.

Feedback from Indonesia

PT PREMIER JAYA INDO

JL RAYA PERTAMINA NO 8 SUMBERAME

WRINGINANOM GRESIK INDONESIA

  We are corrugated board company in Surabaya / Indonesia , due to labor wage increasing gradually and it is not easy to find skillful hand engraver to make rubber plate with many small letters on it, we must to find out a simple, easy economic and green way to make our own printing plate for printing the cartons in plant.

Moreover, it is getting expensive for the plate we rely on trade house to make for us outside, so that we have to pay too much plate making fees every month, and it is becoming not a small sum as USD 20000.- annually. Therefore we start to search a good way to solve these problems for us and eventually we have found @flexoBag system from internet.

The website is neat and clear enough to let us know everything about the new system

with the DVD, the Q&A and the Feedbacks from their users by which we have found some of their users are in the very similar production situation with us. After having the comprehensive information, we have decided to place our order immediately in order to start up the plate making right after our New Year Holidays which is in the mid of September 2010.

Two of @flexoBag engineers come from Taiwan at the beginning of October right after the machine had reached us and in 5 days, now we are able to make our own plate smoothly. Printers are happy because of no need to wait for plate delivery from trade shop any more or even have to go to collect the plate when we have to use it urgently.

This was our first transaction with @flexoBag company and we only know them from internet. At the beginning we do not have full confidence in the first transaction with big amount to them. With regret now we have to place another bigger order to them only in few weeks after the installation to buy consumable materials such as Resin and Film from them and most important is their LaserBlack Enhancing Solution to enhance print as negative film from our HP printer works too well that we have to order more as well. It is really a genius invention from them again that we can even make our own negative in our plant for in time plate making now by which we do not have to rely on outside service from image setter to make negative film for us at all.

I have to admit that we are not only happy with the @flexoBag system but also we have to thank them for their skillful and quick service offered to us to do training to our people for both plate making and for the machine maintenance.

They are quite professional!

Wenyao He

- NGHIEP -

CHIN CHIA PACKING & PRINTING FACTORY 
GUANG-MING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,

DONG-CHENG TOWN , DONG-GUAN CITY , GUANG-DONG , CHINA

We are Chin Chia package printing company located in Dong Guan where is a major manufacturing city for all kind of goods export to most of the countries all over the world.

Our job is making and printing film bags, paper bags and corrugated box supplying to the factories located in this area. At the beginning we use conventional flexo plate, but because of the green environmental requirement is getting higher and higher so that we have decided to find a more friendly method to make plates.

We have made flexo plate by solvent washout for quite a long time, until it was a good chance for us to see this new announcement of water washout flexoBag system during DRUPA 2008 in Dusseldorf Germany, after the show we have made several visit to see the demonstration of how to make a bag, how to fill in the liquid resin, exposure, wash by water and request for making plates for our test printing on line to proof not only for the reproduction but also the long impression running of the plate made by the system for it is a brand new technology in the flexo printing industry.

All of employees hate the strong solvent odor so much that we have to decide to use this water wash system as soon as possible. The solvent recovering department people, now they join us in printing room, for they have lost their job already.

In addition to these, plate making room is no longer a dirty place like before any more.

The happiest person should be our boss, not only for the production cost have been reduced 40-50% and processing time very short, most important is that the boss has returned all his investment back by now mostly because of using no solvent any more. 

In spring of 2009, we started to use @flexoBag plate making system, now we could not print without it for everybody love it, even our former plate making shop is using the same system following us.

Pre press Dept.

We are very happy and healthy with @flexoBag

I am delighted to report that the @flexoBag system works well in our factory since July 2009. I made some excellent plates from liquid photopolymer by using the flexoBag system and use only water to wash it out, it is very incredible that the plate is the same quality with the solvent washout flexo plates. Now all the people in the prepress room are very happy with it because of no disgusting odor in the factory any more, every body looks very healthy now.

Due to flexoBag can be prepared in advance before plate making, the bubbles are disappeared therefore it is very easy and quick (50% time consumption only) to use by just putting the film and bag in between two glasses do not have to pour in resin waiting for spreading and take off the bubbles on the machine, so the exposure process is now simple and easy for us in stead of the hard works of spreading the thin film and paving the base film (because the bubbles may happen again during this procedures).

No spreader, no coater and no bubble happened, the machine is very simple so the cost of investments we have paid is only 30% of the conventional machine cost, plus the production cost is only 50% of the solvent wash flexo plates therefore we are expecting to have our return of investment quicker by June of 2010 definitely.

All of our employees like this new flexoBag system very much

Hen Cog 
Chi Fan Enterprise Corp. 
_______________________________

22-27 Tienmu West Road

Taipei , Taiwan

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@flexoBag system

Photopolymer Liquid Resin

An unique FREE-SEAL Sachet Technology
– US invention & Global patents are pending –

@flexoBag is a brand new development of flexographic plate making system for corrugated & paper printing Industry. This innovative creation is experienced from both of conventional liquid photopolymer and solvent plate for 30 years.

@flexoBag is faster exposure, with fine reproduction details, water wash-out, Easy and rapid operation system. For a 4 mm plate for corrugated board printing exposure time is only 5 min, wide latitude, fine details, no bubbles, tolerance within +/- 0.03mm, good for all kinds of flexo printing. Available size up to 42 x 60 inch (110 x 16cm), larger size equipment is available under your request.

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Photopolymer Liquid Resin

Exposure unit –

Double-side exposure + anti-tack treatment unit (GT) with high intensity lamps good for fine dot reproduction. With powerful air exhausting during anti-tack treatment.

Model : FB 4260 GT

Exposure + Treatment Unit

@flexoBag System

New weapon to substitute Engraving Plates

A new solution to substitute engraving plates for corrugated board printing is now available from @flexoBag system which is a new weapon for the future business,the reasons are:

•  Good engraving machine is very expensive, however a low end machine and hand engraving can not satisfy the users anymore…..both trade shops and printers.

•  Engraving process is very slow and it is not easy to engrave it in fine detailed images, which can not meet the requirements of plate maker and printers.

•  Laser engraving companies odor smell as burning a rubber which is in high air pollution and bad to human health.

•  Environmental green is an important issue nowadays, odor smell, air pollution, and using of solvents are the trends to be avoid.

While @flexoBag system is using a new patented technology to put liquid resin in a bag with free quantity and free seal to make a plate in any thickness and size according to your negative, the advantages are:

•  Water washout - Use water to washout the plate, no more solvent is required which all the plate makers are happy with it, the environment is clean and green now.

•  High productivity - Due to this new invention of @flexoBag, plate making is very quick now. To make 30 square meter of plates ( 4mm thickness) in 2 shifts each day is very simple and easy now.

•  Simple stock – No more complicated stocks of various thickness and size to stock the plate by just preparing a pail of liquid photopolymer resin in 18 kgs or 200 kgs drum.

•  Low investment – By using @flexoBag System the complete set of equipment investment is only 30 percent to a conventional liquid resin plate making machine.

•  Production cost is LOW –The production cost now is only 50% of a solid plate washout by solvent, for using water to washout the plate will save you solvent cost which is 20-30% of the plate cost

•  Employees are happy – Your employees will be happy with you wise decision for they will work under a green environment and healthy than ever before.

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Plate making tips

@flexoBag liquid photopolymer plate

 •  Storage:  

•  Unexposed resin pail 
To ensure a long shelf life, store the resin pail in a dry, dark place at temperature under 25 degree C (77 degree F) and humidity under 65%

•  Processed plate 
Before and after printing, store in a dry and dark place with conditions as for A.

•  Handling:  
We recommend to handle and operate under yellow safety light or UV cut lamp. 
For protecting skin and eyes, please wear protective glove and glass. 
Please refer to MSDS available from your local dealers

•  Preparing bags: 
•  Determine the size of plate you want to make according to the negative film first then make the bag a little bit bigger than the negative.

•  Make sure base film side with sticky back and mat side film is for keeping your plate surface smooth.

•  Seal together with heat sealer or tapes assure that no leak of the bag, especially double secure the 2 corners when the bag is very big.

•  Filling resin: 
•  Put the resin in the filling tank over night to make sure the bubbles are gone or remaining on the top of the tank which we will only use the non-bubble

area from the bottom valve into the bag by a high-pressured air compressor.

•  Then keep the bag in a standing rack one by one in order to be ready for exposure with negative film.

•  Exposure: 
•  Must to have a double side exposure unit with double glasses up and down.

•  Due to resin already in the bag, therefore you may put the negative under the

bag or upon the bag with no difference of plate making result.

C. Total exposure time is 2-3 minute (4mm plate) ratio of back and film exposure time is depending on distance and kind of light source.

D. You may cut off the 4 sides of the bag, now the plate (bag) is ready for washout.

•  Washout: 
•  Water temperature 20-25 degree C (68-77 degree F)
•  Put 1% detergent powder in the washout tank. 
•  Must have a washout unit with water circulation and filtration system. 
•  Washout for 1-2 minutes (4mm plate), actual washout time depends on type of washout unit.

•  Drying
Drying the plate at 60-70 degree C (140 – 158 degree F) for 5-10 minutes (4mm plate)

•  Post-exposure
Post-exposure time have to be at least same with film exposure in order to cure the photopolymer completely.

•  Anti-tack exposure 
For Anti-tack treatment with light finishing, an UV exposure under water for 3-4 minutes is necessary then drying again.

•  Press ready 
After these the plate is ready for mounting to print. Due to water washout, no swelling will be occurred in side the polymer as solvent wash plates, therefore the plate is press-ready now.

@flexo Bag Photopolymer

A Contemporary Liquid Technology 
Water wash - Enviro green - Innovative
Quick / Easy / Economic / Time & Labor saving
(Only a new double side exposure unit is required)

@flexo Bag is a completely new development for corrugated flexo plate & stamp making industry. This innovation is experienced from 30 years of conventional liquid & solid photopolymer plate making.

F-32 & F-40 for corrugated industry, F-50 for stamp making

LaserBlack Enhancer to make negative from your laser printer
A perfect solution for corrugated photopolymer plate & stamp making

@flexo Bag is a faster exposure, with fine reproduction details, water wash-out, easy and rapid operation. for a 4mm plate for corrugated board printing exposure time is only 5 min, wide latitude, fine details, no bubbles tolerance in + / - 0.03mm, good for all kinds of flexo printing. Now size available from A5 to A0.

@flexo Bag Water wash-out is the best advantage of this system, no solvent means less drying time, quick ready as well as saving cost for plate making and environmental green. Water washout time is only 3 min. for a 4 mm plate.

@flexo Bag Plus drying and anti-tack treatment whole process for a 4 mm plate is less than 20 min. Your existing plate making system is good enough for this system, only a new double side exposure unit is required. For more details please visit www.flexotech.com.tw.

@flexoBag Plate Making

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Celebration of 10000 units – extra gift sale

Celebration of 10000 units – extra gift sale

ON-LINE-SHOP SPECIAL

LaserBlack International is celebrating 10000-units sell of their LaserBlack enhancer since first announcement at 2002 SGIA Show in Mississippi St. Louis USA .

The black density enhancer is a simple idea to coat a solution all over a toner printed page which is printed on a tracing paper (vellum) or film by a laser printer.

After drying the coated solution is melting the toner and become a black layer upon the image area without any diffusion so that opaque density is enhanced 300-400% which is good enough for any kinds of plate making and its as good as a photographic film or a film outputted from an image setter.

This unique enhancer has been granted inventions / patents in 35 countries and has been exported to 65 countries including developed countries, developing countries and under developed countries.

All the users are happy to have this simple and easy unit as their personal image setter, especially when it is very convenient and economic to make negative / positive film for label / news paper / screen / bag / corrugated board printing and stamp making.

Now they are running a campaign of “ 10000-units celebration special” with extra gift for on-line shopping. All kits are including the enhancer A4 / A3, a Quick-Black dryer and 500CC of LaserBlack-Solution which can process 1000 sheets of A4 or 500 sheets of A3. Plus extra gift of 500CC to make it 1 liter now. 

www.laserblack.net lb@laserblack.net

No skilled worker required

Two ladies in the factory were assigned for training as operator of plate making for 2 days and have to join the production immediately although they have no experience about plate making before, now they feel lucky to have water wash @flexoBag system for they do not to have to stand the bad smell of washout solvent which is also toxic. Two ladies they have achieved the goal as our slogan

“No running-in period and skilled worker required.” (more…..)

2011 Sino Corrugated Booth no. S-145

2011 Sino Corrugated Show will be held April 6-9 in Shanghai
Flexo Technology is exhibiting a new @flexoBag System with
water washout flexo plate for corrugated printing.
Easy / green / low cost / low investment is the advantages,
half-set price for the whole system is specially offered during
this exhibition period. Flexo Tech booth no. is S-145.

Washout unit with spray rinsing gun

Water washout unit for letterpress / water wash flexo / liquid resin plates

with aspray gun is veryconvenient for rinsing the plate after washout.

With a 3-way valve for supplying fresh water one way to water

tank now can be switched for rinsing the plate after washout.

All @ flexo washout unit (except solvent washout) is equipped

with this device to make plate making a real pleasure.

Exposure unit with cooling system

Air conditioned cooling vacuum board on exposure unit is equipped for both flexo

and letterpressphotopolymer plate making equipment in order to achieve

accurate stability of strict color registration jobs to combining with CTP process.

@ flexo has supplied with their new generation of this high end exposure

machine for both domestic users and have been exported to many countries

to work with CTP machine forprosperous demands of digital plate market.

A big Model 2001E+Air for plate making up to 110 x 205cm with this

new facility has been installed in South Africa successfully, the user

is proud of having this advanced unit for their digital plate making.

Seminar of @flexoBag System

Seminar of @flexoBag System was held during Tigax exhibition period in October 2010.

Hilson Huang, CEO of FTI is delivering a speech of @flexoBag system by presenting a DVD.

2010 Flexographic Technical Innovation Award

2010 Flexographic Technical Innovation Award sponsored by Flexo Technical Association / USA
is inviting new technical contribution now.
It is our great honor to participate the Award this year, @flexoBag plate making system RD by Felexo Technology Inc. which is expecting to be the third option of photopolymer plate making method in flexo history.

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@flexo plate making machine now is available On Line

New EZ serier A4 plate maker for economic cost and fast
delivery by door to door service now has On-Line -Shop special.
This is a new developed light weight, good plate making result
for letterpress, flexo, pad and stamp making included in the
kit is a FREE LaserBlack Enhancer for NEGATIVE making.

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The 5000th Unit LaserBalck Enhancer Special Campaign !

Innovative negative making machine for all kind of plate making,
LaserBlack Enhancer is conducting its 5000 units sale campaign.
Welcome to our exhibitions of Sino Corrugated 2009 Shanghai
and China Print Beijing to be our 5000th user with special offer.  

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Exhibition event for 2009 : SINO CORRUGATED / CHINA PRINT:

Sino Corrugated : April 7 -10,  Hall  E5-Y160  Shanghai International Exhibition Center
China    Print : May 12 -16,  Hall  W3-073  Beijing New International Exhibition Center 
Topics: Newly developed and patented FlexoBag plate making system by Liquid photopolymer.
Live demonstration water-base plate making to reduce 50% of cost and protect your life.

Liquid photopolymer resins available now

@flexo Liquid photolymer resin is now available in : F-32 / F-36 / F-40 and F-50 with any color you wish, which is in the durometers of 32 / 36 / 40 and 50 Shore A.

  F-32 is good for big solid area corrugated board printing with deep reverse line and character with excellent carriage of ink transferring to the rough surface of the board.

  F-40 is used for small and midium size character printing to reproduce the sharpness of image for corrugated board printing. Many color printers would rather like to use this durometer for color separation jobs with fine dots directly print on the surface of the corragated board.

  While F-36 is in durometer of 36 Shore A, which is in the middle of F-32 and F-40, people like to use this because

of F-36 can print good solid with reverse image as well as it can print character and line works satisfactorily.

  F-50 is designed for stamp making at durometer of 50 A which is a very proper hardness for hand-stamp and any kind of self-ink stamp holders for long duration.

All available resins are formulated by a contemporary recipe with new developed materials which are water washable and with UVA light finishing to cover up the sticky surface before process is finished.

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@flexoBag plate making for corrugated printing

@flexoBag System is a newly patented invetion of a FREE-SEAL sachet technology using liquid photopolymer resin and water washout to make photopolymer plate for paper / paper bag and corrugated board printing.

  The new concept is total different and up-side-down the conventional liquid resin plate making, due to it is in a bag, the machine is not so complicately required therefore a simple machine with economic cost is good enough for plate making, Bags can be prepared in advance to escape the bubbles according to the negative films.

  Equipment cost is only 30% of the vertical elevation conventional construction type eliminating also the coating part on the exposure machine to make it lower cost but with all functions, for these we have to thank of its resin-in-bag with one side

open for free- seal, which means that you can make a bag and prepare the resin freely with no limitation of three dimensions and quantity of a bag. You can also make any thickness plate you like by just rely on the gauges surrounding the bag between the two glasses.