[Asahi Kasei Corporation] Asahi Kasei’s water-developable flexo resin plate “AWP(TM)” has been adopted for the plate making of United Supermarket Holdings’ package for “Eatime Large Soybean Natto, where you can enjoy the sweetness and texture of soybeans.” /title>
Asahi Kasei Corporation Press release: November 12, 2024 Asahi Kasei’s water-developable flexo resin plate “AWP(TM)” has been adopted for the packaging of United Supermarket Holdings’ “Eatime large soybean natto” package that allows you to enjoy the sweetness and texture of soybeans. ~ Contributes to approximately 14% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to mainstream printing methods in Japan~ From November 2024, Asahi Kasei Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Koshiro Kudo, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) will become United Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Motohiro Fujita, In the packaging printing of natto for the private brand eatime (hereinafter referred to as “USMH”), the resin plate used for water-based flexo printing*1 is our water-developable flexo printing resin plate “AWP(TM)*2 (hereinafter referred to as ” We would like to inform you that “AWP”) has been adopted.
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water-based flexo printing and water-developable plate “AWP” Water-based flexographic printing generally has lower VOC emissions than gravure printing, which uses more solvent inks, and water-based inks can be dried at lower temperatures, consuming less energy in the drying process. known. Furthermore, since water-developable plates use a water-based developer for printing resin plates, it is possible to avoid the use of organic solvents containing VOCs, which can also be expected to reduce CO2 emissions. Currently, oil-based gravure printing is the mainstream for package printing in Japan, but in recent years, flexo printing has been attracting attention due to rising environmental awareness, and in particular, water-based flexo printing, which does not use solvents in the printing process, has been attracting attention. Interest is growing. We have recently adopted water-based flexo printing, which is a combination of water-based flexo printing and water-developable plate “AWP” (see the image below), for the packaging of “eatime – Domestic soybean large-grain natto that allows you to enjoy the sweetness and texture of soybeans.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/79452/158/79452-158-1f854fc85cbf89a3e15d4c57c4629ed8-1249×703.png Diagram: Image of plate making process Our group mission is to “contribute to the lives and livelihoods of people around the world,” and we will continue to work to popularize water-based flexo printing and water-developable plate “AWP”, and from the packaging printing site to By eliminating solvents, we will reduce the environmental impact of printing sites and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society. *1 Flexographic printing: A type of letterpress printing that uses printing plates made of elastic synthetic resin or rubber. The biggest feature is that compared to gravure printing, which uses solvent ink, water-based ink can be used regardless of the material of the package, so it has recently been attracting attention as an environmentally friendly printing method. Water-based Flexo Promotion Council HP is Here
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/79452/158/79452-158-8e2930c0392e216fb9dc4529d6589fba-600×400.jpg “Water-based Flexo Promotion Council” original “Flexo (Water-based Flexo) Mark” *2 “AWP” (Asahi Water washable Plate): Our unique product that eliminates the use of organic solvents by changing from conventional organic solvent-based cleaning solutions to water-based cleaning solutions in the printing plate manufacturing process. Product HP is Here
