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Excelsior Marking Speeds Flexo Platemaking and Offers Improved Press Performance with Asahi Photoproducts AFPTM-R Reduced Solvent Plates

Platemaking throughput time reduced by 50%; solvent usage reduced by 30%; plates last twice as long on press as compared to other solvent-wash plates Tokyo, Japan & Brussels, Belgium, January 17, 2024. Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Excelsior Marking, located in Akron, Ohio, has adopted Asahi Photoproducts’ AFPTM-R reduced solvent flexographic plates Excelsior Marking Speeds Flexo Platemaking and Offers Improved Press Performance with Asahi Photoproducts AFPTM-R Reduced Solvent Plates