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CleanPrint is a flexographic plate technology specifically engineered by Asahi. It features low plate surface energy that transfers all
remaining ink to the printed substrate. Compared to conventional plates, this reduces press-cleaning stops, creating a significant profitability
improvement. These plates deliver very high resolution with fine screen rulings and minimum dots fading out to zero, allowing a broader total
colour gamut to be achieved, providing more design flexibility and enhanced graphic quality.


Think Cleaner Flexo,
Think CleanPrint!
Think CleanPrint!

CleanPrint
Our CleanPrint plates result in a higher printing press OEE because:
+ CleanPrint ensures fewer press stops for plate cleaning, increasing press utilization by up to 33%+ CleanPrint plates shorten frequent job changes up to 50% by providing precise plate registration, shortening makeready time and reducing waste
+ Our experience shows that simply implementing Asahi CleanPrint plates can improve your printing press OEE by giving you up to 1/3 more production capacity with your existing machine park!

Fixed Colour Palette
CleanPrint is ideally suited for Fixed Colour Palette printing using a
fixed set of 4 to 7 inks and requiring precise plate-to-plate
registration. Experts estimate that fixed colour palette printing using
seven colours can match as many as 90% or more of the 1,838
named Pantone spot colours.
Benefits:
+ Virtual elimination of the need for press wash-ups with reduced job changeover times due to the use of a fixed set of inks.
+ Reduced waste, including less substrate waste during job changeovers, with less material ending in landfills
+ Improvement in colour consistency, within each job and from job to job with increased predictability as compared to the use of spot colour inks.
+ Cost reduction across the supply chain with fewer SKUs for brand owners and significantly reduced ink inventories for converters.
Achieve more than
90% of Pantone colours!
Fixed Colour Palette printing is a proven approach that has long been
successful in offset printing. Now, with the precise and predictable
performance of Asahi CleanPrint plates, Fixed Colour Palette printing
is viable in flexo printing operations as well.
90% of Pantone colours!
Benefits:
+ Virtual elimination of the need for press wash-ups with reduced job changeover times due to the use of a fixed set of inks.
+ Reduced waste, including less substrate waste during job changeovers, with less material ending in landfills
+ Improvement in colour consistency, within each job and from job to job with increased predictability as compared to the use of spot colour inks.
+ Cost reduction across the supply chain with fewer SKUs for brand owners and significantly reduced ink inventories for converters.
Products
Asahi Photoproducts manufactures both flexographic plates and the required processing equipment. If you do know what you are looking for please select from the below product categories. Otherwise please follow the easy-to-use PLATE SELECTION GUIDE.
Plate Selection Guide
1 What printing application are you using?
Please ask an Asahi expert if you are unsure with your product selection.
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About
Asahi Photoproducts is a leading pioneer in the development of flexographic photopolymer plate systems with more than 40 years of experience. We leverage unique Asahi-developed materials to engineer plates that improve Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), driving print forward in balance with the environment.

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Asahi Kasei Electronics Materials (Suzhou), Co. Ltd Asahi Flexo Technical Center
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Jiangsu, 215021 China
+86-512-62836188-162
info@asahi-photoproducts.com
Asahi Photoproducts
Paepsem Business Park
Boulevard Paepsem 22
B-1070 Brussel, Belgium
+32 2 526 05 30
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B-1070 Brussel, Belgium
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Photoproducts Division
1-1-2, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
+81 3-6699-3353
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Photoproducts Division
1-1-2, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
+81 3-6699-3353
info@asahi-photoproducts.com

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+32 2 526 05 30
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Paepsem Business Park
Boulevard Paepsem 22
B-1070 Brussel, Belgium
+32 2 526 05 30
info@asahi-photoproducts.com
For outside Europe, Africa and Middle-East please contact:
Asahi Kasei Corporation
Photoproducts Division
1-1-2, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
+81 3-6699-3353
info@asahi-photoproducts.com
Asahi Kasei Corporation
Photoproducts Division
1-1-2, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
+81 3-6699-3353
info@asahi-photoproducts.com