Asahi Photoproducts Strengthens Market Presence in the U.S. with Wikoff Color
October 2, 2018Asahi Photoproducts reported it has signed Wikoff Color Corporation as a U.S. distributor. This additional U.S. distributor broadens Asahi’s U.S. footprint, bringing Asahi solutions closer to the customer. Founded in 1956, Wikoff Color is an employee-owned manufacturer of inks and coatings for a variety of printing technologies.
“The U.S. is a large market and very important to Asahi,” states Aki Kato, Managing Director at Asahi Photoproducts. “With platemaking moving closer and closer to the printing press, it is a significant benefit to us and to the end customer to have their trusted ink and coatings supplier also provide their flexo plates.”
Wikoff Color will have access to the full range of flexographic plates from Asahi Photoproducts, including to its popular AWP™ water-washable plates with Clean Transfer Technology.
“We are delighted to enter into this important relationship with Asahi Photoproducts,” said Joe Kubasiak, Market Manager for Flexible Packaging at Wikoff Color. “As a company, our focus is on sustained, profitable growth rather than short-term results. In entering into this relationship, we are making the investments necessary for its success by setting up a technical center and hiring the necessary staff in order to train our customers on how to get the best possible quality from Asahi photopolymer plates. We are very excited about the growth this will offer us in the future and our ability to deliver increased value to our customers.”
