Köstlin completes Miraclon Certification for FLEXCEL NX Plates
March 22, 2023Köstlin Prepress Services, based in Ditzingen, Germany, has successfully completed the Miraclon Certification program for KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates. The program evaluates FLEXCEL NX System users’ ability to meet stringent international flexo platemaking standards set by Miraclon. It represents a feature set that drives industry-leading efficiency, repeatability, and consistent quality in flexo platemaking, and is also supported by extensive data measurement series and analyses.
Köstlin has been
a user of FLEXCEL NX Technology since 2013 and further invested in a FLEXCEL NX
Ultra Solution in 2020. The family-owned business, which employs around 50 staff, operates a FLEXCEL NX
Wide 4260 System capable of producing flexo plates in sizes of up to 1,067 x
1,542 mm. The business portfolio
is dominated by premium prepress services for flexible packaging, with most
orders coming from the highly demanding food and cosmetics sectors. The production of FLEXCEL NX and FLEXCEL NX Ultra Plates
today accounts for 70% of the company’s total platemaking.
“Independent certifications
from suppliers and also the DFTA – German Flexographic Technical Association –
of our manufacturing processes is an important part of keeping up our
production standards,” said Marc Talmon Gros, Managing
Director. “For us, the key benefit of this certification is that we can be sure
the process and quality of plates we produce consistently meets the high
international standards defined by Miraclon. Of course, it is also very useful
if we can refer to the successful certification in personal discussions with
customers or in our own marketing activities.”