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The Best in Flexo Awards, hosted annually by the Italian Technical Association for Flexography (ATIF), honor outstanding achievements in flexographic printing. Competing amongst 220 entries, Carminati was honored to receive a handful of awards for its work with leading printers and brand owners on 13 November 2024. These accolades are not only a testament to Carminati’s superior prepress expertise but also to the exceptional print quality made possible by XSYS’ new nyloflex® eco plates.“We’re thrilled to have won so many awards with our new sustainable nyloflex® eco FAC plates which we believe is the future of flexo. As a beta site, we collaborated closely with XSYS during the development and testing of this new technology. The plates perform exceptionally well on press, delivering high quality print while also reducing our climate impact to meet our customers’ very complex demands,” said CEO Carlo Carminati.
Carminati together with four of its customers were honored for outstanding corrugated print jobs produced with XSYS’ nyloflex® eco FAC plates. The awards include:
- Gold in the ‘Innovative Use of the Flexographic Process’ category won with Toppazzini SpA for Bottega Gold Prosecco (box of six bottles). This entry also took home the coveted top trophy, securing the judges’ votes for ‘Best in Show’. They praised the precision, smooth gradients, realistic texture, and color effects achieved using the four process colors.
- All three prizes in the ‘Corrugated Board Processed on a Case-maker’ category: Gold for Scatolificio Ceriana; and Silver and Bronze for Scatolificio Ondulkart.
- Bronze for Antonio Sada & Figli SpA in the ‘Uncoated Corrugated Post-Print’ category.
“We are incredibly proud to have contributed to Carminati’s success at the Best in Flexo Awards with our groundbreaking plate technology,” said Roberto Malagu, XSYS Regional Sales Manager, Italy. “nyloflex® eco plates helped secure not only five awards but also brought home Best in Show. This clearly proves that moving to more sustainable plates does not compromise on print quality. In fact, it may even improve it!”
The awards follow Carminati’s earlier success at the FTA Europe Diamond Awards 2024, held during drupa, in Germany, on 30 May. At this pan-European event, the prepress provider dominated the ‘Corrugated Post-Print Uncoated Double Flute’ category, securing both the first and the third prize for Scatolificio Ceriana.
Operating mainly in the corrugated market, Carminati is located in Antegnate, east of Milan, in northern Italy, from where it supplies plates to customers all over Italy, France and further afield. The prepress company recently installed another ThermoFlexX Catena Washer, Dryer, Light-Finisher, and Stacker (WDLS), the second such system from XSYS in less than two years.
“XSYS is currently the only supplier in the flexo industry offering both equipment and plates, and this gives us full confidence in the partnership. They are experts in both imaging and platemaking equipment as well as printing plates, leading the field in innovation for brilliant flexo printing,” concluded Carlo Carminati.