The rapid growth of the flexo printing of carton boxes in the United States

According to the statistics of the flexographic printing market in the United States published by the American Flexographic Technology Association, the flexographic industry has maintained a good momentum of development. With the improvement of product quality and production efficiency, flexographic printing technology has been more widely recognized, and at the same time, the amount of business has also been greatly increased. Sales revenue in 2001 increased by 6%-7% over 2000.

In the flexo printing business of corrugated boxes, printing and images of corrugated boxes have become more prominent and desirable in the past few years, and have had a greater impact on the business. More and more printing uses four colors. Five-color printing. In 2001, the growth rate of flexo-printed corrugated boxes should reach 7%-8%.

For folding carton flexo printing, 2001 was a fast and robust year for business development. The increasing quality of products not only attracted many customers, but also left a deep impression on companies and practitioners in the field of offset printing. The most prominent and prominent application in the field of folding cartons is the application of CTP technology. The tone reproduction is good, the level of detail is not lost, and it is more suitable for short live printing. The active efforts of the Flexo Printing Association also promoted the development of high-precision flexo printing. The development and application of UV inks are also an important factor in ensuring a 10% growth rate in the folding carton market. The quality of UV flexo printing products can already be comparable to the quality of offset printing products. As a result, a more economical printing method has been added to the short live printing market.

In the past few years, the growth rate of flexo printing in the folding carton market has exceeded 10%, and now it is estimated that it has reached 20%, and it may increase by another 10% to 30% next year.