GRAVURE PACKAGING
Pride in Print awards is a good representation of our customer and supplier relationships that allow us to bring these award winning products to market .”
The year before , GPL took home two gold awards — a Gold Award for packaging in addition to a Category Winner : Process award — for its work on the flexible wrapper design for the Whittakers Fruit and Nut 200g bar .
The Gravure Difference GPL attributes much of its quality to its gravure printing process ,
which engraves a design onto a copper cylinder which is then rolled through ink which it transfers onto a paper or plastic substrate which passes between the engraved cylinder and a complementary impression cylinder .
“ The advantage of gravure printing is that it lays down a high quantity of ink , which ultimately results in a high quality , sharp , fine image ,” states GPL . “ Gravure printing ’ s high image qualities are due to the excellent density , gradation control and metallic ink appearance that gravure printing allows .”
168 February 2014