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z Making flexo a modern , standardized and industrial process
Kodak Flexcel NX points NS Digital Flexo toward flexo prepress success
NS Digital Flexo , a Lexo prepress enteprise installed a Kodak Flexcel NX system in March 2020 to strengthen customer relationships and increase efficiency of flexible packaging jobs .
For Shyam Sundar , partner at Hyderabad-based flexo prepress specialist NS Digital Flexo , meeting the challenges — and helping customers reap the benefits — started in March 2020 , when the company opted for a new Kodak Flexcel NX System , supplied and supported by Miraclon . “ I think flexo is both the most challenging industry and the most rewarding . The more you put in , the greater the benefits ,” says Shyam Sundar .
NS Digital Flexo is part-owned by Mumbai-based prepress pioneer and solutions provider , Numex Blocks , who also provide technical expertise to the Hyderabad plate supplier . Sundar describes NS Digital ’ s service offering as “ All things flexo — wide web , labels , folding cartons , corrugated .” A notable feature of the company ’ s philosophy is the effort and time it puts into building relationships with customers and showing them the potential of the Flexcel NX System . Explains Sundar , “ We really engage with each customer , so that we can see things from their perspective , and truly understand their current capabilities and practices . Then we show them how simple adjustments to their production practices — fingerprinting the press , for example — can improve efficiency without additional investments or press set-ups . If we can work with the available resources , we save customers time and money .
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Flexcel NX plates . Photo Miraclon
14 Packaging South Asia 5 October 2021