The preprinting specialists at Christiansen Print won at the Flexographic Printing Association e. V.’s DFTA Awards ceremony this year, taking home prizes in the categories of ‘Digital Package Printing’ and ‘Preprinted Corrugated Cardboard’. The jury focused on criteria such as print quality, innovation, environmental aspects, and complexity.
In the ‘Digital Package Printing’ category, they received the award for a printed image for Aoste-brand displays; the design stands out due to its natural-looking wood-grain structure, which also creates significant challenges for the printing process. The design was printed on uncoated paper with a working width of 2.8m and was produced using the HP PageWide T1100S digital web press printing system in Ilsenburg. “The award-winning product represents excellent print results with exceptional colour quality, creating a nearly 3D effect for the viewer,” says Michael Weber, Director Corporate Marketing Thimm Group. “Digital printing makes it possible to realise even the most sophisticated print designs on uncoated papers, yielding cost advantages for the customer.”
The Intersnack Chips Choice 2018 printed image for Intersnack Knabber-Gebäck GmbH & Co. KG won the “’Preprinted Corrugated Cardboard’ category. It was created in five colours using a central cylinder flexographic process, and demonstrates the full range of possibilities this process affords. The colourful motif on a bright blue background won judges over thanks to its brilliant colours. The product name ‘funny-frisch Chips Choice 2018’ runs all four process colours and requires 100% accuracy of fit. The same applies to the red or green areas in the lower and upper part of the print image, which shows no trace of the well-known orange-peel effect.
“The two awards reflect our commitment to quality and our high level of preprinting expertise,” says Weber. “”And, of course, it motivates our team to keep delivering first-class print products.”