Digiflex, a leading suppliers of flexographic plates in India, has installed Esko Automation Engine at its Hyderabad facility as part of its drive to improve efficiency. Established in 2015, the prepress trade shop has a state-of-the-art operation supplying plates to a number of major label converters, flexible and corrugated packaging printers across the country, while also serving customers as far afield as Africa and South East Asia.
“We are focused on creating the highest level of satisfaction for our customers,” said Muralidhar Nalli, managing partner of Digiflex. “We constantly aim to fulfill both their current and future needs and our stated mission is to continuously improve all our business processes and productivity. As our reputation continues to grow, earning plaudits for our commitment to providing the highest quality products and services, the number of jobs the business is handling has been steadily increasing. Automating our workflow to ensure we maximized our efficiency and productivity became an obvious necessity.”
The Digiflex operation has two flexo plate imaging lines, including a new Esko CDI Crystal 5080 with the latest imaging software, installed in early 2019. “This is the only imager of this size in the South Indian market and will help us to target large format flexible printers and supply full size plates for the corrugated market. We will soon be adding even more equipment for digital flexo plate processing and so looked to automate our workflow as it is vital that we continue delivering a service of the highest quality and accuracy to our customers,” said Nalli.
The scalable workflow server from Esko not only automates print production tasks but also integrates business systems to speed up the whole process. More importantly, it reduces the error rate and the need for operator intervention, ensuring both maximum accuracy and efficiency of plate-making, according to Esko.
“With the installation of the new Esko Automation Engine, we can now offer our customers the same or even better standard of service on which we have built our business, while maximizing our efficiency and productivity. It will also help us to effectively avoid errors that happen in the process of handling files, thereby achieving cost reductions through minimizing waste,” said Nalli.
John Fredrick, Esko sales manager for South India, said he was glad that Digiflex was continuing its partnership with Esko by integrating Automation Engine into its workflow. “As a comparatively young business, Digiflex is making a real name for itself with its cutting edge equipment and commitment to unparalleled customer service,” Fredrick said. “The fact that Mr. Nalli has seen it fit to use Esko solutions to automate his entire prepress process is testament to the tremendous success Digiflex has enjoyed with our CDI Crystal 5080 plate imager. We are delighted to extend our relationship in this way and look forward to working ever more closely with Digiflex as the company continues on its path to growing success.”
