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HAMILLROAD SOFTWARE WINS BEST ON SHOW AT SOUTH AFRICAN FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINT EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Friday 04. October 2013 - Hamillroad Software's Digitally Modulated Screening for Flexo takes top awards for all its entries confirming improvements possible with this ground breaking and revolutionary technology
Hamillroad Software, a leading RIP and screening innovator, announced today that the company’s new Digitally Modulated flexographic screening solution for the Harlequin RIP (currently in pre-release testing) has shone at the 2013 South Africa Flexographic Print Excellence Awards by winning “Best on Show”, as well as two Gold Awards and a Silver Award for excellence.
Robert Miller, Hamillroad’s Flexo Expert who has been heading up the pre-release testing at Syreline said “We chose to test in South Africa because of a long standing relationship with Syreline Process, a company well respected for their technical prowess in the flexographic arena. We saw the Awards as an opportunity to officially reveal the existence of our Digitally Modulated flexo screen to the world and we couldn’t have hoped for a more spectacular way to have done this. The wins in all the categories where the screening was entered comes as no surprise to us and we feel it simply confirms that the results for our Digitally Modulated flexo screening are simply beautiful.
“To date test results have been exceptional, giving a jump in quality that has astounded many who have seen it, with flat tints so smooth that spot colours can be run as CMYK, combined with easier on-press handling and faster make-ready. We are continuing with our development and testing and expect further jumps in quality, taking the screening to where few thought it could possibly go.”
Syreline Process Comments
Commenting on their achievement in winning the awards, Gavin Jones, Technical Director at Syreline said, “I have been in the industry for over 40 years, 38 of those as a director of Syreline Process and personally I have never seen anything like this screening”. Gavin went on to say “In my opinion it addresses all of the problems in flexo that conventional and FM screening have been unable to. As we continue with it, we can only see what I feel is already revolutionary, getting even better.”
“Best On Show” and Gold in the Flexible Packaging Narrow Web Process Category
Aluminum Foil Convertors entered two jobs in the flexible packaging narrow web process section. The first job of DenDairy Thick n Creamy yoghurt pots with images of strawberries, blackberries, kiwis and passion fruit took the Gold Award, whist the second job took the Silver Award, with the former also securing the overall “Best on Show” award.
“The Gold medal winner (in the Flexible Packaging Narrow Web Process category) was particularly commended for its beautifully reproduced photography” comments Bill Marshall, one of the South Africa Flexographic Print Excellence Award judges. “The judges applauded the stunning result achieved using a unique Digitally Modulated screen, tested locally, a first in the world and declared this entry ‘Best on Show”.
Gold in the Flexible Packaging Wide Web Process Category
Colpack entered a job in the flexible packaging wide web process section. The job, Eskort Rindless Back Bacon packets was rewarded with the Gold Award.
Bill Marshall commented “Even after their lunch, the judges remarked on the appetising look of the bacon and eggs on this pack and declared it was a stunning result using a unique Digitally Modulated screen.”
FTASA Comments
Erich Kuhl, the FTASA Executive Secretary said “During the FTASA Print Excellence judging process I was highly impressed by the digitally modulated screening which was used in three of the entries in the FTASA Print Excellence Awards. The dot integrity and rendition were excellent and perfectly suited to the application and the printed results were stunning to say the least – almost “super-natural”. No wonder we awarded “Best on Show” to an entry using Digitally Modulated screening!”