New waterless plates “Add value to print!”
“We are looking forward to talking to the leading newspaper printers that will be attending this event, and we are confident that visitors to our stand will be impressed with what can be achieved with the new newspaper plates in our plate product portfolio. We think even more Coldset printing houses will be persuaded to switch to waterless offset printing based on what they see at the show,” said Mitsunori Hayashi, General Manager of the Graphics Division in the Czech Republic. “These new plates are specifically designed to enable Coldset production to cost-effectively produce high quality commercial applications with a reduced environmental footprint.”

Toray will introduce two new plate types for the Coldset printing segment: a high-resolution plate and an extra-durable plate.

Hayashi reports that these new plates are on the result of development advancements in Toray’s renowned, proprietary polymer technology that customers have come to count on for achieving the best offset print quality. The plates are manufactured in the Toray factory in the Czech Republic using a similar production process as the one used in Japan but modified to meet the specific needs of Newspaper and semi-commercial production.

New Toray Waterless Plate Chemistry
As the printing industry increasingly moves toward a sustainable future, reducing the impact on the environment is one of the hot topics of discussion among printers and suppliers alike. Toray has been working hard to develop even more innovative approaches to sustainability. The result is new plate processing chemicals that reduces plate chemistry consumption, and the associated waste and cost. Toray waterless plates and Toray plate processing systems offer a competitive alternative to processing products being available in the market today, as well as a more environmentally sustainable approach.

New Toray waterless plate processor
The TWP 1250 News, Toray Waterless Plate Processor, designed to address the requirements of demanding newspaper production, leads the market for heavy duty demand applications and high quality processing.

The TWP 1250 News has been designed specifically to provide optimum plate clean-out for consistent, reliable, high quality results, plate after plate. This includes:
– Heavy duty construction.
– Designed for Toray Waterless Plates.
– Fully automated operation.
– Plate setter interfaces for all major manufacturers.
– Ease of cleaning and maintenance.
– Ability to connect to water recirculation units.

About Toray
Toray Industries Inc., the leading manufacturer of waterless printing plates worldwide, was founded in 1926 and has a global presence with factories and sales offices in Asia, Europe and North America. The main businesses of Toray are synthetic fibers, carbon fibers, plastics, films and chemicals. Many of the products are developed from its proprietary polymer technology base and are commonly used by the electronics, packaging, textile, automotive and aviation industries. Recent annual sales approached € 10 billion.

Toray Graphics, a subsidiary of Toray Textiles Central Europe (TTCE), is based in the Czech Republic and features a state-of-the-art manufacturing line for waterless printing plates. Located in Prostějov, in the heart of Europe, the facility consolidates all business operations, including sales, customer service, marketing, production and R&D, for faster, more efficient support of Toray’s independent network of dealers and distributors in the European market.

(http://www.toraywaterless.com)