PSO pioneers in sheet metal printing

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Hoffmann Neopac, using Zeller+Gmelin’s Uvalux U3 UV ink series, has become the first printing plant to gain PSO-certification for sheet metal printing with UV inks. In conventional printing the Process Standard Offset printing (PSO) criterion which is covered by the international standard ISO 12647-2, has been established for a number of years. For Hoffmann Neopac AG, however, the certification was a special challenge as the company specialises in UV-offset printing of metal sheet. The core business at the location Thun in Switzerland is the production of high-quality printed pocket packs, metal tins and metal/plastic dispensers for the confectionery, tobacco and food industry. For this market segment the printer was therefore unable to refer to any previous history of sheet metal printing with UV-inks according to the PSO standard. ...cont´d

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