The manufacturing operations of Pro–Flex S.A. are subdivided into the following technological processes:

Forme Department and Pre–Press Studio

Pro–Flex S.A. has its own studio that processes electronic materials received from the customer. It applies modern technological solutions, such as raster image processing and proofing, when preparing formes, their electronic processing, and plate processing (CTP technology, modern equipment for the processing of photo–polymer plates).

Ink Department

Pro–Flex S.A. has one of the most modern systems of mixing inks for flexographic printing. In collaborates with the market leader in the supply of inks, lacquers, and additives.

The ink mixing system uses an Inkmaker Dispensing System P32, InkFormulation software creates ink formulae, while a spectrophotometer, a colour measuring device, guarantees high quality and complete repeatability of mixed printing ink colours.

Colour Management

The activities undertaken within Colour Management encompass the whole production process, starting with the graphic design and finishing with the final print. The colour management procedures include:

• creating colour profiles of printing machines
• proofing
• colour assessment
• creating ink formulae –InkFormulaton
• controlling colour consistency—Colour Quality

Colour Quality involves using advanced software to control colour. Colours are analysed and compared against a set pattern, resulting in an automatic information about consistency with the pattern and meeting the quality criteria of a client. It also guarantees repeatability and a uniform colour scheme in the whole batch.

Flexographic Printing Department

The high quality materials and German Windmöller & Höllscher machines, two Soloflex 8L machines and one modern Miraflex AM, mean that Pro–flex S.A. meets the requirements of even the most demanding customers and guarantees the highest quality printing. Miraflex AM, a modern printing machine, allows for covering with print all kinds of packaging materials keeping high quality parameters. The modern systems installed accelerate and substantially improve the possibility of settings. They also maintain their stability and the stability of parameters of print during production. The high quality of production and the stability of technical parameters ensures that we are able to complete orders for even the most demanding customers, who possess modern packaging lines.

In our Flexograhic Printing Department we also use a precise device for mounting printing formes, produced by JM Heaford, as well as a modern anilox cleaner for washing ceramic rolls.

Laminating Department

Pro–Flex S.A. has at its disposal a modern machine park facilitating the application of the most up–to–date solvent–free laminating technology using a wide variety of combined materials.

Cutting and Sorting Department

Modern cutting machines make very quick cutting of printed and laminated packaging materials possible while maintaining high packing standards.

Printing technology

We have an unrivalled experience in printing projects in High Definition. Owing to the use of specialised anilex ceramic rolls with a high line count, as well as a digital preparation in Flexcel NX technology, produced by KODAK, we are able to offer you a print with a line count of 170LPI.

Quality Control Laboratory

Pro–Flex S.A. guarantees its customers not only the high quality of manufactured products, but primarily the hygienic safety in its broadest sense.

The manufacture of safe packaging is a priority We are able to guarantee that the manufactured packaging contains no substances that are harmful or hazardous to human life or health, or to the environment.

Bearing in mind the safety of food, the Quality Control Laboratory has been equipped in the following:

• Gas chromatograph – Primarily used to monitor solvents in the wake of the printing process (the main impact of too large a quantity of solvents involves the barrier qualities of the packaging, which is tied to the penetration of substances into the product as well as sensory–related changes in the product),
• Spectrophotometer –defines of the quantity of aromatic amines, carcinogenic compounds that may migrate into food packaging and is used in tests on laminated packaging to ascertain the conclusion of the glue reticulation process in the packaging.

The remaining equipment of the Quality Control Laboratory is related to the monitoring of the parameters of raw materials, semi–finished products, and finished products. They include:

• Laboratory scales,
• Sample–collection punching dies,
• Laboratory heat sealer,
• Universal testing machine,
• Coefficient of friction testing machine,
• Barcode checker,
• Thermal chamber,
• Electronic micrometer.

All samples subject to physical testing are also inspected visually on a specially adapted light table and with normalised light corresponding to day light.