A new ThermoFlexX Catena-E 80 exposure unit from XSYS has allowed the UAE-headquartered company to elevate its plate-making capabilities to new heights. By integrating this innovative UV LED technology, NDigitec can now supply customers with higher-quality digital flexo plates and enjoy faster processing times than before, while reducing plate waste and energy
consumption. Employing 125 staff across two branches in Dubai and facilities in Riyadh and Yerevan, NDigitec also offers digital printing solutions, e-commerce, creative media production, and fabrication of exhibition equipment. “We were the first prepress company in the region to bring in LED exposure technology for making flexo plates with the Flint Group nyloflex NExT system back in 2016,” said Shahe Kavlakian, Executive Manager for Prepress at NDigitec. “Now we are once again taking the lead as the first to install the XSYS ThermoFlexX Catena-E system; an investment we have made because we believe that this solution will best support us in responding to the many varied customers’ demands we are currently facing and to allow us to continue our global expansion.” Catena-E 80 is an open system that can process plates in sizes up to 1270 x 2032mm and all thicknesses for any type of flexo printing. With a very high level of automation, the unit can also be combined with a ThermoFlexX imager and Catena washer, dryer, and light finisher units for a full end-to-end plate production line, an option that NDigitec is closely evaluating as part of its future strategy. While the Catena-E 80 has been installed in Dubai, there are more immediate plans to upgrade the company’s exposure hardware across the other sites.