02.05.19
Flint Group Narrow Web launched VIVO Color Solutions, a web-based system that is a first-of-its-kind ink color formulation search engine and support service designed to increase the converter’s color accuracy, press uptime and reduce substrate and ink waste.
This offering is a family of products and services that ensures color recipes are tailored to each customer’s unique selection of ink chemistry, variety of substrates, and selection of aniloxes.
This offering is a family of products and services that ensures color recipes are tailored to each customer’s unique selection of ink chemistry, variety of substrates, and selection of aniloxes.
VIVO Color Solutions is a step above existing color management options which are based upon one substrate and theoretically calculated formulations. VIVO Color Solutions is the only one operational on the market today that provides this flexibility and accuracy designed-in so that the converter’s operation can focus on what they do best, printing beautiful graphics for the brand owner.
“Today customers across 7 countries in Europe are using VIVO Color Solutions to generate ink color formulations, and their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kelly Kolliopoulos, global marketing director, Flint Group Narrow Web. “Customers tell us they get accurate ink formulations for new colors right away, their press utilization has increased, and their operators find the system easy to use. These qualitative reviews are backed up with quantitative results. On average, converters who use VIVO Color Solutions for spot color formulation save 2 hours of press downtime and 100-300 linear meters of substrate waste per color match.”
What’s next in the VIVO Color Solutions development pipeline?
“Today the combined offering includes the 24/7 formulations warehouse (VIVO Color Cloud) backed up by a team of color specialists who respond to unique color match requests," said Niklas Olsson, business development manager – services, Flint Group Narrow Web. "But there are more innovations to come, including the opportunity to digitally print draw-downs or to certify color quality control on press.
"Stay tuned for the planned releases of additional Flint Group Narrow Web VIVO Color Solutions modules as the company establishes the industry’s highest color management standard," Olsson added. For a limited time, Flint Group Narrow Web offers all customers a free of charge two months trial period of the VIVO Color Solutions, where the promise is to reduce the press downtime, rejects and re-runs, material waste, extra waste ink and thereby helping the converter to cut costs."
“Today customers across 7 countries in Europe are using VIVO Color Solutions to generate ink color formulations, and their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kelly Kolliopoulos, global marketing director, Flint Group Narrow Web. “Customers tell us they get accurate ink formulations for new colors right away, their press utilization has increased, and their operators find the system easy to use. These qualitative reviews are backed up with quantitative results. On average, converters who use VIVO Color Solutions for spot color formulation save 2 hours of press downtime and 100-300 linear meters of substrate waste per color match.”
What’s next in the VIVO Color Solutions development pipeline?
“Today the combined offering includes the 24/7 formulations warehouse (VIVO Color Cloud) backed up by a team of color specialists who respond to unique color match requests," said Niklas Olsson, business development manager – services, Flint Group Narrow Web. "But there are more innovations to come, including the opportunity to digitally print draw-downs or to certify color quality control on press.
"Stay tuned for the planned releases of additional Flint Group Narrow Web VIVO Color Solutions modules as the company establishes the industry’s highest color management standard," Olsson added. For a limited time, Flint Group Narrow Web offers all customers a free of charge two months trial period of the VIVO Color Solutions, where the promise is to reduce the press downtime, rejects and re-runs, material waste, extra waste ink and thereby helping the converter to cut costs."