Ink World staff09.21.20
Kodak received two InterTech Technology Awards for the Uteco Sapphire EVO M digital web press powered by KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology and for KODAK PROSPER QD Packaging Inks and Film Optimizer Agent (FOA).
The InterTech Technology Awards is sponsored by Printing United Alliance.
The Sapphire EVO M is the first high-speed production inkjet press for flexible packaging print, creating high-quality imagery using water-based inks on substrates ranging from paper to film.
PROSPER QD Packaging Inks and Film Optimizer Agent are based on Kodak’s experience in the development of inks and consumables for continuous inkjet technology.
According to James Workman, VP, Technology and Research, PRINTING United Alliance, the judging panel "emphasized the disruptive potential of the Sapphire EVO M Press, which lets flexible packaging printers migrate jobs from traditional printing processes to digital and allows brand owners to implement new, creative concepts and business building campaigns on packaging."
Regarding KODAK PROSPER QD Packaging Inks and FOA, he said panel members "were particularly impressed by the chemical breakthroughs that let Kodak’s inkjet technology print at fast speeds, even on non-porous packaging substrates."
“Our goal each year is to spotlight technologies that shape the future,” Workman added. “These two Kodak technologies met the award criteria and deserve to be recognized."
“The two solutions which won the InterTech Technology Awards will help continuous inkjet become firmly established in digital packaging and product decoration production and enable printers to meet the ever-changing needs of these global markets," said Randy Vandagriff, senior VP, Print, Eastman Kodak Company.