TRELLEBORG, Sweden—Following extensive dialogue with narrow web label and packaging printers concerning their needs for exact color formulations and simplicity in color matching, Flint Group Narrow Web launched VIVO Colour Solutions. This web-based system 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 is meant to ensure color recipes are tailored to each customer’s unique selection of ink chemistry, variety of substrates and selection of aniloxes. VIVO Colour Solutions provides 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, according to Flint Group Narrow Web.
“Today customers across seven countries in Europe are using VIVO Colour 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 Colour Solutions for spot color formulation save two hours of press downtime and 100-300 linear meters of substrate waste per color match.”
“I am very excited to lead the launch of this bespoke offering throughout EMEA,” said Niklas Olsson, business development manager-services, Flint Group Narrow Web. “Today the combined offering includes the 24/7 formulations warehouse (VIVO Colour Cloud) backed up by a team of color specialists who respond to unique color match requests. 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 Colour Solutions modules.
For a limited time, Flint Group Narrow Web is offering all customers a free two-month trial period of the VIVO Colour 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.