After two years of intensive work, PLGA Global is excited to announce that GST: Gravure Specifications & Tolerances Version 1.0 is complete and will be ready for purchase in late June of this year.
Why did PLGA Global Develop Gravure Specifications?
Rapid changes in gravure press and imaging technologies, prepress software, and materials and process improvements present challenges and opportunities that require process control in order to maintain the level of print consistency and repeatability demanded by today’s global print buyers.
Consumer products companies (CPCs) are more global, in terms of both sales and production, and are often deriving their profits and growth from multiple regions. As a consequence, they are demanding print quality and affordability like never before across more complex value chains.
The PLGA Global GST Solution
PLGA Global assembled a team of gravure industry experts whose mission was to develop the gravure industry’s first set of specifications and protocols to be used by the industry worldwide.
This simple set of specifications and tools is easy to read and to the point and will provide the industry with the current best practices from "end to end" (CPCs, design house/brand consultants, prepress production houses, raw materials, ink companies, equipment manufacturers, and printers/converters).
Settting the Bar
The goal of developing gravure specifications is not to “homogenize” the industry, but rather to set the bar for what is considered a basic acceptable quality and then encourage printers to go beyond. Implementation of GST will avoid duplication of efforts throughout the supply chain. It will enhance workflow communications, enforce agreement, and improve speed to market.
PLGA Global Gravure Specifications & Tolerances (GST) features:
- A simple-to-read, user-friendly format,
- A glossary, index, and cross references,
- Best practices and technical information
Using PLGA Global Gravure Specifications & Tolerances (GST) will:
- Improve print quality and consistency of brand equity,
- Reduce scrap and rework, and
- Optimize production costs.
GST—helping gravure printers deliver consistent, high-quality print worldwide.
Reserve your copy of GST: Gravure Specifications & Tolerances today
by contacting laurah@plga.com.
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