Flexographic Printing and Packaging and Label Converting

ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo Latin America is keeping pace with the significant growth of the flexographic printing and packaging and label converting industry. The fair features a special pavilion to highlight this essential sector for society.

This event is unique in bringing together all available printing technologies in the industry, including offset, flexography, and digital, in one space, allowing print professionals to understand the packaging market landscape and make informed investments during the fair.

Packaging Printing Equipment

ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo Latin America showcases the latest innovations in packaging and label printing for converters. This will be an opportunity to see in action wide-web printing equipment, narrow-web printing, medium-web printing, corrugated printing, digital packaging and label printers, as well as hybrid printers with digital heads, thermal printers, offset printers, and more. This enables visitors to assess the power of the printing machines, make comparisons, and make the right purchase decision.

Wide-Web Printers

Wide-web printing is pure flexography. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, converters will see large machines printing packaging for various sectors at impressive speeds, with unique reproduction quality. These wide-web printers are known for their incredible repeatability, maintaining consistency from the first to the last unit produced.

Medium-Web Printers

Medium-web flexographic printing serves as an intermediary option for print runs that are still large but smaller than traditional wide-web runs. Leading flexographic printing companies are producing a range of options, and converters will find the best printer options for their operations at the fair.

Narrow-Web Printers

Narrow-web printing is gaining popularity due to its ability to produce labels and tags with speed and high reproduction quality. Those who have invested in narrow-web machines are seeing positive results. ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo will showcase the versatility of narrow-web printers to visitors interested in entering the label market and other segments where this technology excels.

Corrugated Printing

Corrugated packaging is popular for its material flexibility and sustainability, as it is easily recyclable. Corrugated printers produce boxes for a variety of purposes, such as ensuring product safety and creating point-of-sale displays. With the rise of e-commerce, this market has seen even greater growth. All these possibilities will be on display at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo.

Digital Printing

Digital printing is well established in the printing industry, and this extends to packaging and labels. The potential of inkjet and toner printing, especially for short runs and personalized printing, offers investment and profit opportunities for converters. Digital printing can be combined with other modules to create hybrid printers, expanding options for creative business owners. This new technology will be prominently showcased at the largest printing event in the Americas.

Plate-Making / pre-print shops (Clicherias)

Plate-making is where flexographic printing begins. Brazil is known for its award-winning and renowned companies in the plate-making sector. They will be present at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, offering flexographic prepress solutions and services to industry professionals, including flexographic plate preparation and more. It’s a great opportunity to network, resolve questions, and make business deals at the leading event in the sector.

Equipment for Plate-Making

Plate-making companies and converting businesses with in-house plate production and engraving equipment will find ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo to be the ideal place to see advancements in the sector, which offers higher quality reproduction and sustainable solutions. Processors, exposure units, engravers, CDIs, and other products that streamline plate-making or in-house plate production will be featured.

Consumables

Achieving the ideal print involves various factors, including the correct use of production equipment and quality consumables. ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo will showcase a range of packaging consumables with diverse features. Solutions for all print surfaces (papers, film, plastic, board, vinyl), flexographic inks (solvent inks, UV LED inks, or other technologies), solvents, varnishes, double-sided tapes, adhesives, photopolymer plates—everything in the packaging printing supply chain will be at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo Latin America.

Printing Surface

For the perfect packaging, high-quality materials are essential. ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo will feature top exhibitors with materials such as flexible carton board, corrugated cardboard, vinyl, film—including unsupported films, laminated films, barrier films, and films for lamination—and other substrates specifically tailored for specialized laminated compositions for specific segments, covering all materials used for packaging that stands out at the point of sale. These materials ensure secure packaging, crucial for industries like food packaging.

Inks, Solvents, and Varnishes

Packaging that catches attention on the shelf needs a recognizable visual identity across the brand’s diverse products. Inks play a major role in this. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, you’ll find flexographic inks for all packaging printing equipment, with various characteristics: water-based, solvent-based, UV, EB, low-migration inks, and more, including innovations brought by nanotechnology.

The fair will also showcase varnish options for packaging, aimed at protecting and enhancing the appearance of products after printing. Additionally, you’ll see different types of more sustainable solvents that help improve the production process. Beyond flexography, offset packaging inks will also demonstrate their capabilities at the fair.

Double-Sided Tapes

The segment of double-sided tapes and industrial adhesives for the printing industry is advancing with easier application and removal, leaving no residue and reducing waste. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, you’ll experience firsthand the adhesion power, resilience, and durability of tapes and their foam components, as well as their benefits in the flexographic printing process.

Plates

Photopolymer plates have become more advanced. Digital flat-top dot technology directly on the plate has revolutionized the industry, simplifying prepress work, speeding up production, and reducing waste, thus increasing profitability.

At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, explore the innovations from plate manufacturers, including smooth and modified surface plates for flexographic printing. See the latest eco-friendly plates—water-washable plates and UV LED-processed plates, as well as traditional solvent-based plates. Converters can compare options and make the best choice for their needs.

Peripherals

Every component and item in the packaging, label, or tag printing process will be at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo. In addition to printing equipment, consumables, and software, each peripheral will have its space at the fair, enabling converters to completely transform their production.

Major players will showcase anilox rollers, plate cylinders, doctor blades, rotary knives, and more. The event will present solutions for plate storage, part and adhesive cleaners, plate washing systems, brushes, and all options for removing ink from the anilox.

Zero-defect inspection control equipment with cameras will also be available, essential for ensuring precise, consistent color in printing, as repeatability is crucial for brand identity.

Anilox Rollers/Sleeves

An essential item in the flexographic printing process, anilox rollers in all their variations will be present at the flexography fair. The event features different types of rollers with various screen counts, laser GTT and mechanical engravings, and technologies for cleaning, maintenance, storage, and preservation—everything to maximize the durability of anilox rollers and enhance their re-engraving capabilities.

Doctor Blades

Doctor blades are used in flexographic printing to remove excess ink from the anilox roller. Their benefits include reduced sleeve wear, increased lifespan, improved image quality, and cost savings. Follow the advances in blade quality and efficiency with ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo exhibitors.

Knives

Rotary knives are crucial for label and tag production, particularly in the cutting process. At the flexography fair, converting professionals will see the latest available technologies in counter-blades and various knife styles, ensuring precise cutting results.

Inspection Control

Inspection and defect detection systems in the printing process allow converters to have full control over the print quality. Modern equipment inspects 100% of output, detecting every defect, even those invisible to the naked eye, known as zero-defect systems. At the printing expo, live demonstrations of these systems will showcase their ease of use and how they help eliminate print errors, optimizing print quality and reducing costs.

Software

With each update, printing software gains features and configurations that speed up and optimize the packaging printing process. Software covers the entire production chain, from prepress to finishing, ensuring accurate colors, packaging security, and effective design, pushing creative boundaries. Every company needs software to manage tasks efficiently, and everything will be available at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo.

Color Management

One of the biggest challenges for converters is achieving accurate color in packaging, a key demand from brand owners who require consistent brand colors across all packaging, regardless of print type, substrate, or ink. Solutions like Expanded Gamut, G7 Certification, and PantoneLIVE are examples. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, converters will find key printing software to ensure accurate colors without variation in the final product.

Prepress

Converters are always seeking ways to automate prepress processes, aiming to save time, reduce waste, and lower production costs. ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo will showcase software that streamlines workflows, minimizing human intervention in prepress tasks like distortion and standardization, ultimately speeding up the packaging print process.

Security

Security is crucial in the packaging sector. Security software helps prevent counterfeiting, ensuring labels are free from illegal copies or falsifications. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, you’ll see the latest advancements that safeguard your final product from potential future issues.

Design

Perfect packaging or labeling starts with a creative design that meets product goals. Design software assists in every step, from mockups to production-ready files. ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo showcases the software converters and design professionals need for creating the perfect packaging, including image editing and retouching tools, allowing for fast and efficient product development.

Management

To be efficient, a company needs more than just top equipment; it needs effective management. Administrative and financial management software assists businesses of all sizes with expense control, budgeting, production management, reporting, and analysis. Take your company’s management to the next level with exhibitors at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo Latin America.

Services & Management

In addition to equipment solutions, ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo features exhibitors who help companies elevate their service quality. These professionals specialize in training, business consulting, standardization, pricing, and advisory services. Learn about these offerings at the expo and discover the impact of external insight on process improvement.

ConverFlexo emphasizes education. In addition to free congresses for professionals and converting entrepreneurs, the expo features associations that advocate for the sector and schools training the next generation of Brazilian converters.

Finishing

No packaging is complete without flawless finishing. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, converters can see label and packaging finishing equipment in action. Cutting and creasing machines ensure a perfect final product, with drying and lamination equipment enhancing the appearance of packaging and labels, as well as rewinders, inspection machines, and die-cutters essential to packaging production. Explore the best options at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo!

Cutting

High-speed, precision cutting equipment is a priority for cutting and creasing suppliers in the packaging and label sector. Leading manufacturers from around the world will be at ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, presenting the latest advancements in finishing technology for printed materials. Discover the best machines for every converter’s needs, from wide to narrow web or digitally printed materials.

Lamination

Lamination elevates printed products, enhancing packaging aesthetics or providing protection and sealing. Finishing techniques will be featured at ConverFlexo with options like gloss, matte, holographic, varnish, primer, and more. See everything ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo has to offer.

Drying

Drying is essential in the converting industry to prevent rework and speed up label and packaging production. Suppliers worldwide are innovating faster, more sustainable drying technologies. At ExpoPrint & ConverFlexo, you’ll see the latest in UV curing, LED lamps, and cold UV, all under one roof.