Want to reduce your pollution footprint while speeding up plate production? Chemistry-free or processless plates can do just that.

By Bob Atkinson

“We’ll have live demonstrations of our new Saphira ChemFree Violet plates this year at Drupa, and it should be on the shelves sometime later this year, with sizes and specifications similar to our current thermal Saphira Chemfree plates,” reveals Don Rogers, Heidelberg’s product manager for consumables. “And as we release larger presses, I think you’ll see that we’ll bring in new plate sizes down the road a bit to support them.