fribourg switzerland, january 14, 2015 for the second year in a row, polytype is the proud recipient of the north american tube council&rsquos &ldquotube of the year award&rdquo in the category &ldquobest innovative component or process&rdquo. while the linearis machine won in 2013, the capabilities of the rda 24165 hybrid were able to convince the 2014 panel of judges.the innovation shown on this tube is the capability to combine the benefits of two printing methods. on one side there is dry offset printing with the benefits to create sharp lettering, to realize good and homogenous surfaces with low ink cost per tube dryoffset ink is 4 times less expensive than inkjet ink and the possibility to use pantone colours as required for brand logos. shown on this tube, all text is printed in dryoffset and the colours of the polytype and pro6 logos are made with pantone inks. simple graphics on a large surface, like the fire pattern, are also made in dryoffset.tube of the year 2014 by polytype on the other side, there is the inkjet printing with its own benefits the easy realisation of colourful, photorealistic prints like the ice princess shown on the tube. there is also the possibility to make personalized tubes, each one with a different design. even to make something which was not conceivable until today now becomes possible printing on tubes and closures in one run and thus increasing the product marketing surface.the combination of these two printing methods brings also a benefit in changeover time, meaning that difficult sections will be made in digital, easy sections in dryoffset.this entire decoration was created on the rda 24165 hybrid machine from polytype, with up to 6 inkjet printing colours and up to 8 dryoffset colours. the decoration speed of this machine is typically 165 tubesmin, but depends on diameter and printing length of the inkjet design.for further information, please contact polytype sa siegfried joneleit sales and marketing manager plastic tubes phone 41 26 426 13 30 mobile 41 78 897 30 99 email siegfried.joneleit@polytype.com
