ENVIRONMENTAL
2009
Specialised Exhibitions (Pty) Ltd
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Brought to you by
The Packaging, Processing, Printing,
Labeling and Plastics Exhibition
20-23 OCTOBER 2009
Johannesburg Expo Centre
NASREC
THE traditional approach of mixing alcohol and
fountain solution together may soon become
a thing of the past. In fact, Tim Roberts of
LithoTech International (LTI) in Sydney believes that
time may already have arrived. Tim Roberts describes
LTI’s fountain solution and alcohol combination,
branded ‘2in1’, as a success story, and major users
agree. Paul Purcell, production manager at Sydney
Allen Printers in Rydalmere, New South Wales,
was first introduced to 2in1 three years ago by a
maintenance engineer in the pressroom. At the time,
it was being used on UV presses. Purcell decided to
trial it. ‘I was looking at getting away from alcohol
solutions altogether and I trialled several fountain
solutions with no alcohol and they caused a lot of
everyday problems with printers. A lot of old-school
printers don’t like the idea of not using alcohol. This
is a substitute and I gave it a go, and didn’t look
back.’
He says 2in1 has performed strongly on Sydney
Allen Printers’ Heidelbergs, a ten-colour Speedmaster
perfector and six-colour CD, on which he uses CPI’s
Cervo inks and Hostmann Steinberg inks with no
ink problems, no calcium problems. Potential OHS
issues have been resolved. ‘We don’t have as much
smell in the factory.’ Sydney Allen’s does a lot of
A cocktail recipe
for success
By Peter Kohn - March 2009 issue of ProPrint.
Alcohol has its place in society, as long as we’re sensible about it, and the same
can be said about the pressroom. So, while we won’t soon be seeing the day when
the country’s Heidelbergs, Rolands, Komoris, and other great marques become
teetotallers, so to speak, we will see them cutting down a bit on the hard stuff and
going for a ready-mixed cocktail.