See the user feedback on ChromeNEO ! Let us add some additional facts and information: • Performance - 3 machines already in daily production - meanwhile approx. 3´500 gravure cylinders chrome plated and printed - equivalent performance in terms of plating speed, hardness as well as abrasion resistance in printing process • Health & safety - Chrome trioxide - free as well as PFAS - free - not toxic and without any carcinogenic and mutagenic substances • Costs - no higher operational costs compared to Chrome VI process - no regulary costs (ECHA / workers monitoring) Chrome NEO – the future of chrome plating is the proven technology for rotogravure cylinder production and does solve regulatory threads but as well as health & safety risks for the companies and its employees. #ChromeNEO
ChromeNEO surpassed our expectations…again. A few weeks ago, I shared that we had printed our first production cylinder at Gundlach Packaging Group, and things went smoothly. At the end of that post, I was confident, letting you know we were about to start the next job—a complete set of cylinders printed with ChromeNEO. Well, here’s the good news: it was successful! And let me explain further. While the printing results were spot on, there were a few learnings along the way. These small things didn’t impact the final print, which turned out great. However, they did teach us some lessons about what we could improve. Our strong feedback loop with our partners has once again proven its worth, as we continue to learn and improve. Together, we’re constantly figuring out how to optimize and improve this new Chrome technology. I’m confident that this method will soon surpass the old conventional chrome plating, which, as you may know, will need to disappear over the next few years. #ChromeNEO