Chris Searle, technical director – chemicals, TechNova, said: "AkronGold has a lot of great benefits to offer printers, and is designed to make pressroom workflow smooth and hassle-free.

AkronGold  offers printers a never before ‘dose and forget’ convenience due to its exceptional wetting stability and very high levels of plate protection agents, at a low cost-in-use. This will allow printers to concentrate on producing high-quality prints, rather than worrying about ink-water balance."

AkronGold offers controlled wetting with zero-foam, and is compatible with both IPA and IPA substitute products, similar to TechNova’s AlcoZAP. It is compatible to get the best out of analog plates as well as thermal, violet and UV digital plates. This product gives great results with UV inks as well, making it ideal for both, commercial and packaging printers.

AkronGold is developed and manufactured in the same facility where TechNova plates are manufactured.

"As a result of this the R&D team for both plates and chemicals worked closely with each other to ensure that both are perfectly compatible, without compromising on the high-quality standards that customers have come to associate with TechNova," said Deepak Chawla, general manager for marketing, plates and chemicals at TechNova.

He further added that, since it is a TechNova product, printers are guaranteed 24x7 technical support during and post installation.