The production and sales of offset printing plates in my country are gradually increasing and are gradually developing towards green and environmental protection.

Offset printing plate is a photosensitive plate used in offset printing. The graphic and non-graphic parts are placed on the offset printing plate through the principle of oil and water repulsion, and the rubber blanket roller is used to transfer to the substrate to complete the printing. From the perspective of technical categories, offset printing plates can be roughly divided into PS plates, CTP plates, etc. Among them, PS plates can be subdivided into positive-pattern PS plates and negative-pattern PS plates; CTP plates can be subdivided into thermal CTP plates and UV-CTP plates. Due to the relatively simple plate making process of CTP plates and the high degree of reproduction of printed matter, CTP plates have gradually become the mainstream product of offset printing plates.

After years of development in the offset printing plate industry, my country has formed a complete offset printing plate industry chain. The upstream of the industrial chain is mainly the raw material industry, which mainly provides acid and alkali, aluminum coils, photosensitive materials and other raw materials; the midstream is mainly the offset printing plate industry, responsible for the production and manufacturing of various offset printing plate products; the downstream is oriented to application fields, and offset printing plates are mainly used in in the printing industry.
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In my country’s offset printing plate market, there are a large number of companies and fierce market competition. The main foreign offset printing plate companies include Fuji, Agfa, etc. The domestic large-scale offset printing plate companies mainly include Qiangbang New Materials, Lucky Huaguang, Huida Printong, Jinruitai, Bosca, Longma Aluminum, Chongqing Huafeng et al. At this stage, my country’s offset printing plate companies occupy the majority of the market share, while foreign offset printing plate companies have a relatively small market share. As my country’s offset printing plate technology continues to advance, the market share of Chinese companies is expected to further increase.

Industry analysts said that at this stage, my country’s environmental protection requirements are gradually becoming stricter, and the offset printing plate industry is gradually developing in a green and environmentally friendly direction. my country’s offset printing plate companies continue to make breakthroughs in key materials. Green plate-making technologies such as low-chemical, glue development, and treatment-free are gradually advancing. UV-CTP plate technology and thermal CTP plate technology have gradually become mainstream technologies in my country’s offset printing plate market. With the continuous advancement of offset printing plate technology, rinse-free CTP plates no longer use chemical reagents to develop plates. Compared with traditional CTP plates, they have more stable performance and better environmental protection. Therefore, environmentally friendly offset printing plates represented by rinse-free plates are gradually replacing traditional offset printing plates, promoting the sustainable and stable development of the offset printing plate market.