[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”4″ ][cs_content_seo]Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) for sustainable labels and packaging\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”5″ ][cs_content_seo]Expanded Color Gamut printing (ECG) is the practice of using a set of 4 or more inks (typically 7): Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (CMYK) plus Orange, Green, and Violet (OGV) to achieve a larger color gamut than that of CMYK. It is also used as a solution to replace spot colors.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”6″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”7″ ][cs_content_seo]Benefits of ECG\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”8″ ][x_skill_bar heading=”INK SAVING” percent=”21%” bar_text=”” bar_bg_color=”#019ee2″][x_skill_bar heading=”REDUCED CO2″ percent=”50%” bar_text=”” bar_bg_color=”#FF0099″][x_skill_bar heading=”REDUCED SUBSTRATE WASTE” percent=”63%” bar_text=”” bar_bg_color=”#ffa500″][x_skill_bar heading=”REDUCED MAKE-READY” percent=”72%” bar_text=”” bar_bg_color=”#9ee201″][x_skill_bar heading=”REDUCED WASH-UP SOLVENTS” percent=”97%” bar_text=”” bar_bg_color=”#691e95″][cs_element_text _id=”14″ ][cs_content_seo]Source: Lankinen, Kai, 2021 (PhD thesis: Evaluation of Expanded Gamut Printing in Flexography)
For a wide-web flexographic process with a consumption of 50 million meters annual production (3,333 print-jobs), material width of 100 cm.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][/cs_content]