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Dantex is Europe's largest distributor of letterpress and flexo plates. We are a specialist supplier of water-wash photopolymer plates and processing equipment, and have been serving the needs of the packaging industry for over 40 years.
Dantex is Europe’s largest distributor of letterpress and flexo plates. We are a specialist supplier of water-wash photopolymer plates and processing equipment, and have been serving the needs of the packaging industry for over 40 years.
We offer environmentally friendly, solvent-free solutions for a variety of flexographic applications. Our water-wash photopolymer plates give consistent results, finer resolution, deep reverses and excellent ink transfer. Our flexographic photopolymer plates make plate production quick, clean and simple, and are compatible with water, UV and solvent-based inks. They are available in digital and analogue formats.
Our flexographic photopolymer plates include:
Letterpress printing plates
Dantex analogue letterpress printing plates and Dantex digital letterpress printing plates can be used for all letterpress, semi-rotary and dry offset applications. Available plate types include:
Torelief and Torelief Precision ultra-high resolution plate materials have been developed to meet the growing demand for ever-finer reproducibility. These new materials allow the user to obtain a sharp and accurate printed result, and this plate will produce a vey fine screen ruling and give trouble-free performance on press.
Dantex is a specialist manufacturer of water-wash plate processing equipment. Our Aquaflex range is designed for use with Torelief and Aquaflex plates and uses only water-wash technology and waste water filtration. Dedicated photopolymer plate exposure and fully automated inline plate processing systems are available, as well as combination units.
Our Aquaflex water-wash plate processing equipment ensures that our plates provide the fastest wash times in the world, superior ink transfer, long life on press and excellent quality results. Models include:
Our digital pre-press systems are ideal for a wide range of packaging and label printing processes, including digital imaging and software for professional graphic design, and the pre-production, production, communication and management phases of the pre-press process.
EskoArtwork digital flexo and letterpress plate imaging systems (Spark CTP) with fully integrated Esko workflow can make your production faster and more effective. We offer:
We can supply a range of pressroom products to support your plate production, including:
PicoColour uses the latest Xaar 1003 printhead, which delivers exceptionally smooth print tones and solid areas, which are perfect for printing amazing lifelike images, pin sharp text and bold colours with an extended colour gamut.
Dantex Group has announced the addition of three new colours for its popular range of PicoJet digital presses.
31 March 2022Dantex Digital, the digital division of Dantex Group, has recently purchased and re-located to a 22,000ft² site in Corby, Northamptonshire.
1 March 2022Dantex Group has partnered with global adhesive tape manufacturer, tesa, as a UK distributor of plate mounting tapes and Twinlock® sleeve technology for flexographic printing.
10 February 2022Cheshire-based flexographic reprographic studio and platemaker, Red032, has recently installed a Dantex DigiWash 4835 for producing Dantex DNVO Varnica digital plates.
22 November 2021Dantex Digital has further expanded its Pico range with the launch of the new PicoColour 254HD.
13 October 2021Dantex’s South American partner, Dugraf, is launching a new digital initiative called ‘Dugraf Digital’.
24 September 2021Leading cleaning chemicals company, Derbyshire-based Clover Chemicals, has recently invested in a Dantex PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press.
2 September 2021Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, has announced a new distributor partnership with Nekkorb Solutions, a printing solutions company based in Auckland, New Zealand.
19 July 2021Dantex Group, whose interests range from prepress consumables to manufacturing state-of-the-art digital presses, is further expanding its equipment service capabilities in support of growing successful sales in the US.
30 June 2021Dantex Group will install one of their PicoColour presses for a US customer early in July, continuing an ongoing interest in its Pico range in the country, sales of which gained significant momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic.
16 June 2021Dantex Group has welcomed a new addition to its executive team. Richard Bunney joins the company as commercial director.
4 June 2021Hauer GmbH, an Austrian family-owned business with 80 years of label printing experience, is benefiting from the installation of a Dantex PicoColour.
12 May 2021Dantex is proud to launch SuperWhite® technology on PicoJet 330 & 254. This latest innovation from the Dantex Advance Engineering team is capable of producing white ink opacity between 86% and 92% in a single pass at 75m/min (250ft/min), making it the highest opacity high-speed inkjet white available on the market.
12 April 2021Frank Spindler has joined the service team of Dantex Germany as an application engineer.
29 January 2021With a full order book of jobs in the offing, Norfolk-based Spectrum Digital Labels eagerly welcomed the delivery of its Dantex PicoJet 330 UV inkjet digital press at its premises recently.
5 January 2021Dantex is well known in the field of photopolymer plate supplies, and due to the recent growth in demand from the two-piece canning and aerosol industry, Dantex has decided to expand its plate cutting and packaging lines across the group.
10 December 2020As from 1 January 2021, Benjamin Danon will take over as CEO of Dantex Group as his father, Richard Danon, moves to executive chairman with special emphasis on Dantex’s future digital inkjet programme
8 December 2020Specialist prepress equipment supplier and digital label press manufacturer, Dantex Group, has recently announced the appointment of David Reynolds in the new role of technical sales representative for flexo and digital inkjet solutions.
27 November 2020Underlining their ongoing commitment to expand their digital business globally, Dantex’s digital division, part of the Dantex Group, has recently signed a new distributor partnership with Printers Supply Co. Pvt. Ltd - a Kolkata, India-based supplier of print solutions to the labels market.
18 November 2020Recent successful onsite and online demonstrations of Dantex PicoJet and PicoColour, have shown how customers have been greatly impressed by the print quality offered by Dantex’s UV inkjet systems.
21 October 2020Dantex Digital, part of Dantex Group, is due to ship a fully-specced PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press to New Jersey based label manufacturer, ModTek.
13 October 2020As a result of their decision not to exhibit at drupa 2021 due to the continued unstable pandemic situation of Covid-19, Dantex Group is instead channelling investments to establish state-of-the-art technology centres, located in the UK and Germany.
28 September 2020Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, will install PicoJet 330 UV inkjet digital press at newly formed printers, Norfolk-based Spectrum Digital Labels, during the first week of October.
16 September 2020Part of the Dantex Group, Dantex Digital has recently announced the launch of PicoJet 254, a 10in (254mm) print width UV Digital Label Press.
6 August 2020Dantex Group, specialist prepress consumable supplier and digital label press manufacturer, has recently announced a promotion in its sales management line-up.
15 July 2020Dantex is pleased to announce it will be shipping for the installation three of its flagship PicoColour digital presses this month.
4 May 2020Based in Somerset, the UK, Custom Labels has invested in a Dantex PicoColour UV inkjet digital press to enhance its label printing capabilities.
24 April 2020Seasoned 'Packaging Innovations' exhibitors, Dantex, will be showcasing their ever-popular PicoColour UV Digital Press live on stand, featuring a new and exciting finishing option.
24 February 2020Syracuse Label & Surround Printing, award-winning, New York-based manufacturer of custom-made, printed products including flexible packaging, shrink sleeves and pressure sensitive labels has invested in a Dantex PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press to replace their aging digital press.
6 February 2020Dantex, a specialist supplier of equipment for the packaging industry, recently worked with Cresta Labels to install a second inkjet digital press at their printing facility.
15 October 2019Dantex has been a regular exhibitor at Label Expo Europe since the 1980s and in the USA for many years.
12 September 2019Nottinghamshire-based Cresta Labels has been providing flexible labelling solutions across a wide range of industries for over 40 years.
24 June 2019Following success in the UV digital press market, Dantex looks forward to promoting further advancements to the Pico range with its latest innovation, the PicoJet Digital UV Inkjet Press at Packaging Innovations.
25 February 2019A recent investment in a Dantex PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press has helped Hart Labels create new opportunities, in what is being acknowledged by the label specialist as a “game-changer”.
13 February 2019Dantex has recently appointed two new digital service engineers.
31 October 2018Following Dantex's success in the UV digital label press market, they look forward to promoting their digital capability further at Labelexpo Americas between 25-27 September, held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, Chicago.
31 August 2018Established in 2008 originally as a flexo printer, Cannock-based Paramount Labels has become a recognised name in flexo and digital label printing for a range of customers from emerging brands to multinationals.
3 August 2018A recent investment in a Dantex PicoColour® UV inkjet digital press with Corona treatment unit has seen the established label firm Cresta Labels strengthen its print capability that includes flexo, hotfoil and thermal transfer.
6 April 2018Following the success of their PicoColour UV Digital Label Press, Dantex will present its latest innovation, PicoJet Digital UV Inkjet Press at Label Expo Europe, Brussels.
10 September 2017Leading label manufacturer The Label Makers has recently invested in an inkjet imaging film solution from the Dantex Group, replacing its traditional imagesetter.
7 September 2017Leading manufacturer of carton board packaging products Glossop Cartons has recently invested in an Aquaflex Varnica plate making system.
6 September 2017Dantex Group had yet another successful show at this year's Packaging Innovations exhibition at the NEC.
15 March 2017Self-adhesive label manufacturer Xpress Labels has ordered a PicoColour UV Inkjet Digital Label Press, manufactured and supplied by Dantex Group.
22 November 2016Leading label specialists Paramount Labels has recently placed an order for a PicoColour UV Inkjet Digital Label Press, manufactured and supplied by Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group.
17 October 2016Following the successful launch of Dantex Digital in 2015, DantexRBCor is to be demonstrating the high-quality digital label press, Dantex PicoColour®, to the US market at Labelexpo Americas 2016.
6 September 2016Dantex is proud to announce the launch of its PicoColour® II high-speed UV inkjet digital label press. The press has been developed by the Dantex Digital team and JF Machines Limited, now a part of the Dantex Group.
13 July 2015Dantex has installed a new Screen Truepress L350UV Inkjet Label Press at Limpet Labels UK.
28 January 2015Letterpress and flexo plates distributor Dantex has teamed up with Heritage Envelopes to provide new production systems to help Heritage expand its market share.
24 November 2014At the association's recent annual meeting held in Dana Point, California, TLMI awarded DantexRBCor operations vice-president Michelle Garza 'Supplier of the Year'.
3 November 2014Dantex is seeking a new Engineering Liaison Officer & Administrator for its Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK location.
30 September 2014Dantex is to hold an open house event to showcase the Truepress Jet L350UV Digital Label Press and would like to extend an invitation to anyone interested in finding out more to visit their Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK offices on 17 and 18 September.
28 August 2014DantexRBCor is a subsidiary of Dantex and a market leader in the fields of digital and analogue letterpress, flexo and UV flexo water wash plates, and processing equipment.
8 July 2014The European Digital Press Association (EDP) has voted the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press 'Best Label Printing Solution' in the 2014 EDP Awards.
19 June 2014Specialist health print provider Jones & Brooks is a family-run business and supplier of print solutions to the NHS across the UK.
23 May 2014Dantex are delighted to announce that the TRUEPRESS L350UV inkjet label press is now available for demonstration at their site in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
6 May 2014Dantex is pleased to announce that Andrew Abbott has been promoted to the position of general manager of Dantex Graphics Limited.
17 February 2014At Packaging Innovations 2014 Dantex will introduce Truepress Jet L350UV, a digital label press that delivers photo realistic quality and fast, stable output.
27 January 2014Dantex customer, APE, has, once again, been awarded a Silver FLEXO STAR by the Association Technique Française de la Flexographie (ATF Flexo).
9 January 2014Screen Europe announces the commercial launch of the Truepress Jet L350UV - its first UV digital label press - and the appointment of Dantex as European reseller for the new press.
17 June 2013Dantex is to hold an open day to showcase its new improved 1290 Digital Label Printing System, Rewinder and Coating Unit, and would like to extend an invitation to anyone interested in finding out more to visit their Bradford offices on Wednesday 14th November.
17 October 2012Dantex Corp USA is escalating its presence in North America with the acquisition of RBCOR's business. RBCOR, located in San Marcos, California, has long been recognized as a leading supplier of letterpress and Flexo plates to North American end-users.
7 September 2012Most flexible packaging printers choose to purchase trade shop plates, mainly due to the high costs associated with solvent processing: the equipment, specialised air-conditioning and extraction, and solvent recovery. While there have indeed been alternative technologies available, quality has be
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