SecuPlate® and SecuScreen®
The safe choice for banknote and high security applications.
70 years of innovation
When we were founded as a part of Stork in 1947, our primary market was textile printing. Our ground- breaking technical innovations made us the first company to offer high-speed printing of popular designs. Our unique rotary screen printing technology quickly enabled us to move beyond textile printing to offer new solutions for labels, wall coverings, flooring and more. It wasn’t long before we took the next step in printing: from rotary to digital printing, culminating in the development of our exclusive Archer® technology. Our continuous product innovation has brought us over 300 patents and enables us to redefine the digital printing landscape with faster, more reliable and more versatile solutions.
Specialists in rotary screen printing
A global leading company
SPGPrints is a global leading company in the textile, label and industrial printing markets. We provide total system solutions, with a portfolio including rotary screens, lacquers, inks, digital engravers, and a broad range of rotary screen and digital printing systems. The company has applied its electroforming expertise to developing highly reliable rotary screen technology.
Teamwork is of the essence
Already a number of banknote and security document printing companies have chosen to team up with SPGPrints for its competence and service level. At SPGPrints, we continuously work to optimise our extensive range of products for this sector. Moreover, our technologies, dedicated specialists and experience mean we can collaborate with our customers to develop virtually any application required. Typical security feature applications include:
- Banknotes
- Passports
- Tax stamps
- Postage stamps
- Birth certificates
- Credit cards
SpgPrints Mesh,
the fundamentals
Clear advantages
- Better lacquer technology and higher resolutions through unique fully electroformed mesh material
- Increased printing speeds; higher production efficiency
- Thick ink layers in a single-pass
- Improved image quality
- Lower lacquer costs
- Longer screen life
Rotary screen solutions
With SPGPrints’ SecuPlate® and SecuScreen® screens, you are assured of exceptionally reliable, long-lasting and highly accurate print results on a wide range of web-widths and sheet sizes for finishing presses for banknotes. Over the years, SPGPrints has developed proprietary screen specifications that work optimally with security inks. Some key words in this respect: Iridescents, OVis, OVMIs (ike Spark and Spark Live), tactile or optical authentication and holographic security features (Optaglio).
High accuracy, perfect registration
SecuPlate and SecuScreen are manufactured by electroforming and consist of 100% non-woven nickel. The result is a unique, strong, hexagonal structure that gives an exceptionally high stability for perfectly registered print. This stability also enables printing large web-widths. By using the hexagonal structure, SecuPlate and SecuScreen have 15% more holes compared to the same mesh count from any other screen brand.
Improvements by using the SPGPrints concept:
- Ink cost reduction
- 100% image consistency
- Shorter and more robust Pre-press process
- Higher printing speeds
- Less down-time during production
Responsibility in the complete process
SPGPrints offers next level process quality and efficiency through (seamless) screen printing and digital imaging during the finishing process of banknote printing. Based on the common screens that are “seam-sealed” within the traditional analogue way of imaging. A fully digital pre-press process with secuLEN direct laser engraving is now available for banknote printing in combination with yet another improvement: seamless screens with further improved life time.
Programme
A diversity of mesh types
SPGPrints has developed a range of mesh specifications specifically for printing different security features and applications. Our unique production method enables us to manufacture almost any mesh thickness or open area configuration. So, whatever your requirements, we can make a mesh to deliver the result you want.
SecuPlate®
The mesh material, developed for commonly used sheet fed presses and pre-press workflows, has now been optimised for banknote printing. It can be integrated into any conventional or digital pre-press workflow, where plates are used.
- Mesh counts from 140 to 215 mesh
- Max particle sizes — up to 80 micron
- Ink deposits from 6 to 30 micron
SecuScreen®
Aseamless screen, providing extra high stability, available in a repeat size of 880 mm. The screen comes pre-coated, and suitable for imaging with the secuLEN direct laser engraver, which will support you in achieving an optimum end result.
- Mesh counts from 130 to 185 mesh
- Max particle sizes up to 60 micron
- Ink deposits from 6 to 15 micron
SecuMesh
Suitable for roll-to-roll printing, where we have a huge diversity of mesh types available, for printing widths from 250 mm up to more than 900 mm. The SecuMesh rotary screen comes either with a seam or can be supplied in a seamless version.
- Mesh counts from 40 to 405 mesh
- Max particle sizes up to 190 micron
- Ink deposits from 6 to 160 micron
