Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd Road, , , WV15 6AU

T: +44 (0) 1746 788 111 F: +44 (0) 1746 788 115 E: [email protected] www.starlitho.co.uk Passionate about lithography Your image in our hands Surface critical soft alloy specialist

Offset printing is the heart and soul of We are the only European fully Our processes are designed specifically The next process is cold rolling to the final Litho alloys our business. It’s as simple as that! integrated producer of lithographic to serve the requirements of surface printing plate thickness. Here the Thin Strip AA1050 litho alloy quality strip with all processes on one critical products. At all stages we take Mill uses the latest technology to control At Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd we are site under one management team. great care to keep the material clean flatness and thickness up to speeds of High strength litho alloy passionate about producing perfectly finished and free from surface blemishes. From 1000m/minute. Then the coil is trimmed to Flatness tolerance flat rolled aluminium lithographic strip because We have a totally focussed production facility the moment the raw material enters our the correct width, stretched/levelled and we know that our customers’ reputation with expertise through the supply chain from process the image surface is protected degreased to remove residual rolling oils. General Specification: depends on the consistent quality of our smelters and aluminium casting through our through each operational step. This is all done by our finishing line, which Maximum wave height in edge, centre or product, our customers’ image is quite literally own and our customers’ processes. incorporates both top and bottom automatic quarter position is 2 mm. in our hands. Our raw material is rolling slab, sourced surface inspection equipment whilst the line In collaboration with our R&D network, both from our own casthouse or from stringently runs at speeds up to 400m/minute. Maximum 4 waves per metre We recognise that the competitiveness of the in-house and at our Group laboratories in approved cast houses with whom we have Specific requirements for flatness offset printing industry is fundamentally based Athens as well as external parties, and through partnerships covering all aspects of quality Finally, the coil passes through the inspection tolerance can be discussed. on short make ready times, fast changeovers our technology partnership with Furukawa Sky and logistics. and packing area. The surface quality is given between print runs and the highest image Aluminium we are investing in product and a visual inspection and dimensional accuracy is Dimension Options quality. For the printing plate this means a process improvements. Our first process is hot rolling where we take checked. The flatness of the material is verified 5.6 to 6.0 kg per Coil Weight consistently flat product for automatic loading a rolling slab and roll it to a coil in one process by a flat bed laser measurement system. mm of width into image setters and excellent surface Over the last decade we have continually line. Here the surface cleanliness – free from Outer diameter mm 1800 mm max quality for imaging, every time. Of course, we invested in equipment and upgrades to our oxide and other foreign particles – and the Our entire management process Inner diameter mm 406 mm, 507 mm need to do this with low supply chain costs, processes, all designed to ensure we meet the material’s essential flatness is controlled with is controlled and assured to which in turn mean short lead times and on fast evolving demands of the offset printing sophisticated mill control systems. ISO 9001:2000 standards and Coils can be supplied either full weight as above or cut to half coils on request time deliveries. market. our environmental and safety The coil is then transferred to our specialised management systems comply Dimension Options Our vision is to be in a position of trust and Litho Centre. Here all movements are with ISO 14001:2004 and to be the supplier of choice when it comes to automated through each of the process steps OHSAS 18001:2007 standards. Standard Tolerance Range (mm) (mm) your image. until final packing. This avoids the risks of damage and debris associated with forklift Thickness 0.14 to 0.5 ± 0.0075 trucks. Each coil is batch annealed in a fully Width 700 to 1610 ± 0.5 computerised environment in order to achieve optimum mechanical properties and maximum on-press plate performance.