DRY OFFSET is the only direct printing process where the complete and final multi-colour image is transferred to the substrate with a single impression. In the plastics industry, dry offset printing is the main process for the decoration of cups, pots and tubs, (injection moulded or thermoformed), used for the packaging of foodstuffs, such as yoghurt, margarine, creams, salads etc as well as their prospective closures. Pre-formed tubes for cosmetics or toothpaste, vials for pharmaceuticals, cartridges for sealants, buckets or pails for emulsion paints are also high volume applications for dry offset printing.
The main printing processes used in packaging today, (litho, ...