Printek Equipment Co. inc:

Welcome, we are a manufacturer of pad printer and screen-printing equipment, U.V. curing units, plate makers, laser plate maker, silicone pads, plates and customized tooling. We stock all replacement parts for all equipment printing presses. Printek provides all the supplies and services needed in pad and screen-printing operations. Printek Equipment Co. was founded in 1986, located in Fairfield, New Jersey. Printek has been providing the printing industry with highest quality supplies, equipment, reliable service at affordable prices for over 20 years!.

What is Pad Printing:

Pad printing is a printing process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object. This is accomplished using an indirect offset (gravure) printing process that involves an image being transferred from the printing plate (cliché) via a silicone pad onto a substrate (surface to be printed). Pad printing is used for printing on otherwise impossible products in many industries including medical, automotive, promotional, apparel, electronics, appliances, sports equipment and toys. It can also be used to deposit functional materials such as conductive inks, adhesives, dyes and lubricants. Physical changes within the ink film both on the cliché and on the pad allow it leave the etched image area in favor of adhering to the pad, and to subsequently release from the pad in favor of adhering to the substrate (material being printed). The unique properties of the silicone pad enable it to pick the image up from a flat plane and transfer it to a variety of surface (i.e. flat, cylindrical, spherical, compound angles, textures, concave surfaces, convex surfaces).