Flex Roll Price & Size
Flex Roll & Star Flex Roll
Flex is manufactured by various manufacturers here in India. The prices vary slightly for all manufacturers. Biggest manufacturer being Pioneer Flex is among World's biggest when it comes to flex. They also export them to more than 20 countries. Flex roll these days are use widely for varying activities & displays. Being cheaper than almost any other media give them a wider acceptance & reach.
Star flex which is termed as better variant than flex is more expensive than flex. Star flex is a leading brand of PVC flex, it is manufactured in South Korea.
Sun sign & Technologies is one of the largest distribution house of this media in India.
Size of Flex Roll
Flex Roll travels from a well organized chain. It moves from Manufacturer to big stockist at state level and then to wholesalers. From wholesalers to Re sellers and finally it gets to printing, advertising & media companies. Flex roll comes in various sizes with the maximum width of 3.2 m which is said as 10 feet but it is slightly lesser than 10 feet. Its length is 50 meter which is standard roll size. These are sent in containers. If you have bulk requirements than you can ask manufacturers to make it as per your size.
Star flex on the other hand standard width is 320 cm i.e. 3.2 m only but even 530 cm i.e. 5.3 m width is available. It comes in hard corrugated rolls so it is easy to carry and transport without any loss or edge torn.
Thickness of flex
Flex thickness is measured in gsm which stands for gram per sq meter. Say 240 gsm flex means a flex sheet of 1mx1m will weight 240 gram. Normal thickness of flex range from 200 gsm to 260 gsm. Thicker flex is also available at additional cost. Star flex front lit banner thickness is nearly 340 gsm.
Machines that can be used for flex printing
You can use both solvent & eco solvent machine for flex printing. You can use any machine like HP LATEX, EFI-VUTEK, HP SCITEX, HP NUR, DGI, MIMAKI, ROLAND, MUTOH, SEIKO, JET-I etc.
Colors available in Flex
Mainly white color is used in flex as you can set the graphic background color to any color that will be printed. But other colors which are available in star flex are color white, snow white, yellow, red, green, blue, black, and etc.
Price of flex roll
Price not only vary as per the location as rates of flex is different in different cities. Price change of upto 5% can be seen in prices in Mumbai & Delhi. Price will also vary as per your volume, payment terms and relationship with suppliers. Minimum possible rate of 200 gsm standard flex is Rs 2.10/- per sq ft. So, rates of 10ftx150 ft will come out to close to Rs 3000/-. So 1 standard roll of flex price will be around Rs 3000/-. Higher the gsm the higher the price for 260 gsm thick flex roll price will be Rs 2.30/- to Rs 2.40/- per sq ft.
Star flex roll rates are more expensive than normal flex as thickness is also more. For big advertisers and bulk print quantity, printers adopt flexible approach where in they even allow you to bring your own roll for printing. They will only charge you for printing.
Flex is one thing whose rates haven't increased as much as for other product. They are more or less stagnant from last 3-4 years. Rates we see in Year 2016 is similar to Year 2013-2014.