TECHKON USA has received the FTA Technical Innovation Award 2025 for its inline color measurement system SpectroVision. The Techkon SpectroVision is the first inline mounted spectrophotometer capable of measurements at full production speeds, the company says, and it includes three devices in one: a full 31-point spectrophotometer capable of taking 3000 spectral color measurements per second, a web viewer/inspection camera, and a bar code grader, at a fraction of the cost of competing systems.

This marks the second Innovation Award received by Techkon USA in a row.

The award was presented on Sunday, May 4, during the Awards Banquet ceremony at FORUM & INFOFLEX 2025, FTA’s annual four-day technical conference and exhibition. 

George Adam, president at Techkon USA, received the award on behalf of the entire Techkon team. He stated, “We are honored to receive the FTA Technical Innovation Award again this year, our second award in a row. All of us here at Techkon USA are working hard every day to make color management for flexographic printers, and their customers – the brands – as easy and painless as possible. The SpectroVision inline system, with the invention of our award-winning SmartInk technology, is the culmination of many years of work and is a breakthrough towards nearly fully automated color control for flexographic printers, both during make ready and throughout production.”

After years of engineering and refining, Techkon’s SpectroVision is the technological breakthrough capable of automating color measurements on flexographic and web presses at an affordable cost.

THe product’s technical capabilities include:

• Spectral color measurements fast enough for full speed production runs 
• Precise color measurements of the full color bar, including tints and solids, every few impressions, and can measure across the entire web width, including in-image locations 
• Providing a nearly Closed Loop experience with SmartInk ink toning technology 
• Predictive alerts when color begins to drift during the run 
• Seamless data collection, sharing, reporting and analytics in the Cloud for every run and every impression in 2 seconds 

Automation ensures that color measurements occur regularly throughout the entire press run and eliminates the measurement burden for the operator. SpectroVision also has the ability to provide many more color measurements during the press run, which allows for tighter color tolerance to be achieved.

Kent Gundlach, president of Victor Envelope Company, states, “It’s simple to make a lot of bad envelopes. A lot can go wrong in trying to maintain good color throughout the run. When you run multiple shifts, you want to make sure that the color is being maintained from morning to night, back to that next day. The Techkon SpectroVision gives us the opportunity to measure and also record information on color throughout the day to maintain good color.”