Achieving accurate spot color in flexographic printing can often take multiple press corrections before meeting customer specifications. This increases setup time, creates waste and limits press productivity.
Partner name: SOMA
Color management
Our partnership with Aura allows us to combine SOMA’s innovation and engineering know-how with Aura’s deep understanding of color processes. Together, we’re providing our customers not only with advanced technology but also with expert support and long-term value — a true partnership that helps them print with higher profitability.
Pavla Kusá, Commercial Director at SOMA
SOMA wanted to improve this process by integrating advanced spot color management directly with its CI flexo press platform, helping printers reduce corrections, improve consistency and cut waste. SOMA’s broader innovation strategy focuses on smarter, more automated press performance with lower setup waste and greater efficiency.
SOMA partnered with Aura Global to combine press engineering, color science and implementation expertise in a single on-press workflow. The partnership brings together SOMA’s technology and engineering know-how with Aura Global consultancy, training, and color process expertise to help customers deploy color management more effectively.
The solution centers on SOMA Color Mind, an on-press color management service developed to simplify and accelerate color setting in production. As part of the wider SOMA Color Intelligence ecosystem, it enables operators to measure and correct color on press while tracking process conditions and quality data for better repeatability and control. SOMA positions the system as a practical, data-driven way to make color management easier in real production environments.
The integrated solution delivers measurable value for printers:
- 90% of jobs achieve the target color in one correction
- Spot colors reach Delta E 1.5 or below
- Waste is reduced by 30–50%
- Press color correction time is reduced by more than 50%
- Simple integration and operation
- Up to €200,000 savings per press
- De-skilling of the correction process on press
- Global network of Aura’s local color experts to support the implementations
By reducing setup time, waste, and the number of adjustments required on press, SOMA and Aura Global provide a more efficient and sustainable route to high-precision color control. SOMA specifically describes Color Mind as enabling faster setup and reduced waste, while the partnership adds best-in-class processes to create bespoke colorant data, training, and support needed for successful long-term adoption.
Through our collaboration with SOMA, we’ve significantly enhanced printer color management, delivering greater efficiency and unmatched color precision. With our global footprint of dedicated local color experts, we provide seamless implementation and tailored support to clients everywhere.
Greg Lawson, Managing Director at Aura Global
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