A natural solution for flexographic printing inks
13 January 2014
Solar Inks has launched Earthinks, a range of environmentally friendly water-based flexographic and screen printing inks that it considers to be the most natural solution…
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Migration proves to be popular topic
23 December 2013
Delegates represented the whole packaging chain Under the title ‘Managing the Migration Myth’, the British Coatings Federation pulled in an impressive number of attendees to its packaging summit…
Industry initiative on additive migration
16 October 2013
Through the British Coatings Federation (BCF), ink manufacturers are leading a major industry initiative with the food packaging supply chain on additive migration. The Food…
Inks and migration
4 October 2013
Labels printed with Fujifilm’s Uvivid inks With no global legislation available and terminology not definitely defined, ink formulation for food packaging remains a challenge for suppliers…
Make the most of your waste ink
10 January 2013
You can find them in many offset printing companies across Europe: containers holding leftover inks that are too valuable to throw away, but too difficult…
Ink metering: transferring the correct amount of ink to the plate
12 November 2012
Reservoir chamber from Tresu The doctor blade performs a vital function in the ink transfer process as it ensures only the correct amount of…
Sun Chemical introduces new multi-purpose ink system
12 July 2012
SunUno Solimax, a new multi-purpose ink system has been launched by Sun Chemical. Suitable for both surface and reverse print applications on a number of…
New UV LED inks
4 June 2012
In response to the increasing need for improved sustainable print solutions, Flint Group Narrow Web is introducing a series of ink technologies for UV LED…