Category: Inks
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Memjet announces DuraLink XL printhead
Memjet has made improvements to its DuraLink printhead, announcing a new version called DuraLink XL as a result of feedback from current and future OEM partners.
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Pulse Roll Label improves metallic inks
Label ink manufacturer Pulse Roll Label Products is to show the latest version of its PureBright UV flexo metallic inks at next month’s Label Expo.
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T&K Toka acquires Van Son Printing inks
The Japanese ink manufacturer T&K Toka has acquired the Dutch firm Van Son Printing Inks. This gives T&K Toka access to the European, Middle East, African and American markets, marking a significant expansion.
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Flint and Sun Chemical to increase prices for packaging inks
Flint Group is to increase the prices of its packaging inks from the 1st January 2018, which the company blames on increased raw material costs.
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Siegwerk acquires Van Son liquids
Ink manufacturer Siegwork has acquired the Dutch company Van Son Liquids, which produces flexographic inks. Siegwerk is looking to improve its water-based ink offerings for packaging printing through this move.
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Huber Group launches new food inks
The Huber Group has launched a new range of sheetfed offset inks and coatings under the brand Huber Group Eco-Offset Inks Premium Plus, which are said to be low-migration and low-odour for conventional offset food packaging printing and for the manufacture of toys.
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Flint launches Xcura Evo sheetfed inks
Flint has announced a new version of its Xcura sheetfed ink, with the launch of the Xcura Evo range of UV LED ink, which is based on Flint’s energy curing platform technology that was launched earlier this year.
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Flint launches new label food inks
Flint Group has announced a new addition to its Ancora range of low migration UV inks. The range already includes flexo and UV offset inks but the new Flexocure Ancora 50 ink is a low migration ink for food labels, which can also be used for some flexible packaging applications.
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Earthinks launches green gravure inks
Earthinks, a relatively new company that specializes in developing environmentally-friendly inks, has announced a new range of gravure inks and specialist coatings, which are made from sustainable and non-polluting resources.
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Flint announces water-based label inks
The Flint Group has launched a new generation of water-based ink technology called Hydrokett Zen for narrow web flexo presses, that’s suitable for printing to film and papers. Flint says that these inks are easy to use and require very little maintenance. They are said to have good colour strength and allow for sharp dots.
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EFI buys thermoforming IP
EFI has acquired key intellectual property assets for digital inkjet printing of thermoformed products from Polymeric Imaging, a specialist provider of UV and LED inks for industrial and graphic arts applications.
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Sun demonstrates inks for glass effects
Sun Chemical is showing off its SunVetro ink solutions at Glasstec 2014, a trade fair for glass production and processing currently taking place in Dϋsseldorf.