Sun Chemical, Mark Andy Expand Narrow-Web Distribution Partnership
Mark Andy has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Sun Chemical under which Mark Andy Print Products will serve as the North American distributor for Sun Chemical inks, coatings, adhesives and color-management solutions serving the narrow-web tag and label market.
Under the agreement, Mark Andy Print Products will offer Sun Chemical’s portfolio of UV, UV LED, water-based and specialty narrow-web technologies. The expanded offering includes SolarFlex Max D, SolarWave, AquaVerse™ solutions, SolarLam UV laminating adhesives and SunLam solvent-free adhesives.
The agreement provides converters with a single source for inks, coatings, adhesives, plates, anilox rolls, doctor blades, mounting tapes and other pressroom consumables supported by the technical expertise of both organizations.
“This agreement significantly expands the level of support we can bring to the pressroom,” said Ralph Jenkins, vice president of sales and business development, Mark Andy Print Products. “Converters are managing tighter color tolerances, shorter runs, a broader mix of applications, and increasing pressure to maintain consistency across jobs and facilities.”
Sun Chemical’s technical resources include low-migration UV LED inks, UV laminating adhesives, solvent-free adhesive technologies, color management, regulatory compliance and formulations developed for label and flexible packaging applications.
“We are excited to partner with Mark Andy, a company that shares our commitment to innovation, technical excellence and customer success,” said Dennis Sweet, vice president, Narrow Web Tag and Label, Sun Chemical.
The agreement comes as label and flexible packaging production increasingly overlap. Label converters are adding pouches, sachets, stick packs, bags, shrink sleeves and other unsupported-film applications, while flexible packaging producers are evaluating narrower inline platforms for shorter production runs.
Sun Chemical’s wide-web flexible packaging experience in low-migration chemistry, coatings and laminating adhesives will provide Mark Andy Print Products with additional resources for converters entering those applications. The companies said they will work together on substrates, ink and coating requirements, curing performance, migration considerations and regulatory requirements.
Mark Andy customers will also gain access to Sun Chemical’s SunColorBox® color-management ecosystem, which will complement the Mark Andy Print Products Color Smart Program.
The companies plan to introduce ink-dispensing technologies at Mark Andy facilities and selected customer locations and are collaborating on high-speed flexographic applications, including low-migration ink performance and curing at elevated press speeds.
Mark Andy and Sun Chemical plan to formally introduce the agreement at LOUPE Americas 2026.
The agreement expands access to inks, coatings, adhesives and curing-related technologies used in label and flexible packaging production. Explore more PCI coverage of industrial coatings and coating technologies.
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