Siegwerk, a leading provider of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, presented its newest development project as part of the recycling initiative of Werner & Mertz at a trade show in Amsterdam.
Siegwerk is cooperating with CEFLEX, a collaborative European consortium of companies and associations representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging, to develop advanced flexible packaging solutions for a circular economy.
The bio-based solvent Cyrene®, made from cellulose and produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, has been found to outperform traditional solvents in the production and dispersion of graphene.
Toyo Ink Brasil Ltda., a member of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced an upgraded lineup of high-performance polyurethane-based surface and lamination inks for flexo and gravure printing.
SMA resins have been effectively used as pigment dispersants and ink transfer aids for many years. This study quantitatively demonstrates that a new SMA copolymer derivative performed exceptionally well as a transfer aid.
UV LED cure is becoming more and more prevalent in several converting areas. UV-curable inkjet has used UV LED cure for pinning for many years. Acrylated amines can be used to either increase UV LED cure speed at existing PI concentrations, or maintain UV LED cure speed at reduced PI concentrations.
These micronized innovations are based on renewable raw materials in different particle size distributions that support customers’ ambitions to offer more sustainable solutions to industrial markets without compromising performance.
