Sun Chemical to Showcase Sustainable Solutions at Flexo & Labels Expo 2026
Sun Chemical will present its latest innovations in sustainable and compliant inks, coatings, and adhesives for the label and packaging sectors on Stand #0005- street 2/Aat Flexo & Labels Expo 2026, taking place 26-29 May at Pavilhão 5, Distrito Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil.
Visitors to Sun Chemical’s booth will discover a comprehensive portfolio of print solution technologies, engineered to meet the evolving performance, compliance, and sustainability demands of today’s label and packaging markets. From advanced UV LED, UV and water-based flexo systems to cutting-edge sustainable technologies, Sun Chemical will highlight how its innovations support efficient production, high-impact visuals and circular economy packaging.
Sun Chemical will showcase an extensive portfolio of high-performance inks, coatings and adhesives, including UV, UV flexo, UV LED, water-based technologies and its market-leading Electron Beam (EB) systems for labels, sleeves and packaging, as well as its advanced services, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculations.
Visitors to the booth can explore Sun Chemical’s portfolio of UV LED inks and coatings, including:
- SolarWave Integra: standard UV LED flexo inks
- SolarWave FSP: migration-compliant UV LED flexo inks
- SunWave LED coatings: available in gloss, stampable, matt, and migration-compliant grades, designed for offset print applications.
- SolarWave Panther: high-density flexo UV LED black inks optimized for curing at high density
- SolarFlex FDW and Slalom: standard and food-compliant opaque whites for labels and sleeves, now optimized for UV LED
- SolarVerse: a system of pigmented bases and technology varnishes designed for special color mixing of UV flexo inks in standard, compliant and UV LED profiles. The system offers significant advantages in simplification and sustainability.
Advancing Circular Packaging
Sustainability and compliance with rapidly advancing extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation (e.g., Brazil’s National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), Chile and Colombia EPR for packaging) remain a top priority for Sun Chemical. At Flexo & Labels Expo 2026, the company will showcase a wide selection of solutions for labels and packaging that facilitate recycling.
Key developments include:
- Retention grade recyclable solution: SolarWave Integra UV LED ink combined with EV-LU029 coating.
- Washable/deinking solution: SolarFlex CRCL- compatible with recycling processes based on ink retention or deinking (US market).
- Electron Beam (EB) solutions: EB-curable inks and coatings tailored for mono-material and monolayer packaging structures.
Sun Chemical will demonstrate how its advanced technologies for packaging help brand owners and converters meet evolving sustainability, performance and regulatory requirements, without compromising print quality, productivity or shelf appeal.
These innovations reflect Sun Chemical’s continued commitment to delivering products that enable circularity, reduce environmental impact, and align with evolving industry and regulatory standards.
Color Management
In addition to its product portfolio, Sun Chemical will present SunColorBox, a unique set of tools and services designed to enable consistent and accurate digital color communication across the entire packaging supply chain.
Whether printing spot colors, CMYK, or using extended gamut processes, SunColorBox helps customers manage colors efficiently and reliably. It allows businesses of all sizes to select the color management tools best suited to their needs and investment level, ensuring consistency from design through to production.
Mike Wouters, General Manager, Sun Chemical Brasil, comments: “We’re proud to offer one of the most comprehensive portfolios for label and packaging printing. Our continued innovation in UV, UV LED, and EB ink technologies, combined with our strong sustainability focus and global support infrastructure, enables us to provide converters with tailored solutions that deliver performance, compliance and environmental responsibility. Flexo & Labels Expo 2026 allows us to present our sustainable and compliant solutions to this market, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to our booth.”
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