Consumables-Ink - Conventional Flexographic

The trinity of inks, substrates and adhesives form the core of nearly every completed package. But with so many variations among these materials, an understanding of how they relate to one another is important for printers and converters to grasp before going to press.

During FTA INFO*FLEX 2016, Sun Chemical will show how its inks, coatings and HD plate technology can produce packaging that pops off the shelf while enhancing pressroom efficiency by coming to color faster at higher press speeds.

Sun Chemical’s inks were used on labels created by ASL Print FX that won the “Best of Class in Flexography Wine & Spirits” award during the annual awards competition hosted by the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute.

Agfa Graphics and GFI Innovations have entered into a preferred dealer agreement in which Agfa will represent and place GFI’s dispensers for offset and flexographic inks with its customers in North America.

The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame is honoring Parsippany-based Sun Chemical with the 2015 Corporate Award. Additionally, Ramasamy Krishnan, a Sun Chemical chief scientist, will receive the Inventor of the Year Award.

Toyo Ink Arets recently introduced Steraflex, an expanded product lineup of UV flexo inks for label and packaging applications.

Flint Group is rolling out Flexocure ANCORA 50 – low migration UV flexo inks for food labels and certain flexible packaging applications.

The new, highly stable, re-closable bag Flat Bottom Bag from Mondi North America offers easy-filling advantages for packagers of pet food, food, garden items, cleaning products and other goods.

The 6800 Series Narrow Web Ink from Nazdar is a versatile option for the narrow web market.

We’ll provide an overview of what is changing in the label market and how a commercial printer can tap into new revenue streams.