Time To Shine...
UV inks and coatings offer durability and high-end graphics.
April 2009
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Company: Color Resolutions Int’l, www.colorresolutions.com
Product: PackCure Ink System
What is it?: UV-curable flexographic ink system for printing high-end graphics on both rigid and flexible polymeric substrates.
Features/Capabilities:
• Excellent adhesion on difficult substrates, such as specialized films and foils, vinyls, and PET and BOPP;
• Is shrinkable, scratch-resistent, and water-resistant; and
• Available in balanced systems.
Company: Uvitec Printing Ink, www.uvitec.com
Product: Water-resistant coating 22422-87
What is it?: A flexo coating that prints a clear high-gloss overprint, providing water resistance for hot and cold water.
Features/Capabilities:
• Designed for low line count anilox cylinders (less than 180 and more than 5 BCM);
• Can be used in high contact situations;
• Suited for high-end folding cartons and prime labels that will be exposed or immersed in water; and
• Designed to cure at high speeds and is resistant to scuff and rub.
Company: Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp., www.envinks.com
Product: Envirocure® UV III
What is it?: UV Screen Inks
Features/Capabilities:
• Designed for rotary screen applications;
• Can be applied to a variety of coated papers, coated paperboard, and many non-porous substrates; and
• Rapid cure rates, high gloss, good flexibility, and resistance to cracking, with chemical and abrasion resistance.
Company: INX International Ink Co., www.inxinternational.com
Product: Fusion™ UV Hybrid inks
What are they?: UV Hybrid process inks for energy-curable offset printing, designed for tag-and-label, pressure-sensitive, in-mold, and shrink-label applications.
Features/Capabilities:
• VOC-free and qualify for the Soy Seal;
• Adhere to multiple substrates, with or without coating, and are compatible with conventional press materials; and
• Provide minimal plate swell, clean color, and high strength with fine anilox (up to 1800 line screen).
Company: Water Ink Technologies, Inc., www.waterinktech.com
Product: Pharmaflex UV Inks
What are they?: BP-free, low odor, safety driven UV inks
Features/Capabilities:
• Free of skin irritants and other hazardous and chemically suspect agents;
• Consistent color, low viscosity, and high strength;
• Offer outstanding mid-tone and shadow reproduction with excellent mileage and no plate softening; and
• Available in high gloss, matte, imprintable, and high-durability finishes.
Product: PackCure Ink System
What is it?: UV-curable flexographic ink system for printing high-end graphics on both rigid and flexible polymeric substrates.
Features/Capabilities:
• Excellent adhesion on difficult substrates, such as specialized films and foils, vinyls, and PET and BOPP;
• Is shrinkable, scratch-resistent, and water-resistant; and
• Available in balanced systems.
Company: Uvitec Printing Ink, www.uvitec.com
Product: Water-resistant coating 22422-87
What is it?: A flexo coating that prints a clear high-gloss overprint, providing water resistance for hot and cold water.
Features/Capabilities:
• Designed for low line count anilox cylinders (less than 180 and more than 5 BCM);
• Can be used in high contact situations;
• Suited for high-end folding cartons and prime labels that will be exposed or immersed in water; and
• Designed to cure at high speeds and is resistant to scuff and rub.
Company: Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp., www.envinks.com
Product: Envirocure® UV III
What is it?: UV Screen Inks
Features/Capabilities:
• Designed for rotary screen applications;
• Can be applied to a variety of coated papers, coated paperboard, and many non-porous substrates; and
• Rapid cure rates, high gloss, good flexibility, and resistance to cracking, with chemical and abrasion resistance.
Company: INX International Ink Co., www.inxinternational.com
Product: Fusion™ UV Hybrid inks
What are they?: UV Hybrid process inks for energy-curable offset printing, designed for tag-and-label, pressure-sensitive, in-mold, and shrink-label applications.
Features/Capabilities:
• VOC-free and qualify for the Soy Seal;
• Adhere to multiple substrates, with or without coating, and are compatible with conventional press materials; and
• Provide minimal plate swell, clean color, and high strength with fine anilox (up to 1800 line screen).
Company: Water Ink Technologies, Inc., www.waterinktech.com
Product: Pharmaflex UV Inks
What are they?: BP-free, low odor, safety driven UV inks
Features/Capabilities:
• Free of skin irritants and other hazardous and chemically suspect agents;
• Consistent color, low viscosity, and high strength;
• Offer outstanding mid-tone and shadow reproduction with excellent mileage and no plate softening; and
• Available in high gloss, matte, imprintable, and high-durability finishes.
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