Sun Chemical and T+ink form T+sun

T+ink has commercialized printed electronics across a variety of industries, including toys, packaging, promotional products, construction and apparel, and offers patented technologies that are designed to replace switches, wires, buttons, speakers, lights, sensors, microphones, antennas and batteries with printed ink for touch and motion-activated applications.

Utilizing the global resources of Sun Chemical, including the company’s electronic materials, packaging and brand protection groups, T+sun will take advantage of Sun Chemical’s global research and development, technical support, manufacturing infrastructure, supply chain, marketing and sales.

Felipe Mellado, chief marketing officer at Sun Chemical, said: ‘T+ink’s technology creates a dynamic opportunity for our customers. The innovation we provide through our own research and development, and through strategic partnerships with T+ink and others, can give our customers a complete solution that enables best-in-class packaging designs worldwide now and in the future.’

Terry Kaiserman, chief technology officer of T+ink, added: ‘This partnership will be on the frontlines of making objects smart and interactive.

‘T+sun will provide a fundamentally new way for brands to communicate, engage consumers, manage inventory and more. Conductive ink replaces RFID codes at a fraction of the cost and offers more security than QR codes.’