SP Group test Toray’s VOC-free EB technology
Spain’s SP Group, a European manufacturer of flexible retail food packaging, has successfully completed a series of tests to print retort pouches with Toray’s 100 percent VOC-free waterless EB offset printing technology.
Toray Industries waterless electron beam (EB) offset printing technology is entirely free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
The tests demonstrated the key benefits including sustainability and resource conservation and optimal compliance with health and anti-pollution standards. The technology also offers high print quality, with sharper, high resolution images that comply with food contact materials regulations.
The application that the SP Group created for its test on the Comexi CI8 offset press involved water washable EB ink from Toray.
Francisco Bernal, CEO of SP Group said: ‘Using such innovative technologies as waterless EB offset, VOC-free printing has matched our core corporate principles of sustainability while maximizing quality. Testing with Toray technology embodied SP Group’s pioneering spirit and ongoing commitment to optimization.’
Toray’s technology offers several advantages. Waterless offset printing does not require dampening water, so VOC emissions are 60 to 80 percent lower than with wet processes. The special ink and EB curing-based process eliminates the need for solvents. Liquids that clean printing units are free of organic solvents, for zero VOC consumption in cleaning processes.
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