Flint Group to unveil new inks at Labelexpo

At Labelexpo Europe on stand 5B45, Flint Group will show a number of new products within its ranges of inks, plates and sleeves. 

‘For the 2011 show Flint Group has more new products to show than ever before,’ said global product director Flint Group Narrow Web, Jennifer Joyce. ‘Thanks to a focused and intense R&D effort over the last 12 months from our global team we are able to introduce many new products that we know will be of high interest for many customers.’

On display will be Flexocure Ancora, a low migration UV flexo ink which is said to offer good press performance, color strength and adhesion while still meeting the demands of the food packaging industry. Lithocure Premium, meanwhile,is anew UV offset ink suitable for most label substrates and narrow web applications. 

UvoScreen Elite is a press-ready UV screen ink for high end label applications,tailor-made for rotary screen printing using either Stork or Gallus screen systems. UvoScreen Elite is said to offer vibrant colors, excellent adhesion to a wide range of films, perfect printability and press stability also over long runs. UvoScreen Elite can be used in combination with any of Flint Group’s other ink ranges, and prints perfectly over CombiWhite – Flint Group’s opaque white screen ink.

 BioCure F is a UV curable flexo ink based on bio-renewable resin technology. The company says it is ‘compliant with current sustainability efforts’ and provides high color strength and excellent mileage; good press stability and good dot sharpness at high printing speeds. 

Flint Group Flexographic Productswill show its broad portfolio of printing plates and sleeves, including nyloflex FAB and FAH plates which are claimed to show outstanding performance when using UV- and solvent-based inks. The nyloflex ACE hard flexo plate, as well as the medium hard plate nyloflex ACT, are suited to water-based inks. Also on display will be rotec label sleeves, developed specifically for narrow web printing. 

In addition, printers can also learn about the benefits of its Cast & Cure UV coatings, EB-cured offset inks, low migration coatings and UV primers and coatings dedicated to digital printing. 

Flint Group Narrow Web will also host the seventh Annual Narrow Web Print Awards on Thursday September 29 at 4:00 pm on its stand. The award celebrates excellence and innovation in the wider world of narrow web printing. Label converters from all over the world are encouraged to submit sample labels of their choosing for evaluation by a panel of industry judges. 

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