Heidelberg launches Saphira Low Migration
Heidelberg has introduced Saphira Low Migration, its own product line of consumables that meet the special requirements for the production of food packaging, rounding off its existing portfolio of equipment, service and software options for packaging printing.
All materials bearing the Saphira Low Migration label are checked by independent testing institutes for legal conformity in-line with Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 and are therefore suitable and approved for the safe production of food packaging.
The existing Saphira range includes consumables for the pre-press, press and post-press environments, as well as Saphira Eco, and now Saphira Low Migration.
The production of food packaging is subject to the very strictest legislation. One of the key factors in the production process is the consumables used in the press and post-press stages. The aim is to prevent harmful substances in the consumables being transferred to the packaged foodstuffs and potentially altering their composition and/or taste and smell. Consequently, all consumables used must fulfill the strict requirements of EU Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004. At the same time, packaging printing in the food sector worldwide is a growth market that more and more print shops are keen to profit from.
Heidelberg is offering a comprehensive range of Saphira Low Migration products for press and post-press. Users can choose from various printing inks, dispersion coatings, dampening solution additives, wash-up solutions, cleaners, oils to protect rollers and dispersion glues for folding carton manufacturing.
In addition to being suitable for use in the production of food packaging, all Saphira Low Migration products are specially designed for use with Heidelberg equipment.
Peter Tix, head of consumables at Heidelberg, said: ‘With Saphira Low Migration, we are responding to requests from many of our customers for consumables for the food packaging sector that are not harmful to health but are still of very high quality.
‘Users can rest assured that these products fulfill all the legal requirements for this sector and thus eliminate one of the biggest risk factors in the production process for food packaging.’
Heidelberg plans to continuously expand the portfolio of Saphira Low Migration products.
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