Sun Chemical launches new multi-purpose ink system

- Multi-purpose ink system suitable for various flexible packaging applications and processes

 

- UK test site to switch to single ink system by year-end after successful trial to make gains

 

Ink and pigment specialist Sun Chemical has launched SunUno Solimax, a multi-purpose ink system suitable for both surface and reverse print applications on a number of commonly used flexible packaging substrates.

 

The SunUno Solimax ink system is the latest generation of inks providing a single platform that can cover multiple end use applications. It is suitable for both flexographic and rotogravure print processes.

 

Sun said SunUno Solimax will maximize pressroom efficiency while simplifying the overall print production process, and provides the shelf stand out and high-quality packaging for today’s competitive industry.

 

Intended for surface printing and adhesive lamination for various end-use applications such as lidding materials, medical laminates and food packaging for confectionery and snack food, Solimax is compatible with both solvent-free and solvent-based lamination technologies.

 

Bemis Elsham headquartered in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, has been testing SunUno Solimax since the beginning of 2012.

 

A long-standing Sun Chemical customer, it ahs been the aim of Bemis Elsham’s print manager Jim O’Donnell to run the company on a single ink system for several years.

 

O’Donnell said: ‘We have been using up to five ink systems in the past, and are at present running with a two ink system. The “Holy Grail” is to run on just one, as the benefits for our business will be considerable.

 

‘Not only will we significantly improve our environmental positioning with the multi-purpose system, we will also increase our efficiency and productivity which will ultimately improve our bottom line.’

 

O’Donnell believes that SunUno Solimax will be used across all Bemis Elsham’s products by the end of 2012 due to the positive contribution it is bringing to the business.

 

He said: ‘Solimax performed excellently and impressed us with how well it printed the minimum dot, as well as having good colour clarity and strong density.

 

‘This is exactly what we are looking for in an ink system, our customers have extremely high standards and so have we.’

 

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