Xeikon launches Titon toner technology

Frank Jacobs, Market Intel and senior product manager, said: ‘The flexible packaging market is moving towards more sustainable paper-based solutions in response to strong consumer demand for plastic-free alternatives. With the new Titon technology, Xeikon is offering a sustainable solution for an unexplored and wider variety of applications to fully support brand owners, designers and printers wishing to increase their use of paper-based packaging for food products.’    

 

Titon builds on the core value of Xeikon dry toner technology which, due to the absence of any liquid (mobile) components, is claimed to be the most food-safe technology in the digital landscape, even with only paper as the main functional barrier. The toner is said to be odor- and tasteless. Titon toner is suitable for a range of applications with indirect and direct food contact.   

 

The new toner is claimed to be resistant to scuffing and scratching, water, sunlight, high temperatures and a large set of liquid chemicals, without any type of protective layers such as varnishing or lamination. It also comes with the ability to withstand heat sealing temperatures of up to 220-260 degrees Celsius (428-500 degrees Fahrenheit).   

 

Titon can print on several types of flexible packaging for food products. It can be used for papers that are coated on one side for bags, pouches and sachets, or on both sides for wrappers such as baked goods, confectionery, sugar, flour, herbs and spices, and coffee and tea.    

 

‘With the migration towards paper-based packaging printing, the demand on the print technology has become more stringent in terms of being food safe without a plastic functional barrier or plastic lamination to protect the print itself,’ Jacobs stated.   

 

Being able to print directly on paper substrates without varnishing or lamination, either inline or offline, has a significant impact on the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the digital printing operation, the company said.   

 

The first digital press model to run Titon technology will be the Xeikon CX500t, a new member of the Cheetah series. The press is a 508mm (20 inches) wide machine.   

 

‘Once again, Xeikon is paving the way for converters to future-proof their business by developing solutions that help them stay ahead of the curve and respond to market needs for high quality, sustainable and cost-effective solutions. It reaffirms our dedication to the labels and packaging market and is the perfect illustration that application-tuned products are key to driving growth.  

 

‘The ground-breaking Titon toner brings new market opportunities for digital print that no other digital technology can offer, and it will set a new standard in flexible packaging production,’ Jacobs concluded.   

 

Visitors to the Xeikon Café in Lier, Belgium, on April 26–28 can experience Titon technology in action during the live press demos.