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Expanded Flint to show speed at Drupa FLINT INKS IS INTRODUCING INK sets that are designed to work with high-speed sheetfed presses. The inks, Novavit F 950 Plus Bio and Novavit F 550 Plus, are suited to perfecting presses and straight machines respectively. The formulation has been created to reduce misting at high speeds, a common iss Issue Date: May 2008
Green for vegetable oil inks PRINTERS ARE increasingly looking for inks with a better environmental footprint, switching from mineral oil to vegetable oil inks. These have had a rocky history, having been introduced in the US in response to the oil crisis of the 1970s and then suffering when the soy bean prices climbed steeply Issue Date: May 2008
Guide to uv offers practical advice PRINTERS LOOKING TO MOVE into uv printing, either for its environmental benefits, its fast turnaround characteristics or its quality, could do worse than get hold of a copy of UV Technology, a practical guide for all printing processes, published in English by Berufsgenossenschaft Druck und Papierve Issue Date: May 2008
Latex is way ahead for HP IT IS SAID THAT DROP FOR DROP, inkjet ink is more expensive than Cristal champagne and comes close to Chanel No5, thanks to the complex properties that inkjet ink needs to have. Inks need to be closely matched to head technology, making it difficult to use one ink across a range of different heads. Issue Date: May 2008
Stehlin's Inkredible continues its roll STEHLIN-HOSTAG IS continuing to roll out additional products in its Inkredible range, first launched at the end of last year. The latest elements are sealers offering matt, silk and gloss finishes. Also introduced this year is Revolution, heatset inks with the same core technology as Inkredible. Us Issue Date: May 2008
Sun collaborates with paper mills SUN CHEMICAL HAS COLLABORATED WITH PAPER PRODUCER UPM-Kymmene to create a magazine paper where ink and paper combine to best effect on fast running presses. Neither is giving much away before Drupa. Both however are located in Hall 6 as part of the Print City exhibit. Print City also includes MAN Ro Issue Date: May 2008
Toyo rethinks European role JAPAN’S TOYO INKS IS SEEKING TO EXPAND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE in a bid to increase sales across the continent. The company is represented in the UK by Druckfarben, Poole, headed by Grant Penfield who is also managing director of British ink maker Shackell Edwards, having bought into the company Issue Date: May 2008
UV is on the rise THE USE OF UV INKS IS ON the increase, and not just for specialist packaging applications or for printing on plastic. The rate of increase is put at 5-10% a year in central and eastern Europe, while even in the more mature western European markets growth is still 4-5%, some two or three times the Issue Date: May 2008
Uv printing spreads from packaging WHILE PACKAGING PRINT remains the stronghold of uv printing, uv is also strong in inkjet display printing where the uv cured inks can be applied to a broader range of substrates and can be subject to harsher conditions than solvent inks. Uv is also widely used in the diminishing screen market where Issue Date: May 2008
UV specialist Intercolor offers special effects PACKAGING INKS SHOW THE most technical developments, leading the way in producing special effects and varnishes. No migration properties, through the decorated surface of a package into the product inside, are vital. This is crucial for food cartons, with stringent requirements set, especially after Issue Date: May 2008

Expanded Flint to show speed at Drupa

FLINT INKS IS INTRODUCING INK sets that are designed to work with high-speed sheetfed presses. The inks, Novavit F 950 Plus Bio and Novavit F 550 Plus, are suited to perfecting presses and straight machines respectively. The formulation has been created to reduce misting at high speeds, a common iss
Issue Date: May 2008

Green for vegetable oil inks

PRINTERS ARE increasingly looking for inks with a better environmental footprint, switching from mineral oil to vegetable oil inks. These have had a rocky history, having been introduced in the US in response to the oil crisis of the 1970s and then suffering when the soy bean prices climbed steeply
Issue Date: May 2008

Guide to uv offers practical advice

PRINTERS LOOKING TO MOVE into uv printing, either for its environmental benefits, its fast turnaround characteristics or its quality, could do worse than get hold of a copy of UV Technology, a practical guide for all printing processes, published in English by Berufsgenossenschaft Druck und Papierve
Issue Date: May 2008

Latex is way ahead for HP

IT IS SAID THAT DROP FOR DROP, inkjet ink is more expensive than Cristal champagne and comes close to Chanel No5, thanks to the complex properties that inkjet ink needs to have. Inks need to be closely matched to head technology, making it difficult to use one ink across a range of different heads.
Issue Date: May 2008

Stehlin's Inkredible continues its roll

STEHLIN-HOSTAG IS continuing to roll out additional products in its Inkredible range, first launched at the end of last year. The latest elements are sealers offering matt, silk and gloss finishes. Also introduced this year is Revolution, heatset inks with the same core technology as Inkredible. Us
Issue Date: May 2008

Sun collaborates with paper mills

SUN CHEMICAL HAS COLLABORATED WITH PAPER PRODUCER UPM-Kymmene to create a magazine paper where ink and paper combine to best effect on fast running presses. Neither is giving much away before Drupa. Both however are located in Hall 6 as part of the Print City exhibit. Print City also includes MAN Ro
Issue Date: May 2008

Toyo rethinks European role

JAPAN’S TOYO INKS IS SEEKING TO EXPAND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE in a bid to increase sales across the continent. The company is represented in the UK by Druckfarben, Poole, headed by Grant Penfield who is also managing director of British ink maker Shackell Edwards, having bought into the company
Issue Date: May 2008

UV is on the rise

THE USE OF UV INKS IS ON the increase, and not just for specialist packaging applications or for printing on plastic. The rate of increase is put at 5-10% a year in central and eastern Europe, while even in the more mature western European markets growth is still 4-5%, some two or three times the
Issue Date: May 2008

Uv printing spreads from packaging

WHILE PACKAGING PRINT remains the stronghold of uv printing, uv is also strong in inkjet display printing where the uv cured inks can be applied to a broader range of substrates and can be subject to harsher conditions than solvent inks. Uv is also widely used in the diminishing screen market where
Issue Date: May 2008

UV specialist Intercolor offers special effects

PACKAGING INKS SHOW THE most technical developments, leading the way in producing special effects and varnishes. No migration properties, through the decorated surface of a package into the product inside, are vital. This is crucial for food cartons, with stringent requirements set, especially after
Issue Date: May 2008