09.27.17
At Labelexpo Europe 2017, Sun Chemical launched SolarFlex LED, its new range of high performance UV-LED flexo, 4-color process inks for surface printing on flexible films and labels for migration-compliant food packaging.
SolarFlex LED is based on SolarVerse, Sun Chemical’s new range of highly pigmented, low viscosity, multi-purpose UV flexo concentrates, as is SolarFlex FSP, the range of migration-compliant, UV flexo inks that Sun Chemical launched earlier this year.
Due to its patented M-Cure photoinitiators, SolarFlex LED is rapid curing, ensuring full cure at high press speeds, and is fully compliant with regulations for food, pharmaceutical, tobacco and cosmetics packaging, the company reported.
Offering consistently low viscosity and excellent flow, SolarFlex LED delivers superb printability and ink transfer and low foaming characteristics for the most reliable press performance, the company added. The new product also has robust adhesion characteristics, allowing printers to use it on a wide range of plastic substrates. The process inks are complemented by a surface print LED curing flexo opaque white.
“In the past, converting from standard UV flexo technology to food packaging compliant inks has meant compromising on print quality and adhesion,” said Mark Walkling, product manager, ECP Packaging & Narrow Web Labels, Europe, Sun Chemical Ltd. “This really is a step forward for printers wishing to convert to LED and expand their horizons into the food packaging market.”
SolarFlex LED is based on SolarVerse, Sun Chemical’s new range of highly pigmented, low viscosity, multi-purpose UV flexo concentrates, as is SolarFlex FSP, the range of migration-compliant, UV flexo inks that Sun Chemical launched earlier this year.
Due to its patented M-Cure photoinitiators, SolarFlex LED is rapid curing, ensuring full cure at high press speeds, and is fully compliant with regulations for food, pharmaceutical, tobacco and cosmetics packaging, the company reported.
Offering consistently low viscosity and excellent flow, SolarFlex LED delivers superb printability and ink transfer and low foaming characteristics for the most reliable press performance, the company added. The new product also has robust adhesion characteristics, allowing printers to use it on a wide range of plastic substrates. The process inks are complemented by a surface print LED curing flexo opaque white.
“In the past, converting from standard UV flexo technology to food packaging compliant inks has meant compromising on print quality and adhesion,” said Mark Walkling, product manager, ECP Packaging & Narrow Web Labels, Europe, Sun Chemical Ltd. “This really is a step forward for printers wishing to convert to LED and expand their horizons into the food packaging market.”