There is news in the world of printing. Printing ink suppliers Sun Chemical have added a new product to their range of direct contact inks, SunPak DirectFood Plus, which will be added to their range of SunPak direct food contact (DFC) inks for offset printing of packaging sheets.
Sun Chemical says the new Sunpak DirectFood Plus range offers improved pigmentation and printability. “This gives more colour intensity and accuracy, with a wider colour space, compared to SunPak Original,” the company says, adding that industry tests with partners across Europe have shown that SunPak DirectFood Plus offers robust lithographic stability on a par with its standard low-migration inks, such as SunPak FSP.
“Sun Chemical can see great value for our customers in working with Epple to develop a series of direct food contact inks that cover the color spectrum,” says Nicolas Betin, director of product strategy and EMEA and global sustainability business leader for Sun Chemical, adding, “These pigmented sheet-fed inks help our customers offer more recyclable packaging.
From the same company show their enthusiasm for the new addition and add that BoFood Organic original is a unique innovation with a worldwide patented offset ink that has been approved for printing on the inside of food packaging.
In addition, the combination of SunPak DirectFood Plus with its SunSpec SunStar DFC water-based barrier layers offers printers and brand owners an alternative to plastic barriers and paper packaging inserts.
The development of the new ink is the result of an ongoing partnership between Sun Chemical and German printing ink manufacturer Epple Druckfarben. In 2019, the two companies pooled resources to produce BoFood’s organic ink portfolio, available in Europe under the SunPak Original brand, the predecessor to Sun Chemical’s new range.
As a sign of its commitment to innovation, earlier this year, Sun Chemical partnered with container manufacturers CCL to create an aluminum can with a matte bottom, using spot varnish ink technology that eliminates the need for traditional varnish. The cans were awarded in the ‘Prototype’ category in the 2021 competition of the International Aluminium Aerosol Can Manufacturing Organisation (AEROBAL).
