The company is now officially known as a Sun Chemical Rapide Distributor. The Sun Chemical deal follows a rebrand by Valley, to reflect its wide product offering.

Sun Chemical Rapide distributor managing director Paul Chapman said: "As Sun Chemical's largest UK distributor, we are confident that we can provide a quick, local and professional service, covering a wide range of Sun Chemical products to commercial offset printers throughout London and the South East."

Separately, Sun Chemical has joined forces with DuPont Packaging Graphics to bring together two of their products.

Sun Chemical's WetFlex wet-on-wet flexographic printing process is being combined with DuPont Cyrel FAST technology, to create a process that will achieve what Sun described as "previously unachievable levels of print graphics".

The process is also solvent-free, so it can help customers achieve sustainability targets in printing and packaging.

DuPont Packaging Graphics global business director Lisa DiGate said: "DuPont and Sun Chemical both are focused on innovations in printing that make a real difference to customers.

"We are very excited about continuing to work closely to push the boundaries of current flexographic printing technology to improve quality and productivity as well as environmental sustainability."