Inks

Star product: EcoXtreme LT

Roland DG has launched what it describes as a low-cost high-quality ink that it claims offers outstanding colour density, a wide gamut and rugged durability for a variety of applications.

Metallics in the waste stream

Clinic topics this month: Kevin Purdy on environmentally sound ink; Paul Sherfield on ISO and Fogra standards; and Karen Charlesworth on short-run bookbinding

PrintInk launches new ink

Bordeaux Digital PrintInk has launched a water-based pigmented ink for piezo-inkjet technology.

Star product: Pantone Goe

Pantone unveiled its Goe System featuring more than 2,000 new Pantone colours at Graph Expo last month. The announcement marked the firms first major product launch since it introduced its Matching...

Star product: Flint Group Premo System

Flint Group has announced its water-based ink building block technology, which lets users tailor-make inks to their requirements.

Flexo, letterpress and gravure inks

Gravure inks, in comparison to offset inks, are a lot less viscous. The gravure printing process requires liquid ink, which fills the cells of the printing cylinders at a high speed. To keep the...

Three ex-Sun Chemical staff set up inks firm

Three former Sun Chemical employees, including former Sun Chemical Gibbon managing director Graham Frost, have set up their own inks and coatings venture, Inks Coating European (ICE).

Sun Chemical World Series

Wyndeham Grange factory co-ordinator Andy Walker loves the forgiving nature and lack of waste produced by this vegetable-based ink process

Star product: Sun Chemical Metal-Eco inks

Sun Chemical has launched Metal-Eco; the worlds first vegetable oil-based sheetfed offset metallic inks.

Fuji to raise ink prices by 6%

Fujifilm Sericol has become the latest supplier to announce price increases, with rises of up to 6% for its screen inks and screen-making products.