Specialist Inks

Fast Drying Ink | Food Grade Ink | Thermochromic Ink | Wet Bottle Ink | Removable Ink | Nude Ink | Opaque Ink | UV curable Ink | General Purpose Ink - Polyethylenes

Fast Drying Ink

• Developed for high speed production lines with drying times as low as 0.8 seconds
• Range of inks including ketone-free, solvent resistant, etc
• Excellent adhesion ensures coding will not rub off or smear

Food Grade Ink

• Commonly used for coding and printing directly onto food
• Zero odour inks for printing onto products and permeable packaging such as cigarettes
• Self-disinfecting food grade inks designed specifically for printing onto eggshells
• Approvals include FDA and EU food-grade applications

Thermochromic Ink

• Thermochromic inks for the canning in the food industry which change colour when steam sterilised
• Choice of colour changes include black to blue or black to red
• Inks that can withstand steam sterilisation and remain the same colour  

Wet Bottle Ink

• Developed specifically for the beverage industry to print onto bottles covered in condensation
• Prints 'through' condensation, which chemically aids adhesion to bottle surface
• Resistant to refrigeration and storage in iced water
• Won't rub off or smear
• Code removed by alkali washing process used to clean reusable bottles

Removable Ink

• Developed specifically for the beverage industry for returnable bottles
• Water and abrasion proof
• Code removed only when returned and bottles are cleaned with alkali solutions
• Temporary coding for metal components and printing plates is possible with water-washable inks

Nude Ink

• Code is invisible to the naked eye but fluoresces under UV light
• Commonly used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and beverage industries
• Formulated for security, traceability and anti-counterfeit coding applications

Opaque Ink

• Range of pigmented inks offering excellent opacity and brightness on a range of substrates types
• Colours including black, white and light blue
• Low offset inks for cable and wire applications
• 'Opaque' A-Series printers designed to ensure reliable performance with pigmented inks

UV curable ink

• Advanced UV-curing inks provide unparalleled solvent- and scratch-resistance
• Excellent light fastness ensures inks will not fade
• Ideal for the cable and wire, automotive and aerospace industries

General Purpose Ink - Polyethylenes

• Designed specifically for LDPE and HDPE - low density and high density polyethylenes
• Used in variety of industries including the beverage and food industries
• Excellent adhesion to flow wrap, bottle caps, tubes and extrusions
• Very fast drying, MEK-free