Sun Chemical Acquires SAPICI
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Ault & Wiborg is founded
Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ault & Wiborg is a fast-growing printing inks manufacturer that quickly expands its business abroad, focusing on the UK market.…
Gwent Electronic Materials Purchased
Sun Chemical and the DIC Corporation Acquire Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd.…
PantoneLIVE ™ and Benda-Lutz
Partnership with X-Rite/Pantone and Esko on PantoneLIVETM Sun Chemical acquires Benda-Lutz.…
Kankakee packaging plant
Sun Chemical opens state-of-the-art packaging plant in Kankakee, IL, and expands into high definition plate technology in Concord, CA.…
Frankfurt and Dahej packaging plant
Sun Chemical opens state-of-the-art food packaging plant in Frankfurt and sheet-fed ink hub in Dahej, India.…
Sun Branding Solutions is formed
Sun Chemical acquires Watt Gilchrist and forms Sun Branding Solutions.…
More acquisitions and growth
Sun Chemical acquires Rycoline Products, Inc. and buys the assets of CBS Printas, the printing ink business of CBS Holding, a publicly traded company in Turkey.…
Sun Chemical grows globally
The company acquires Coates Lorilleux in France, SWALE Process in the UK and GB Products International Flexo Plate Division, and partners with Tintas in Latin America.…
Sun Chemical enters joint venture
Sun Chemical and Eastman Kodak enter a $1 billion, 50/50 joint venture to form Kodak Polychrome Graphics.…
Zeneca Inks is acquired
Sun Chemical strengthens their packaging inks department in North America with the acquisition of Zeneca Specialty Inks.…
US Ink is acquired
Sun Chemical acquires a top producer of cold-set publication inks, United States Printing Inks.…
UV flexo inks go commercial
The first UV flexo inks are commercialized by Sun Chemical. In the same year, Sun Chemical acquires KVK in Koge, Denmark, marking the company’s first step into European pigment manufacturing.…
Sun Chemical grows
Sun Chemical is acquired by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC). Sun Chemical also merges with Hartmann and Kohl & Madden to form one global company.…
EB inks go commercial
Sun Chemical commercializes EB inks. In the same year, they acquire the phthalo pigment business from American Cyanamid.…
Quinacridone is manufactured
Sun Chemical begins to manufacture quinacridone out of its Newark, New Jersey, facility, marking the company’s entry into the high-performance pigments market.…
Solvent-based flexo inks are introduced
Solvent-based flexo inks are created for use on polyethylene films.…
Performance Pigments division is formed
Sun Chemical acquires Ansbacher-Siegle and begins to create a new division, known today as Performance Pigments.
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments Division is one of the world’s leading producers of organic pigments and dispersions for use as colorants in printing inks, plastics, paints, cosmetics, textiles and specialties. The Performance Pigments Division of Sun Chemical has its …
Web offset lithography is born
Web offset lithography, which works by first transferring an image photographically to ink printing plates, is pioneered…
GPI becomes Sun Chemical
GPI changes its name and Sun Chemical is born. Printing inks remain its principal business.…
Historic mergers
A.B. Ansbacher merges with G. Siegle and the Ansbacher-Siegle Company is formed. During the same year, The Morrill Company merges with Eagle, Sigmund Ullman, Fuchs & Lang and American to form General Printing Ink (GPI). GPI becomes the first ink manufacturer with coast-to-coast operations.
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Rotogravure is introduced
Rotogravure, a printing process in which letters and pictures are transferred from an etched copper cylinder to a web of paper, plastic or similar material in a rotary press, is invented.…
The first litho press is invented
Fuchs & Lang build the first rotary tinplate lithography press. G. Siegle begins manufacturing pigments in Staten Island, NY.…
The introduction of carbon black
The Morrill Company begins producing carbon black from natural gas.…
Morrill Company obtains patent
The Morrill Company obtains the first patent on their ink-making process.…
The Geo. H. Morrill Company
Samuel Morrill begins manufacturing printing inks in the kitchen of his Andover, Massachusetts, home.…
Lorilleux is founded
One of the first commercial producers of inks is founded as Lorilleux & Cie. Lorilleux & Cie is the first specialty ink company of its kind, in a time when most printers make their own inks.…