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TOKYO, JAPAN — March 29, 2022 — DIC Corporation has resolved to make a donation to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to help provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. The Company will also make a donation through a joint fund to be set up with consolidated subsidiary Sun Chemical …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – March 22, 2022 – Sun Chemical will present its new Beauty is Colorful campaign at InCosmetics 2022 on April 5-7 in Paris, France. Built on innovative and sustainable solutions, the campaign includes several new product launches and highlights the company’s growing naturals portfolio.
“It has been two years since we have …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – March 21, 2022 – Sun Chemical received an Honorable Mention for Innovations in Sustainability during the 2022 Flexographic Technical Association’s (FTA) Sustainability Excellence Award competition, one of the most prestigious recognitions for sustainability in the packaging industry.
Sun Chemical’s submission, “Recycle-Friendly Washable Inks for Plastic Packaging,” highlighted the company’s work to …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – March 16, 2022 – Sun Chemical is expanding its edible ink range with the launch of its FSR ink, which was developed to meet the specific needs of the food industry and verified for printing directly onto food including baked goods.
Created to offer outstanding color and sharpness, while also complying …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – March 9, 2022 – Sun Chemical has collaborated with HP to launch sustainable flexible packaging produced with HP’s Indigo digital press and Sun Chemical’s new solventless lamination solution SunLam.
Due to its fast-curing, ultra-low monomer and solvent-free properties, SunLam can help brands improve their sustainability and expand the circular economy.…
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – March 1, 2022 – Sun Chemical and its parent company, the DIC Corporation, will amend their existing transportation surcharge. In addition, and in order to reflect cost dynamics in the global energy market, an energy surcharge on the entire Color Materials portfolio will become effective from April 1, 2022.
As the …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – February 28, 2022 – Sun Chemical will implement energy surcharges across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed, and screen inks, coatings, consumables, and adhesives in Europe, Middle East, Africa, effective from March 1, 2022.
As the unprecedented pace of inflationary cost movements continues to impact the entire spectrum of raw …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – February 1, 2022 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across selected parts of its pigments, dyes and preparations portfolio, effective February 14, 2022 or as contracts allow. The price increase affects all market segments.
Continuous inflationary pressure and further price spikes for key raw materials continue to drive cost increases. Additionally, …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – January 27, 2022 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed, and screen inks, coatings, consumables, and adhesives in Europe, Middle East, Africa, effective immediately or as contracts allow.
The unprecedented pace of inflationary cost movements continues to impact the entire spectrum of raw material …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – January 26, 2022 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across its entire portfolio of inks, coatings, consumables and adhesives in Latin America, effective immediately or as contracts allow.
Unprecedented inflationary pressure and shortages of materials continue to have a strong impact on the raw materials and packaging markets, and the global …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – January 19, 2022 – Sun Chemical continues to build its color library with its mobile-based application, PigmentViewer App, featuring the company’s newest launch, Lumina® Royal Sparkling Blue, a high chroma, blue-shade effect pigment with intense color. It joins the popular Lumina® Royal family of products, all of which are included in …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – January 14, 2022 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed and screen inks, coatings, consumables and adhesives in North America, effective immediately or as contracts allow.
The unprecedented pace of inflationary cost movements continues to impact the entire spectrum of raw material inputs and …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – January 10, 2022 – Sun Chemical has acquired SAPICI, a global leading company in high-performance polyurethanes for coatings, flexible packaging, industrial adhesives and more.
With SAPICI, Sun Chemical reinforces its integrated supply strategy in the packaging market by adding capabilities to develop and produce unique polymers for the entire portfolio …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – December 1, 2021 – Sun Chemical released the latest edition of its Corporate Sustainability Report, which focuses on the organization’s commitment to a robust sustainability strategy comprised of three key pillars: operations, products and services, and collaborations.
As part of its sustainability strategy, Sun Chemical organized a Corporate Sustainability Committee …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – November 10, 2021 – Sun Chemical UK is pleased to announce that its Customer First program, has won a Customer Service award from the British Coatings Federation (BCF).
The award was presented at the BCF Awards 2021, which took place on 14th October at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel. The event …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – November 9, 2021 – Sun Chemical’s new What’s IN Asia trends program offers customers insights to explore what’s trending in the Asia Pacific cosmetics market alongside formulation examples. Straight from the Eastern Hemisphere, the semi-annual trends program provides customers outside of the Asia Pacific region with insights on the latest colors, …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – November 4, 2021 – Sun Chemical today announced an innovative new range of durable UV varnishes for enhancing the label resistance of HP Indigo digitally printed pressure-sensitive labels for products such as personal care, household, chemical, beverage, and pharma applications.
The new range of varnishes was specifically formulated to provide adhesion …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – October 25, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched Xennia® Pearl pigment inks for high-speed industrial applications during Innovate 2021 Textile Innovation Week.
The range, which includes inks for both mid-viscosity and high-viscosity printheads, has been developed following a careful assessment of the market and specific customer needs, particularly the requirement …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – October 22, 2021 – Sun Chemical will present its full portfolio of digital textile inks at the upcoming Innovate 2021 Textile Innovation Week from October 25-29. The event, which is a virtual exhibition for the textile industry, highlights innovative solutions and allows customers to discuss products and requirements directly with the …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – October 5, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched the next installment of its cosmetics trends program — “Intuitive Nature” — which outlines color forecasting based on beauty trends for 2023 with inspiring colors, textures, effects, and vegan formulations.
The cosmetics trends program focuses on seasonal trends and includes two major chapters: …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – September 30, 2021 – Four Sun Chemical employees were honored with the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers’ (NAPIM) Pioneer Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the ink manufacturing industry.
Sun Chemical’s Chris Allen, Harold Osorio, Christopher A. Parrilli, and Corey Soeldner were each presented with the award which …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 28, 2021 – Sun Chemical has partnered with GMG Color, an industry leader in color management technology, to provide customers with a new digital drawdown solution for color swatch production. GMG’s solution, GMG ColorCard, will now be available globally as part of the SunDigiProof service, available within Sun Chemical’s …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – September 27, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched its Streamline TVL 2 ink series to support the sign, display and graphics market for use with Roland’s SG2 and VG2 range of eco-solvent inkjet printers.
The Streamline TVL 2 ink series is a fully color-matched CMYK, Lc, Lm and Lk ink series …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – September 23, 2021 – Sun Chemical today announces the addition of SunPak® DirectFood Plus to its direct food contact (DFC) SunPak inks range for sheetfed offset paper-based packaging printing.
With its enhanced pigmentation and excellent printability, SunPak DirectFood Plus offers greater colour vibrancy and accuracy with a wider colour space than …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 15, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across its entire portfolio of publication, packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in North America, effective immediately.
The inflationary cost trends in raw materials used within the ink industry have continued to accelerate throughout the course of the year. In …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 15, 2021 – Sun Chemical will implement another price increase across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed, and publication inks, coatings, pressroom chemicals and adhesives in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), effective October 1, 2021.
The global raw material situation has not shown any signs of stabilization during …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 14, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched a new Two-Wheeler Color Presentation that outlines trends and colors for formulations that will be developed in 2022-2025. Featuring Sun Chemical’s recent product innovations, the program highlights chromatic and matte mono-coat shades. It includes 55 stylings, mainly based on a mono-coat system, though …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 23, 2021 – Sun Chemical expanded its ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certified colorant portfolio for spin-dyed fibers, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable fibers processing for textiles.
The newly added products provide excellent suitability for polyamide and polyacrylics, complementing the existing ECO PASSPORT colorant portfolio that contains products suitable for polypropylene, …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 12, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched a full-service package to support the replacement of lead components in coatings formulations with the new lead-free Paliotan® VIU portfolio and accompanying technical service offering.
The Paliotan VIU portfolio includes several shades, such as a new lemon yellow, mid-yellow and red. The six …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – July 29, 2021 – Sun Chemical has launched two new color travel effect pigments, Reflecks™ MD Midnight Cherry and Reflecks™ MD Midnight Sapphire, to join its Reflecks™ MultiDimensions product family.
These two blackened metallic-like effect pigments based on calcium sodium borosilicate, utilize innovative multilayer technology that delivers intense chroma, color travel, …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – July 26, 2021 – Due to a combination of raw material and transportation cost increases, Sun Chemical will increase prices on its inks, coatings and adhesives in Latin America.
“Continued pressure in the raw materials market has forced us to increase prices in Latin America,” said Fernando Tavara, President, Sun Chemical …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – June 30, 2021 – DIC Corporation has closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE).
The acquisition brings together the complementary portfolio of technologies, products, manufacturing assets, supply chain and customer service of the two companies to serve customers globally.
“We’re excited to …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – June 24, 2021 – Sun Chemical released its Summer 2021 Regulatory Newsletter for customers which is available for download at www.sunchemical.com/sustainability/regulatory-newsletters.
“As the world continues to adjust to updated health and safety measures as a result of the new normal, we’re proud to continue to offer our regulatory newsletters as a …
Wexham Springs, UK – June 8, 2021 – VPK France is a subsidiary of VPK Group – a family-owned business that is now turning into an international privately-owned packaging supplier, with over 65 plants across 20 countries. With a huge focus on sustainability and a strong existing relationship with Sun Chemical, the company recently made …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – June 1, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in North America, effective July 1, 2021.
The global raw material environment continues to demonstrate significant inflationary pressures. Raw material shortages are an ongoing concern, and the competition …
Getting Started on Your Sustainability Journey
We invite you to watch a webinar recently hosted by Canadian Packaging Magazine where Sun Chemical’s Nikola Juhasz, Global Technical Director, Sustainability, and Robert O’Boyle, Senior Key Account Manager, provided some tips to help registrants get started on their sustainability journey and highlight solutions that are available to help …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – April 30, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across its portfolio of publication inks in North America, effective June 1, 2021.
The continued escalation of raw material costs, increasing international and domestic freight rates, and shortages of key material inputs into the printing ink supply chain, have all contributed to …
TOKYO, JAPAN — April 23, 2021 — As a member of the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), DIC Corporation announced today that it has endorsed the message released by the JCI titled “Calling for an Ambitious 2030 Target for Japan to Realize the Paris Agreement Goal.” This message urges the Japanese government to set an ambitious …
TOKYO, JAPAN — April 26, 2021 — DIC Corporation has developed a drier agent that expedites the drying of coatings by accelerating oxidative polymerization without cobalt compounds.
Compliant with European environmental regulations, DIC has begun shipping samples through group company Sun Chemical Corporation, based in New Jersey (U.S.A.), and its European affiliates of the new …
Wexham Springs, UK – 21 April 2021 – Sun Chemical is launching SunCure® 44HC150 – a glossy stampable UV-curing coating, manufactured with 25% bio-renewable carbon content and with 12% post-consumer recycled materials. The coating has received excellent feedback following trials with existing customers and will be available throughout Europe from 15th March 2021 The launch …
Wexham Springs, UK – March 15, 2021 – Emphasising its ongoing commitment to sustainability and underlining its position as a technology leader in low energy UV curing, Sun Chemical today announces significant upgrades to its market leading SunWave Lumina UV sheetfed inks for commercial printing. The new, improved inks are available now in the European …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – March 2, 2021 – Sun Chemical has formed a Food and Nutrition Group. The recently formed group will extend existing Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation expertise in color and algae cultivation to provide coloring solutions and nutraceutical ingredients to the dietary supplement, food and beverage industries.
The Food and Nutrition Group …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – March 1, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices on average by 10 percent across its entire portfolio of sheetfed products and by five percent on average for energy cured products in Latin America, effective March 15, 2021.
A combination of raw material and transportation cost increases have resulted in the …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – February 15, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in Latin America, effective March 15, 2021.
A combination of raw material shortages, including petrochemical, vegetable oils and derivatives, dramatically increased international freight transport costs, and demand due …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – February 15, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in North America, effective March 15, 2021.
A combination of raw material shortages, including petrochemical, vegetable oils and derivatives, dramatically increased international freight transport costs, and demand due …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – February 15, 2021 – Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), effective March 1, 2021.
A combination of raw material shortages, including petrochemical, vegetable oils and derivatives, dramatically increased international freight transport costs, …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – February 10, 2021 – Sun Chemical released its Winter 2021 Regulatory Newsletter for customers which is available for download at www.sunchemical.com/sustainability/regulatory-newsletters.
“As a leading global supplier of sustainable solutions, Sun Chemical is pleased to provide regulatory updates to help educate and inform our customers regarding ever changing global regulations,” said …
Sun Chemical to Showcase its Solutions Tailor Made for Screen, Industrial, Wide Format, Textile and Inkjet Printing at FESPA 2021
Wide Format
In line with the company’s focus on developing more sustainable products, Sun Chemical will highlight Streamline MBS, an eco-friendly addition to its Streamline range of inks that has been formulated specifically for high …
OULU, FINLAND/ Cincinnati, Ohio, USA—December 21, 2020—Sun Chemical’s SunTronic® IME inks are approved for production use in IMSE parts after passing the demanding materials testing program from TactoTek®, a Finland-based company that develops, industrializes and licenses in-mold structural electronics (IMSE™) technology.
IMSE parts integrate printed electronics and electronic components within 3D injection molded plastics. …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – December 3, 2020 – Sun Chemical has further enhanced its online troubleshooting guide (http://inktsa.sunchemical.com) by adding potential solutions to common pressroom challenges in coldset and metal package printing processes.
Designed to help customers resolve common technical defects that can arise during a press run, the troubleshooting guide already offered …
Wexham Springs, UK – November 9, 2020 – Sun Chemical has signed up to the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, facilitated by AIM, the European Brands Association. In doing so, Sun Chemical is joining forces with over 85 companies and organisations to participate in a pilot project with the goal of proving the viability of …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – October 28, 2020 – Sun Chemical released its 11th annual Corporate Sustainability Report for the year ending 2019.
The report describes Sun Chemical’s emphasis on sustainability in the way it develops, manufactures and distributes its products while also showing how it works with customers and suppliers to improve their sustainability goals.…
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – October 12, 2020 – During the 2020 Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show, Sun Chemical will show how its expertise in inkjet development combined with the digital textile printing market experience from the recently acquired Sensient Imaging Technologies, will further support existing products and innovations to advance the adoption of …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – September 15, 2020 – Sun Chemical is attending this year’s CAD RETEC virtual conference on September 21-23, highlighting its wide array of color, effects and dispersion pigments for a variety of plastics to online attendees.
Experts from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments will deliver three presentations throughout the virtual conference to share …
Come see Sun Chemical’s presentations virtually at RETEC 2020.
Use Color to Make Waves in Plastics at RETEC 2020
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments will highlight its wide range of color and effect pigments at the virtual CAD RETEC technical conference. Those who attend Sun Chemical’s virtual booth can learn how we can help develop …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 3, 2020 – Sun Chemical agreed to name Icaro International, a distributor of woven metallic wire mesh and synthetic mesh for different screen printing applications such as printed electronics, as its distributor for Sun Chemical’s conductive and dielectric inks as well as other electronic materials in Mexico.
The three-year agreement …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 2, 2020 – Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have acquired Seller Ink Industria e Comércio de Tintas e Vernizes Ltda., a specialty inks and coatings manufacturer based in São Paulo, Brazil.
With over 25 years of experience, Seller Ink has a strong market presence in both the …
Alliance will center on sales of degassing modules for water treatment with the aim of broadening sales channels in Asia, the United States and Europe
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – September 2, 2020 – Sun Chemical and its parent company, the DIC Corporation, have entered into an agreement to establish a strategic partnership with DuPont aimed …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 31, 2020 – Sun Chemical released its Summer 2020 Regulatory Newsletter for customers which is available for download at www.sunchemical.com/sustainability/regulatory-newsletters.
“As a leader in regulatory and compliance issues, Sun Chemical works closely with its customers to better understand and follow the strict requirements and standards expected by brand owners …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – August 12, 2020 – Sun Chemical has organized a Corporate Sustainability Committee to further strengthen its approach to addressing the sustainability needs of the packaging industry.
The development of sustainable packaging solutions is not a new endeavor at Sun Chemical but has accelerated in the past ten years as awareness of …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – July 1, 2020 – Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have completed the purchase of 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks.
The strategic investment in Sensient Imaging Technologies, a supplier of digital inks, will allow Sun …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – June 2, 2020 – Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA – June 1, 2020 – Sun Chemical will increase the prices of its solvent-based inks and coatings in North America, effective July 1, 2020.
Due to the significant increase in the demand for alcohols and solvents for use in sanitizers and pharmaceutical initiatives, the prices of these materials have increased substantially. In …
DORAL, FLORIDA, USA – April 15, 2020 – As a result of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Sun Chemical Latin America will implement a surcharge on solvent-based inks and varnishes and will communicate the effective date directly to customers. Surcharges will vary depending on product types.
The pandemic has caused a global shortage and supply volatility …
DORAL, FLORIDA, USA – April 13, 2020 – To continue meeting the needs of customers in Latin America during this time of raw material volatility and devaluation of currencies across the region directly caused by COVID-19, Sun Chemical will dollarize all ink product lines offered in Latin America, including solvent- and water-based inks, effective immediately.…
Myron Petruch
President and Chief Executive Officer
Updated JANUARY 1, 2022
As we continue to navigate the challenges presented by COVID-19, our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are affected by this virus. At Sun Chemical, we care deeply about the health and well-being of our customers and partners, as well as the …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK – 25 March 2020 – Sun Chemical will implement surcharges affecting its solvent liquid inks in Europe, effective 1 April 2020.
The current situation is causing considerable pressure on the supply chain of alcohols – in particular, ethanol. With supply already limited in the second half of 2019 due to a bad …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – March 17, 2020 – As the Coronavirus (also referred to as COVID-19) spreads, Sun Chemical continues to monitor the changing economic landscape and the impact to its global supply chain. In response, Sun Chemical has issued the following statement from Jeffrey Shaw, Chief Supply Chain Officer.
“While some regions in the …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – March 2, 2020 – As the Coronavirus spreads from one region of the world to another, Sun Chemical is conducting diligent inventory analyses of key intermediates, raw materials and finished goods inventories.
To procure several thousand materials on a regular basis and manage each one requires details of on-hand inventories, those …
Wexham Springs, UK – 25 February 2020 – Sun Chemical will display its comprehensive portfolio of packaging print solutions, including special effects products, on stand J49 at Packaging Innovations for the first time. The UK’s leading packaging event for the whole supply chain is being held at the NEC, Birmingham, on the 26th and 27th …
PARSIPPANY, N.J., U.S.A. – February 3, 2020 – Sun Chemical will continue to monitor its supply chain, including raw material and intermediate suppliers and logistics providers, amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“Proactively managing our customer orders, inventory levels, in-transit shipments and open order levels is a critical path for us,” said Jeffrey Shaw, Chief Supply Chain …
WEXHAM, SPRINGS UK – 14 January 2020 – Sun Chemical will showcase its portfolio of inks for metal packaging at the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum (ADF) 2020, which takes place from 29 to 30 January at the Porte de Versailles, Paris, France, and is the only dedicated trade event that showcases the world’s most innovative …
Wexham Springs, UK – 25 October 2019 – Sun Chemical has collaborated with CGS Publishing Technologies International GmbH, a global leader in color management, digital proofing and specially formulated media, to provide a ground-breaking metal deco digital proofing solution for two-piece beverage cans. This unique, innovative digital proofing solution, part of Sun Chemical’s DigiProof service …