Solutions for Flexo Printing on Paper and Board

Experience the Excellence of SunVisto® Water-Based Inks for Flexo Printing on Paper and Board

Discover the power of precision with Sun Chemical’s SunVisto ink series, expertly designed for superior performance in paper and paperboard flexo printing. Whether you are working with kraft, bleached, white-top, clay-coated, or other coated and uncoated substrates, SunVisto inks offer unparalleled adaptability and quality.

 

water-based-inks-printed-on-paper-board-packagingKey Highlights of SunVisto Inks

  • Efficient and Consistent Performance: SunVisto inks are engineered for longer press runs, minimizing the need for adjustments and reducing press side maintenance. This ensures a smoother, more efficient printing process, saving time and increasing productivity.
  • Hassle-Free Cleanup and Resolubility: Simplify your workflow with inks that are as easy to clean as they are to apply. SunVisto’s exceptional resolubility reduces downtime and enhances the overall efficiency of your printing operations.
  • Durable and Resilient Finish: With SunVisto inks, durability is a given. These inks boast impressive water, scuff, and rub resistance, ensuring that your prints maintain their integrity and appearance even under demanding conditions.

Opt for SunVisto water-based inks and transform your paper and board flexo printing projects. With their advanced formulation and dependable performance, SunVisto inks are the perfect solution for achieving high-quality, resilient, and visually striking prints.

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Transform Paper Packaging Sustainably

Discover how our 5R approach to developing sustainable products is put to use for the paper and board printing market.

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SunVisto® AquaGreen™ Water-Based Inks

Sun Chemical’s SunVisto AquaGreen water-based inks are formulated with significantly higher levels of bio-renewable resin content compared to other previous market offerings from Sun Chemical. Designed with patented technology based on naturally derived and bio-renewable materials, SunVisto AquaGreen inks deliver the required critical performance attributes needed across a range of paper packaging applications.

These inks can utilize current colorants to enable ease of implementation, and do not compromise end-use or on-press performance or cost in use. They also offer outstanding print fidelity and ink resolubility on press, quick setting for in-line converting, and high levels of resistance properties to rub, abrasion, water and grease.

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Explore Ways to Make Your Packaging Biorenewable

Learn more about our SunVisto AquaGreen water-based inks which have significantly higher levels of biorenewable naturally derived resin content.

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SunVisto AquaSafe

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Available in EMEA, AquaSafe represents our most advanced water-based Direct Food Contact (DFC) ink technology.

Designed to support European direct food contact regulations, sustainability goals and evolving regulatory requirements, AquaSafe enables brands to simplify packaging design while enhancing the consumer experience through internal printing.

Designed for DFC applications, AquaSafe inks are compatible with a broad range of substrates including:

  • Paper
  • Paperboard
  • Flexible films
  • Aluminium foil

SunVisto AquaHeat

Designed to support food safety, sustainability goals and demanding high-temperature food packaging applications, AquaHeat enables packaging producers to create vibrant ovenable packaging while helping meet evolving regulatory requirements.

Suitable for paper, board and selected film substrates, AquaHeat is a water-based industrial ovenable ink for temperatures up to 220°C, combining excellence in print performance with high bio renewable carbon content (60% and above), independently verified through Carbon-14 testing.

By enabling high-quality graphics, low migration performance and compatibility with SunStar Direct Food Contact water-based vanishes, AquaHeat helps packaging producers enhance brand identity, improve efficiency, mitigate risk and support more sustainable packaging solutions.

Discover the Full Range of Pressroom Supplies for Paper Packaging

In the dynamic world of paper and board printing, Sun Chemical Rycoline stands as your ideal partner, offering a complete suite of pressroom consumable products designed to meet the specific demands of this sector, including:

  • Specialized Fountain Solutions
  • Versatile Pressroom Wash
  • Advanced Silicones and Conditioners

Sun Chemical Rycoline is dedicated to supporting the paper packaging industry with products that enhance efficiency, quality, and sustainability. Trust us to provide solutions that not only meet but elevate your paper packaging needs. Watch our SunVisto Anilox Renew & Power Scrub video as an example.

Color Management for Paper and Board Printing Made Easier

SunConnect™ is a user-friendly, entry level digital color management solution for flexo water-based packaging printers who have not implemented a digital color management workflow because of cost and/or reluctance to digital technologies.

SunConnect enhances communication between the printer and Sun Chemical color centers for quick turnaround for color match requests, and provides press operators with an easy-to-use quality control tool to confirm their decisions on color.

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Troubleshooting Common Paper Packaging Printing Challenges on Press

Sun Chemical has unmatched technical service to help you resolve any issues you may be facing on press.

In fact, if you are experiencing common paper packaging printing challenges, such as dirty print, poor ink coverage or print striations, you can access our Paper Packaging Ink Troubleshooting Guide—a series of troubleshooting problems and solutions that we’ve assembled to help you solve your specific issue online. If these solutions still don’t solve the challenge, our technical service team is readily available to also assist.

Learn about our approach to troubleshooting by listening to the Packaging Strategies podcast: Troubleshooting Ink Printing Issues.

Sustainability at Sun Chemical

Sun Chemical is constantly working to promote sustainable solutions. Our approach to sustainability guides the way we develop, manufacture and distribute products, as well as how we work with our customers and suppliers.

At Sun Chemical, we use what we call “the five Rs” – reuse, reduce, recycle, renew and redesign – as a way to guide our sustainability efforts in our operations, product development and cross-industry partnerships and collaborations. “The five Rs” can help guide sustainable best practices and assist brands as they navigate the heightened environmental landscape.

High-Quality Paper Printing Using Flexographic Plates from SunGraphics and Sun Chemical in North America

At SunGraphics®, a part of the esteemed Sun Chemical team, we specialize in bridging the gap between printers and brand owners. Our integrated approach from art design to pre-press and plate production, ensures a seamless transition of brand assets into high-quality prints.

For North America market only.

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Resources

White Paper: A Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging
Packaging Strategies Podcast: Trends in Inks and Coatings for Sustainable Paper Packaging