Siegwerk Presents UV, LED Printing Ink Solutions at UV Days 2017

Siegwerk will present its broad ink portfolio for UV printing at UV DAYS 2017, IST METZ’s in-house trade fair hosted at the company’s headquarter in Nuertingen near Stuttgart, Germany. From May 15-18, 2017, UV experts and interested people from around the world come together for the eighth time to exchange about trends and latest developments in UV technology. This year’s focal point will be on food packaging printing.
 
“As a market leader for UV inks and varnishes for packaging and label applications, our experts will be happy to present our newest developments and state-of-the-art ink solutions, with a special focus on food packaging applications and on LED curing applications,” said Marc Larvor, head of technical marketing Sheetfed and Narrow Web, at Siegwerk.
 
At UV DAYS 2017, in the field of low migration UV systems, Siegwerk will not only present its UV flexo printing series SICURA Nutriflex 10 for label applications but also its newest low migration solutions for UV offset printing: SICURA Nutriplast 2, an ink series with a high adhesion level and versatility of a wide range of plastic substrates, and SICURA Nutriboard 2, an ink series offering outstanding printability for a variety of paper and board applications.
 
Regarding LED curing applications, since 2009, Siegwerk is one of the pioneers for innovative ink solutions specifically designed for LED UV printing. With SICURA Nutriflex LEDTec, Siegwerk has launched the market’s first low migration LED UV flexo inks for food and pharmaceutical packaging and label applications in 2016. Next to this market innovation, the company will also showcase its SICURA Litho LED ink series as a suitable solution for high speed sheetfed LED UV offset printing for commercial applications as well as its SICURA Screen LEDTec opaque white for labels applications at the upcoming UV DAYS 2017.
 
“UV printing is still a growing market driven by the technology’s convincing benefits of fast curing speed, surface flexibility, high print quality, durability and no emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC),” explained Larvor. “As one of the technological advances of the recent years, LED UV curing will also influence the future development in the printing industry. Its potential for eco-efficiency, cost-effectiveness and productivity advantages convinces more and more printers.”
 
Due to the fact that UV inks dry in a matter of seconds, the printed material can be immediately processed when coming out of the press, which saves printers money and time. UV printing can be used with almost any surface, absorbent or not, and therefore offers printers and brand owners a vast selection of inflexible and flexible print substrates.
 
Siegwerk will also present many of its biggest standards in the field of non-food packaging and labels, like SICURA Flex 39-8 for UV flexo printing as well as SICURA Plast SP for UV offset printing.