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Design for the Environment

U.S. EPA's comprehensive study on solvent-based, water-based and UV inks on wide web flexo applications offers insights.

The U.S. flexographic industry is an approximately $50 billion segment, and has been growing at a nearly 6 percent rate for years. The growth of flexo caught the attention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which wanted to do a comprehensive study on the environmental impact, cost and performance of solvent-based, water-based and UV ink systems for the flexo process as part of its continuing effort in developing CTSAs (Cleaner Technology Substitute Assessments) for the graphic ar...

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