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Emphasis on Environment Leads AMGRAPH, IdeOn to Develop EB Curable Gravure Inks

EB curable inks are free of solvents and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

While there is tremendous interest in “green” printing, there are areas that have yet to be successfully explored. Kenneth A. Fontaine, president and CEOof AMGRAPH Packaging Inc. One such possibility is the use of electron beam (EB) curable inks for gravure printing. Essentially, EB curable inks are free of solvents and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), and would eliminate VOC’s present in currently used solvent and water based gravure inks. It may also eliminate the ...

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