Solar Inks believes its Earthinks range of environmentally friendly water-based flexo and screen printing inks offer "the most natural solution on the market today".
Solar says it has developed the new inks from sustainable and non-polluting resources. They have been designed to provide printers and converters with "high quality and versatility to further achieve their environmental goals, while meeting customer expectations".
Earthinks are made from natural ingredients including soy, starch, sugars, dextrin, tree resin, cellulose and other polysaccharides. Natural waxes replace standard petroleum-based synthetics, and natural oils are used to defoam instead of mineral oils. The inks are said to be glycol and silicone-free, contain no heavy metals and have near-zero VOC levels.
Earthinks can be used on a wide variety of substrates to print corrugated and flexible packaging, labels, envelopes and a full range of papers from till rolls and paper cups to paper bags and gift wrap, including recycled stocks.
