Flint Reports Low-Migration Inks

Published: August 05, 2015

TRELLEBORG, SWEDEN | Flint Group announces the launch of Flexocure ANCORA 50 low-migration UV flexo inks for food labels and certain flexible packaging applications.

Guillaume Clement, VP Global Narrow Web for Flint Group, says, “With the introduction of Flexocure ANCORA 50, we are expanding our portfolio of dedicated inks to suit the growing world of short-run label and packaging applications. This ink series is specially designed to support converters who print labels for the food segment.”

He continues, “Flexocure ANCORA 50 meets some specific packaging applications where low-migration inks are required. It complements our existing UV flexo low migration ink series, Flexocure ANCORA, and our UV offset Lithocure ANCORA—both dedicated to the most stringent food packaging applications….”

Dr. Patrick Gavelin, director of product development EMEA & Asia, says, “Flexocure ANCORA 50 has been developed to meet the modern demands of our industry today without jeopardizing legislation in place for food safety. But, in all regulations it has not been totally clear on what end use the so called ‘low-migration technology’ can be used. Nor was it necessary to specify this. With Flexocure ANCORA 50 this becomes very clear.”

Company says ink is fully compliant to Swiss Ordinance SR 817.023.21 listing and to the Nestlé Guidance Note on Packaging inks (version 3, Feb 21 2014), adding that inks have been thoroughly tested and have proven to pass migration tests, exposed to the below food simulants listed in Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 (Plastics Regulation):

• Food simulant E: Tenax (MPPO)

• Food simulant B: 3% Acetic acid

• Food simulant D1: 50% Ethanol

Par Olsson, product manager narrow web EMEA, says, “Not only have we designed a UV flexo ink range that is fulfilling migration demands, [but in addition] we have used our research [to] ensure press performance remains unrivaled—with the highest possible cure response, high color strength, and very good adhesion to a wide range of both flexible packaging, filmic, and paper label materials….”

To support the global launch of Flexocure ANCORA 50, company also announces that a comprehensive investment plan has been completed to ensure an increased production capacity with full GMP systems in place.

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