Siegwerk, the manufacturer of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has developed a new UV offset ink series and UV flexo varnishes with outstanding deinking properties for commercial and packaging printing. The newly launched solutions increase the recyclability of UV-coated paper and board packaging and support the material-specific recycling targets according to the EU Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC).
Based on Siegwerk’s SICURA Low NRGY UV/ LED UV ink series, launched in 2019, the gained knowledge has successfully been transferred to other UV curable ink products. Siegwerk’s experts have developed another UV offset ink series especially designed for offset and packaging printing of non-food solutions – SICURA Plast SP. The ink series has outstanding deinking properties when comparted to the deinkability of conventional oil-based sheetfed offset inks. SICURA Plast SP offers excellent offset properties and high colour strength, as well as good adhesion on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates. It was especially developed to achieve a very high polyvalence use on board.
