INX Product Process: Flexographic

INXFlex™ UV Flexographic Ink

INXFlex™ inks have been formulated to provide minimal plate swell for flexographic printing on most tag & label, pressure sensitive, as well as shrink and in-mold label applications. They have been formulated without benzophenone and ITX. They are an ultra low viscosity pourable system that can be printed with aniloxes up to 1800 line screen with 1.0-1.2 BCM. They have good adhesion to a wide variety of substrates, while being V-Pyrol free.

INXCure™ UV/EB Inks

The INX energy curable product portfolio delivers unsurpassed print quality on a wide variety of paper, board, plastic and flexible substrates. They are suitable for inline and offline coating with wide water tolerance and fast cure responses. These energy curable inks and coatings, along with a dedicated INX team of specialists, give printers and package converters a competitive advantage

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INXVelope™ Water-based Envelope Inks

INXVelope™ series and other ink options lead the way in delivering consistent “blacker blacks” and “bottom line blacks” with customer proven savings. Look for superb color output on coated, uncoated and recycled paper, along with rub resistance, gloss and/or other job-specific properties.

AquaTech™ Water-based Film, Paper and Foil Tag & Label Inks

AquaTech™ inks present a significant advancement for paper, film and thermal label printing on anilox rolls up to 1500 lines per inch. Each water-based system offers strong performance with superior press stability for better printability at a wide range of press speeds. Taking into consideration the brilliant color strength and outstanding transparency and resolution, AquaTech ION is the ideal choice for narrow to mid-web flexo operations for tag and label work.

INXLam™ and Mylex™ Water-based Flexographic Lamination Inks

Water based flexographic lamination ink systems developed to work with a solvent-less, water based and UV adhesive systems. INX water lamination inks demonstrate exceptional film adhesion, excellent bond strength, superior strength and excellent water resistance. They enable line work printability of up to 800 line aniloxes and process work printability of up to 1000 line aniloxes.

Innova™ and Synergy™ Solvent-based Flexographic Laminating Inks

Innova™ and Synergy™ ink systems work well with a variety of solvent-based and solvent-less adhesive systems. They are high performance ink blending systems designed for printers looking to improve printability and lower ink inventory levels.

ShrinkPac F™ Solvent Shrink Sleeve Inks

Formulated for shrink label printers, solvent-based ShrinkPac™ F inks systems provide premium flexographic inks designed for PETG, OPS and PVC films. ShrinkPac F™ is fast drying with excellent film adhesion, resolubility and heat resistance.

Low Migration Packaging Inks and Coatings

With research and development, product stewardship and quality all working together, INX provides assurance that our sensitive application packaging inks are of the highest quality and safe for their intended use. Our low migration inks and coatings are designed to meet global food packaging requirements.

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23 Series Water-based Flexographic Dispersions

Highly pigmented color concentrates suitable to be let down into a full range of inks for diverse applications on a variety of substrates. Available in a wide array of colors including barium-free, copper-free, fade resistant, heat resistant, bleed resistant, opaque and transparent. Series provides absolute maximum versatility and value in dispenser applications providing the printer with complete control over inventory and process needs.

RotoFlex™ G Solvent-based Flexographic and Gravure Dispersions

Highly pigmented color concentrates suitable to be let down into a full range of inks for diverse applications from surface printing to lamination on a variety of substrates. Available in a wide array of colors including barium-free, fade resistant, heat resistant, product resistant, opaque and transparent. RotoFlex G provides absolute maximum versatility and value in dispenser applications providing the printer with complete control over inventory and process needs. Whether you are printing gravure, flexographic, or both, RotoFlex G is the dispersion of choice.

Water-based Flexographic and Gravure Surface Print Inks

INX has developed many single serve ink systems to cover the needs of surface print packaging for the fast food industry including: PolyCup for surface printing polyethylene coated board for hot and cold cups; VersaTech for good gloss and water resistance; and Flexographic ODE, formulated for outdoor storage bags with superior hard dry properties and resistance. Systems such as Flexographic ODE inks for superior hard dry properties and resistance for outdoor bags. Single serve ink systems that fit all aspects of the fast food industry.

Solvent-based Flexographic and Gravure Surface Print Inks

INX has developed many systems to cover the needs of the surface print packaging market. From economical polyamide inks like PolyTech for surface printing polyolefin films to our Versa line that offers good gloss and excellent heat resistance. We have systems to cover most applications in the market. INX also offers DuraINX, a dedicated system for bags that need to withstand the conditions of outdoor storage. Light-fast pigments are also offered in virtually all product lines.

pH Stable Inks

Premium waterbased flexographic printing inks developed to work with multiple applications on coated and uncoated papers. Anilox rolls up to 1000 L/S can be utilized with these inks manufactured at an ISO registered plant to insure product consistency. They exhibit excellent pH stability at a wide range of press speeds – little to no pH monitoring necessary with no viscosity build with loss of pH.

INXKote® Water and ProCure ™ UV Coatings

INX International is proud to be the only ink company to manufacturer its own coatings. Our product line includes aqueous, energy curable and specialty coatings as well as over-print varnishes all manufactured in our state-of-art Homewood, Illinois facility.

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Flexographic Specialty Inks

Cold reveal and body-heat activated labels and stickers and security applications as well as glow-in-the-dark are a few of the many possibilities available using CTI’s Flexographic ink. If you don’t see the special effect you are looking for, give us a call anyway to see if we can create what you need.

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