Look at the market efficiency of flexo ink

Normal > For ink manufacturers, flexo printing has always been one of the great success stories of recent years. The flexo printing market continues to grow. In recent years, particularly strong growth has been achieved with solvent-based and UV UV flexo inks. Sales of flexo inks have almost doubled since 1990. According to statistics from the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers ( NAPIM ), sales in the United States reach US$ 1 billion. In the United States, the flexographic industry itself has become a major growth point, especially in flexible packaging, which has grown into a $ 21 billion industry. For ink makers, the development of products for use in films and aluminum foils meant the introduction of new solvent-based inks, whose sales have grown rapidly.

Normal > Flexo Market 2004

Normal > Industry statistics show that printing business continued to recover in 2004 , while flexo printing is also growing. In the North American packaging industry, flexo printing continues to be favored with high printing quality and cost reduction, especially in the short-run business. Other major ink companies also achieved similar growth in the year and achieved significant growth in various business areas.

Normal > The flexo printing market continues to grow, flexo printing is still the dominant printing process in the packaging field, and in the future. Flexo printing is suitable for short-run printing and quick change, and these features will continue to be highly valued. Recently focused on high-speed flexo presses on wide-format machines, flexo printing may have developed slowly in the depressed economy in recent years, but it is still a growth area, and it achieved strong growth in 2004 .

Normal > Solvent flexo ink

Normal > When the entire flexo market expanded, some markets in the flexo printing industry grew even bigger, one of them being solvent-based flexo. The total volume of solvent-based flexo inks increased by 10.2 % in 2002 and slightly increased in 2003 , accounting for 27 % of the US packaging market . Due to the decline in the corrugated box market in the United States, sales of water-based flexo inks have been declining. Many ink manufacturers rely on the growth of soft packaging inks to offset the drop in ink and water. Flexible packaging uses solvent-based inks to print films, becoming a large industry with sales of more than US$ 20 billion.

Normal > The growth of solvent-based inks continues to be positive, mainly due to the changing trend in the packaging industry. This trend is increasingly shifting from rigid containers to various packaging bags. Solvent-based flexographic printing is a clear rally. Solvent-based inks clearly have greater operating opportunities and can be used in more areas, especially printed films. With the addition of solvent trapping and processing equipment, solvent-based inks can meet government standards. Solvent-based flexo inks are usually the first choice if speed and efficiency are important. The growth of solvent-based liquid inks in the packaging sector is higher than that of inks, which represents the shift from porous substrates to thin films in the corrugated box, card box, and multi-bundle markets. This shift naturally benefits solvent inks. Solvent-based growth is based on solvent-based inks that outperform inks in film and aluminum foil applications. Solvents dry faster while increasing production efficiency. Customers are also investing in equipment to handle solvent evaporation problems. Processors believe that they use solvent-based inks to print films and foils for better print quality and higher productivity. Environmental issues have promoted people’s interest in water-based inks, but they have not been able to achieve stable and consistent printing on films and aluminum foils.

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