Toyo Ink Launches New Line of Packaging Inks, Laminating Adhesives

Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and Toyo-Morton, Ltd. jointly launched a new series of gravure inks and laminating adhesives for the food packaging market.
In recent years, ensuring food safety and hygiene has become a priority topic as the food package printing industry becomes increasingly aware of environmental health and food safety issues, shifting away from conventional toluene-based gravure inks to toluene-free products.
Responding to customers’ appeal for improvements in the usability of environmentally conscious products, the Toyo Ink Group newly developed the LIOALPHA line of toluene-free and MEK-free lamination inks, solvent-free laminating adhesives and dry laminating adhesives that expand application capacity.
Through a combination of these new products, package converters can now achieve greater production efficiency and work productivity resulting from reduced materials loss, downtime and environmental burden. Consumers also benefit from the availability of highly safe and sanitary packaged goods.
As of May 20, 2013, the following new product series are sold in the Japan market. The Toyo Ink Group plans to expand distribution of these products in countries throughout Asia and other regions of the world.