New Ink Launched for Printing on Plastics

Linx’s Black PE Ink 1130 is designed to “meet the specific challenges of effective printing” on materials for food packaging, cosmetics and cabling.

Linx Printing Technologies announced the release of the Black PE Ink 1130, which it said "offers excellent adhesion" to both polyethylene (PE) and "most" polypropylene (PP) applications, including "non-contact food packaging" as well as "pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care, automotive, cable and wire" applications.

The ink is also in-line with Swiss Ordinance 817.023.021, the European reference for inks used in food packaging, and can be used on other substrate materials including ABS, acrylic, aluminium, glass, HDPE, LDPE, PET and varnished card, with the "flexibility to retain a single ink, rather than multiple types" on-site at a manufacturer for "use across all their package and product coding requirements".

The ink, Linx adds, can be used with its own 5900 and 7900 printers that incorporate Midi and Ultima printheads, and "provides excellent print quality" and "fast drying" to "deliver clear, readable codes in even the harshest of production environments".

Ndidi Ihekwaba, Product Specialist for Inks at Linx Printing Technologies, commented: "PE and PP are traditionally challenging substrates to adhere to, due to their low surface energies. Linx Black PE Ink 1130 is able to overcome this challenge and creates excellent adhesion to these substrates, ensuring a quality code each time."

Source: The Recycler