The natural alternative

In printing inks, solvents perform the task of diluting colour mixes and controlling process speeds. They are also widely used as cleaning agents for the printing cylinders and printing plates, removing the ink residues that would otherwise impair print quality. Volatile organic compounds are usually integral to such solvents, with all the health and environmental hazards that this entails. Now, however, there is an alternative.

Cognis’ chemistry facilitates the use of completely solvent-free and emission-free processes for all the important applications, from attractive high-gloss brochure to safe packaging for food products. Intelligent developments such as Texaprint^® – a fatty acid ester - not only ensure high dot sharpness and thus improved print quality, as an environment-friendly alternative they are also increasingly replacing the mineral oil-based products used now.

Benefits:

• Up to 80% reduction in VOC (volatile organic compounds)
• Cost savings through reduced energy consumption for exhaust air cleaning
• Cleaning operations performed with water
• No health hazard