Name: Water-based Inkjet Inks
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Description

Water-based inkjet inks are in greater demand than ever before, which is why the market is reporting a lot of catching up to do. The focus is on the digital printing on products that come into contact with human skin or foodstuffs. In close cooperation with the industry, Marabu develops water-based inkjet inks for flexible packaging in the food industry, for cardboard boxes, toys (fulfilment of the EN71/3 standard) or digitally printed wallpapers.

Marabu is your development partner for projects where the biocompatibility of the application is in the foreground or where the advantages of water-based systems generally outweigh the benefits. Our competence:

Singlepass process-suitable inkjet inks for absorbent and non-absorbent substrates
Know-how about the interaction of polymers, pigments and water as main solvents
Project-related development focus for best possible results
Recipes that can be adapted to all industrial printheads
Extensive experience with all common industrial printheads (e. g. Konika Minolta, Kyocera and Dimatix)

Printing of flexible packaging

[Translate to USA:] Waterbased inkjet inks for flexible food packaging

Flexible packaging is used for food products to protect, market and distribute them. Printing is done directly on the packaging material. Flexible packaging adapts to the shape of the product, it is easy to change, user-friendly and material-efficient. Read more about the advantages of flexible packaging: Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)

The advantages of water-based inkjet inks:

Suitable for food contact (compliant with EuPIA “Swiss Ordinance on Food Contact Materials and Articles” and “Nestlé Guidance Note on Packaging Inks”)
Multilayer packaging
Laminating and welding capability

Wallpaper printing

Individually printed wallpapers hang in living rooms, schools, kindergartens or at the workplace. Therefore wallpaper printing should be odourless and free of harmful substances.

Important for wallpaper manufacturers and consumers: Marabu’s water-based digital printing inks guarantee that the end product is certified according to DIN 15102 and RAL 479 (quality mark for wallpapers).

The advantages of water-based inkjet inks:

No VOC evaporation
Cost-efficient for small series and medium runs
Endless motifs and motif variants possible
Gloss level precisely matched to wallpaper

Printing on paper, cardboard and corrugated board

[Translate to USA:] Inkjet inks for corrugated board and cardboard In the case of cardboard boxes, there is a high risk that the printing inks used will be absorbed. Production and processing suffer. Water-based printing inks are suitable for flexible, environmentally friendly and compatible cardboard packaging and folding boxes.