Rapid development of packaging ink and green products popular

Previously, relying on the rapid development of material chemistry, water-based inks, solvent-based inks, and UV inks have also been rapidly developed, far exceeding their potential market demands. Nowadays this kind of state begins to balance, on the other hand, the potential market demand drives the development of the ink product again. For example, shopping bags usually use water-based inks for printing, but solvent-based inks are needed to obtain high-performance films. This market demand has thus led to the development of UV inks. In view of this, UV inks and EB inks will continue to develop at a faster rate. Even though the speed of the conversion from the printing market to UV inks and EB inks in recent years is not very fast, with its unique properties and high cost-effectiveness, its The prospects are very broad.

At the same time, solvent-based inks may continue to dominate the packaging industry, depending on the price of volatile solvents. If solvent prices continue to rise, some companies will switch to lower-cost water-based inks.

It is also known that packaging companies usually adopt flexographic printing methods and gravure printing methods. The competition between these two printing technologies has driven the development of manufacturers such as inks and printing machines. In recent years, these two kinds of printing methods have achieved considerable development. In particular, the flexographic printing process has been greatly improved, and high-quality products can be printed to meet market demands. The development of ink technology has played an important role.

It can be seen that the UV ink market is broad, and the water-based ink will maintain its current development trend based on its cost advantage, while the solvent-based ink will gradually be replaced as people's environmental awareness increases.

Call for environmentally friendly products

With the continuous improvement of people's demands for quality of life and living environment, the demand for "green packaging materials" has become higher and higher, and it has become a trend in the future of packaging and printing materials, and it has been increasingly valued by people. Printing inks are a relatively serious part of the packaging materials, and "green packaging materials" call for environmentally friendly ink products. In the soft packaging printing market, environmental inks represented by water-based inks, alcohol-soluble inks and UV inks are increasingly favored by printers. In the flexographic printing market, water-based inks have been developing rapidly in recent years, and have greatly surpassed the tendency of solvent-based inks. In the purchasing process, the buyer's confidence in water-based inks has increased.

In view of the excellent environmental characteristics of water-based inks and UV inks, developed countries and regions are currently working hard to develop and use water-based inks and UV inks to gradually replace solvent-based inks. From the perspective of the development trend of international packaging printing, water-based inks and UV inks have evolved from a single carton printing ink to a variety of substrates and multi-color overprinting. The United States and some European countries have strictly banned the use of solvent-based inks containing benzene, replaced by green inks. For example, at present, 40% of U.S. plastic printing uses water-based ink; other developed countries such as Japan, Germany, and France use water-based ink more and more in plastic film printing. The United Kingdom has already banned the use of solvent-based ink printing and packaging. Food film. In recent years, China has also made some provisions for the packaging of foodstuffs, making the status of environment-friendly inks ever-increasing. At present, in China's flexible packaging, water-based inks rank first in terms of 35%.

Stand out from the competition

The packaging industry is a challenging area. For the ink manufacturers, the packaging market provides them with the biggest opportunity to differentiate their products and services. The contents of the ink manufacturers' services are no longer limited to the printers. To meet the various requirements of the use of the terminal. If ink manufacturers can provide reliable services, their products will have a more competitive advantage.

The future development of pulse packaging ink

In developing countries, ink producers face double competition. On the one hand, there is a need for fierce competition with imported products. Although there are advantages in transportation costs, the pressure on some products is still great. Taking food packaging printing inks as an example, foreign companies have slashed export prices, making China's imported ink prices much lower than domestic prices, leading domestic companies to be forced to adopt anti-dumping policies to reduce pressure. On the other hand, due to ink production problems, some domestic packaging customers were lost. Nowadays, more and more goods are selected for production in developing countries, and their packaging and manufacturing are also carried out in the same country. Packaging printers are trying hard to increase printing efficiency while ink production is not enough to meet this market demand. The pressure on domestic ink companies has not been small.

Some ink manufacturers mainly rely on prices in the packaging market, completely ignoring their quality and after-sales service. Once these new products enter the market, the ink manufacturers will be under tremendous pressure when the market attaches great importance to ink quality and printing effects. If packaging printers do not consider the quality of the ink and the printing effect, repeatedly changing the cooperation with the ink supplier will cause serious confusion in the packaging market. Therefore, in addition to the cost, the quality of the ink and the printing effect are factors that ink manufacturers and even package printing companies need to pay attention to.