Month: February 2026

In 2026, the global packaging and printing industry faces dual pressure: stricter food safety regulations and brand sustainability demands on one side, and increasing press speeds requiring superior drying, adhesion, and color performance on the other. For years, many converters believed that switching to water-based ink meant sacrificing gloss or productivity. StarColor has changed that…

Hi, I’m Alex, a technical engineer at StarColor. I’ve worked in the printing ink industry for 15 years, and in the past two years, one issue keeps coming up: Water-based flexo ink rubbing off when printing on nonwoven fabric. I’ve seen customers lose thousands on rework because the printed pattern faded just by rubbing it…