Category: UV Ink

In the field of printing and ink technology, thermal transfer ink has become a core printing material in food packaging, industrial marking, and other fields due to its strong adhesion, bright color, and wide adaptability. Especially in food-grade printing, its safety compliance and technical stability are directly related to food safety and product quality. This…

With stricter environmental regulations and the rapid upgrade of the packaging printing industry, flexographic water-based inks have become a mainstream choice across Southeast Asia. Their low VOC emissions, safety for food packaging, and strong substrate compatibility make them ideal for modern packaging and label printing. Based on industry capacity, product reputation, and regional service capability…

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…

Hi, I’m Alex. With over 15 years in the printing ink industry, I’ve handled hundreds of after-sales cases related to water-based gravure reverse printing. Among them, lamination bubbles are by far the most common—and the most costly. The key point upfront: bubbles after lamination are rarely caused by “poor ink quality.” They almost always result…

Hi, I’m Alex, a technical engineer at Zhongzhixing (Starcolor). I’ve been working with printing inks for over 15 years, from solvent-based systems to water-based and UV inks. One question I hear all the time from printing plants is: “Should we use water-based ink or UV ink?” My honest answer is simple: there’s no universal winner.…

With the increasingly stringent food safety regulations in the North American market, such as FDA 21 CFR 175.300 and California Proposition 65, the demand for high-quality, compliant food contact inks is soaring. Chinese manufacturers have emerged as key players in this sector, leveraging advanced R&D capabilities and strict quality control systems to meet global standards.…

Hi everyone,I’m Alex, a technical engineer at Zhongzhixing (Starcolor). I’ve been working in the printing ink industry for over 15 years now. I started out as an apprentice on solvent-based ink production lines, then moved on to water-based and UV ink R&D and manufacturing. Today, I mainly focus on technical support and after-sales service. Over…

Hey everyone, I’m Alex. I’ve been working with water-based inks for 15 years. When I first entered this industry, customers used to ask me: “Can water-based ink really be used for food packaging?” But today, almost every inquiry I get sounds more like: “Do you have FDA-compliant water-based direct food contact inks?” This shift didn’t…

As a printing consumable tailored to the flexographic process—characterized by anilox-cell metering and high-speed, low-pressure printing—the formulation of flexographic ink directly determines its transfer efficiency, curing performance, and final print quality. Under increasingly strict environmental regulations and diversified application requirements, ink systems have evolved from traditional solvent-based formulations toward more eco-friendly and functionalized systems. A…

Flexo printing is the dominant process in food packaging, and the inks used must meet stringent domestic and international regulations, adapt to high-speed production lines, and work with diverse substrates. StarColor has over a decade of experience in water-based ink development and has launched the SC Series, a flexo water-based ink designed with “comprehensive compliance,…

1. Executive Summary 2. Market Size and Structure 1) Overall market (printing + packaging) IMARC report: the Indian commercial printing market is approximately USD 36.5B (2025), with packaging printing as the primary growth engine. Note: this refers to the overall commercial printing market and is not identical to the “ink market value”, but it serves…