It is planning to strengthen its footprint in Europe
Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, is now offering a new generation of NC inks for flexible packaging applications produced with the most state-of-the-art production equipment at its headquarters in Germany.
For the new generation of NC inks, the formulations have been optimized to match both the latest production technologies and current market trends. The new NC ink series includes colors and clears and is designed for gravure and flexo printing of flexible packaging. Furthermore, the system’s versatility and flexibility make it a genuinely all-purpose solution for surface and reverse printing with lamination applications. “Compared to previous generations, our new series offers an extended functionality, an outstanding quality consistency and optimized rheological properties, significantly improving print results and efficiency,” says Björn Ewig, head of technology flexible packaging EMEA.
Siegwerk’s new NC innovation offers customers higher flexibility through optimized technical performance and higher color strength, allowing even better tailored to individual needs. Due to the high-quality consistency through fully automated production and optimized process data control, the new system also supports customers in implementing new production processes such as extended color gamut printing (7-color set printing) to make the printing process more efficient and resource-saving.
With the new NC ink generation, Siegwerk now launched the first flexible packaging ink system manufactured at the fully automated production facility in Siegburg. All components of this new generation of NC inks – masterbatches, master compounds (technical varnishes) and blending varnishes are manufactured with the latest production technologies and improved process data control, less material waste and sustainable sourcing of raw materials. The company will gradually convert the production of all its flexible packaging solutions into an automated process.
Over the last couple of years, the company has invested a considerable amount in the automation of its production facility in Siegburg to improve processes, expand production capacities and increase efficiencies. Today, Siegwerk’s site is the largest fully automated production facility for printing inks in Europe, equipped with state-of-the-art grinding and blending technologies. “Due to a more precise controllability of all process parameters, the new workflow significantly improves efficiencies and takes product consistency to a whole new level,” says Dirk Weissenfeldt, vice-president of Flexible Packaging EMEA at Siegwerk. “This enables us even better to meet the growing customer demand for consistent and high quality and solid and fast delivery.”
All these site expansion activities enabled the company to take its production to the highest technical standards and are also a clear signal of a long-term commitment to production in Central Europe. “Customers in the EMEA region can rely on high-quality consistency, fast lead times and short supply chains across Europe when collaborating with us. We are committed to long-term and future-oriented partnerships,” adds Weissenfeldt. Moreover, the new automated setup supports a safer and cleaner production with less waste and a lower loss of solvents, fully in line with Siegwerk’s sustainability agenda.
The company is continuously focusing on expanding its offering for the packaging market and strengthening its market leadership in labels and flexible packaging applications. With a combination of best-in-class ink performance, high product safety, and continuous support and guidance, Siegwerk always makes an effort to support customers in addressing upcoming trends and meeting their individual needs with innovative solutions.
The Covid-19 pandemic led to the country-wide lockdown on 25 March 2020. It will be two years tomorrow as I write this. What have we learned in this time? Maybe the meaning of resilience since small companies like us have had to rely on our resources and the forbearance of our employees as we have struggled to produce our trade platforms.
The print and packaging industries have been fortunate, although the commercial printing industry is still to recover. We have learned more about the digital transformation that affects commercial printing and packaging. Ultimately digital will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future.
Web analytics show that we now have readership in North America and Europe amongst the 90 countries where our five platforms reach. Our traffic which more than doubled in 2020, has at times gone up by another 50% in 2021. And advertising which had fallen to pieces in 2020 and 2021, has started its return since January 2022.
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