Water based ink market (1)
2024-01-06 07:07:41
Water-based inks are abbreviated as water inks, and are made by compounding and grinding water-soluble resins, organic pigments, surfactants and related additives.
First, the rapid development of the ink-and-water market Environment-friendly water-based inks are currently the most important application areas for flexographic printing and gravure printing. Most of the two printing methods are packaged products, including food packaging, tobacco and wine packaging, and children's toy packaging. And so on occupies a considerable proportion. With the improvement of people’s awareness of environmental protection, the urgent need for “green†printed materials is increasing. In recent years, flexographic printing has developed rapidly around the world, and is considered to be “the best and most promising printing method on the planet†in developed countries in Europe and America. For example, in the United States, 95% of flexographic prints and 80% of gravure are printed. Prints use ink. Currently, there are nearly 200 narrow-width flexographic printing production lines in China. The annual demand for water-based inks is more than 100,000 tons. In addition, the widespread application of ink in the packaging and printing of corrugated boxes has considerable market potential.
China's water-based inks were first successfully developed and put into production by Tianjin Ink Factory. At that time, gravure printing services were mainly used. At that time, gravure printing inks were improved from benzene-based solvents to gasoline-based solvents. Although they were improved in toxicity compared to benzene-based inks, they were flammable. Sex did not improve. Therefore, it was proposed that the gravure printing ink be further improved to a non-toxic, non-flammable water-based ink, which was called water-concave ink at that time. Since the ink is made with rosin acid amine salt as the main binder, the binder is not stable in storage in an aqueous medium, so that the ink is easily lost in the storage, thinning, drying is slow, and the water resistance is poor , easy to cause paper shrinkage and other drawbacks. These drawbacks have caused China's gravure printing and flexographic printing to be limited, and they have to adopt high-priced imported high-grade water-based inks, virtually increasing the printing cost and limiting the development of China's printing industry.
Entering the 1990s, with the rapid development of China's economy, people have continuously improved their awareness of packaging aesthetics and environmental protection. From 1995 to the end of 1998, China has introduced more than 130 modular flexo production lines in just a few years. It is distributed in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country, 90% of which are narrow-format flexo presses. The number of stations around is increasing, and there are also many imported high-end tri-color and four-color water-based ink printing slot machines for color printing of corrugated paper.
In the flexo package printing, most of the current domestic and foreign use of water-based ink printing. The widespread use of flexographic water-based inks is one of the important factors for the rapid development of flexographic printing. According to statistics from relevant departments, China has an average of more than 1,000 carton factories per province. For example, if 10% of water-based ink is used to print high-grade cartons, each household uses 10 tons of ink, and each province needs 1,000 tons of water-based ink each year. This is not yet Other printing and packaging products including flexo and gravure printing (currently, 100% of domestic flexographic printing uses water-based ink, and 80% of gravure printing uses water-based ink).
Of course, flexographic printing is still in its infancy in China and currently accounts for only about 3% of the printing industry. However, with the increasing popularity of green packaging and environmentally-friendly packaging, many tobacco companies, wineries, pharmaceutical companies, cosmetics, and children's toy companies All are prepared to use flexo printing products, and the proportion of flexo printing in the printing field will gradually increase, especially in the field of packaging and printing. It is estimated that by 2010, flexographic printing will reach about 15% in the printing field, and annual demand will be over 100,000 tons of water-based ink. Therefore, it is imperative to vigorously develop, develop, and produce high-grade water-based inks with great market potential. The product can be widely used in flexographic and gravure printing fields such as gold, silver cardboard, art paper, white board, plastic film, corrugated paper, self-adhesive paper, carton, paper packaging, books and magazines. (To be continued)
First, the rapid development of the ink-and-water market Environment-friendly water-based inks are currently the most important application areas for flexographic printing and gravure printing. Most of the two printing methods are packaged products, including food packaging, tobacco and wine packaging, and children's toy packaging. And so on occupies a considerable proportion. With the improvement of people’s awareness of environmental protection, the urgent need for “green†printed materials is increasing. In recent years, flexographic printing has developed rapidly around the world, and is considered to be “the best and most promising printing method on the planet†in developed countries in Europe and America. For example, in the United States, 95% of flexographic prints and 80% of gravure are printed. Prints use ink. Currently, there are nearly 200 narrow-width flexographic printing production lines in China. The annual demand for water-based inks is more than 100,000 tons. In addition, the widespread application of ink in the packaging and printing of corrugated boxes has considerable market potential.
China's water-based inks were first successfully developed and put into production by Tianjin Ink Factory. At that time, gravure printing services were mainly used. At that time, gravure printing inks were improved from benzene-based solvents to gasoline-based solvents. Although they were improved in toxicity compared to benzene-based inks, they were flammable. Sex did not improve. Therefore, it was proposed that the gravure printing ink be further improved to a non-toxic, non-flammable water-based ink, which was called water-concave ink at that time. Since the ink is made with rosin acid amine salt as the main binder, the binder is not stable in storage in an aqueous medium, so that the ink is easily lost in the storage, thinning, drying is slow, and the water resistance is poor , easy to cause paper shrinkage and other drawbacks. These drawbacks have caused China's gravure printing and flexographic printing to be limited, and they have to adopt high-priced imported high-grade water-based inks, virtually increasing the printing cost and limiting the development of China's printing industry.
Entering the 1990s, with the rapid development of China's economy, people have continuously improved their awareness of packaging aesthetics and environmental protection. From 1995 to the end of 1998, China has introduced more than 130 modular flexo production lines in just a few years. It is distributed in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country, 90% of which are narrow-format flexo presses. The number of stations around is increasing, and there are also many imported high-end tri-color and four-color water-based ink printing slot machines for color printing of corrugated paper.
In the flexo package printing, most of the current domestic and foreign use of water-based ink printing. The widespread use of flexographic water-based inks is one of the important factors for the rapid development of flexographic printing. According to statistics from relevant departments, China has an average of more than 1,000 carton factories per province. For example, if 10% of water-based ink is used to print high-grade cartons, each household uses 10 tons of ink, and each province needs 1,000 tons of water-based ink each year. This is not yet Other printing and packaging products including flexo and gravure printing (currently, 100% of domestic flexographic printing uses water-based ink, and 80% of gravure printing uses water-based ink).
Of course, flexographic printing is still in its infancy in China and currently accounts for only about 3% of the printing industry. However, with the increasing popularity of green packaging and environmentally-friendly packaging, many tobacco companies, wineries, pharmaceutical companies, cosmetics, and children's toy companies All are prepared to use flexo printing products, and the proportion of flexo printing in the printing field will gradually increase, especially in the field of packaging and printing. It is estimated that by 2010, flexographic printing will reach about 15% in the printing field, and annual demand will be over 100,000 tons of water-based ink. Therefore, it is imperative to vigorously develop, develop, and produce high-grade water-based inks with great market potential. The product can be widely used in flexographic and gravure printing fields such as gold, silver cardboard, art paper, white board, plastic film, corrugated paper, self-adhesive paper, carton, paper packaging, books and magazines. (To be continued)
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