Resins are the carrier of the pigment in the ink, which is the core material of the ink. Along with pigments, resins convey important properties to the printing process as part of the ink vehicle. Resins impart many important characteristics of a finished ink, including gloss and adhesion, runnability on the press, and can also help disperse pigment.   The quality of the ink will directly aff...

The major end-use application for flexible packaging is food packaging, which comprises more than half of the entire segment. This can only be expected to rise as more food categories and brand owners currently employing glass, metal or rigid plastics transition to the flexible packaging format. While the benefits of flexible packaging compared to other formats are well documented, one often overl...