During PACK EXPO 2018, Sun Chemical will showcase a wide range of innovative solutions designed to help brand owners and their converting partners achieve their unique packaging goals while enhancing pressroom activity.
 

Sun Chemical’s Legacy for Quality Products

Sun Chemical's range of adhesives for packaging applications

“For 200 years, Sun Chemical has provided its customers with innovative solutions that help them accomplish a variety of goals,” said Tony Renzi, Vice President of Packaging, North American Inks, Sun Chemical. “That legacy remains at the forefront of everything we do. Our latest solutions for the packaging market help customers achieve their goals in shelf standout, sustainability, lightweighting, extended shelf life, compliance, color consistency, anti-counterfeiting and more. We look forward to showing how our packaging solutions can bring real value for our customers during PACK EXPO.”
 

Zero-migration Technology Adhesives

Sun Chemical has expanded its adhesives offerings to the flexible packaging market thanks to its partnership with SAPICI S.p.A. Sun Chemical’s new SunLam Monomer Free adhesives push the boundaries of innovation in the manufacture of polyurethane adhesives for flexible packaging. This zero-migration technology is food safe and safe during handling.

The SunLam family of lamination adhesives consists of water based, solvent-free, solvent-based adhesives designed to meet the needs of all the major flexible packaging applications globally. Customers can find flexible packaging solutions that can replace similar adhesives and retain or improve upon mechanical strength, temperature and chemical resistance. These SunLam adhesives will produce consistently excellent results when used in combination with Lamination inks supplied by SunChemical.
 

More Products by Sun Chemical at PACK EXPO 2018

SunVisitors of booth #8856 can learn about Sun Chemical’s SunCure® Accuflex UV, a new UV ink system for primary and secondary food packaging that is not manufactured with Bisphenol A (BPA)-based materials and meets low migration specifications.

Sun Chemical’s newest UV and EB inks will be the focus of a presentation given by Jim Bishop, Field Marketing Manager, entitled “Simplifying the Use of Inks and Coatings for Safe Packaging Applications.” Sun Chemical will highlight a new portfolio of eco-friendly inks and coatings that are formulated with significantly higher levels of bio-renewable resin content compared to other previous market offerings. SunVisto® AquaGreen water-based inks are formulated with high levels of bio-renewable sourced resins and deliver the required critical performance attributes needed across a range of paper packaging applications.

Sun Chemical will also highlight its SunBar® (Aerobloc) oxygen barrier coatings. In addition to extending product shelf life, SunBar (Aerobloc) barrier coatings enable the lightweighting of packaging by removing polymer layers from packaging, as well as offering improved laminate flexibility. SunBar (Aerobloc) coatings are cost-effective, compostable, and press-ready, allowing for lighter-weight packaging, a reduced carbon footprint, and easy application with few changes to current equipment. Through its partnership with acpo, ltd., SunBar (Aerobloc) pre-coated films are readily available for converters.

Source: Sun Chemical