SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – May 17, 2022 – During Flexo and Labels 2022, Sun Chemical will showcase its complete portfolio of solutions for narrow web, tag and label markets, highlighting the sustainability benefits of its latest product and service innovations.

Using the theme “Power of Labels,” visitors of stand 6 will learn about Sun Chemical’s ongoing investments in the region and discover how the company’s commitment to sustainability is fundamental to its innovation and product development.

“We’re looking forward to meeting in person with our customers across Latin America during this important show and demonstrate all that we’ve been doing to meet their printing and sustainability needs,” said Mike Wouters, General Manager, Sun Chemical Brazil. “We’re also excited to talk about how our wide selection of inks, coatings and adhesives, along with our color management services and in-plant excellence, can meet each customer’s individualized packaging requirements, improve their productivity, and present them with new ideas.”

Presentations During the Show

Every day at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. at stand #28, Nilpeter will demonstrate the performance of its new FA17 press by printing with Sun Chemical’s SolarFlex line® at speeds of up to 150 meters per minute.

Viviana Sayegh, a technical director at Sun Chemical, will present The Power of Sustainable Labels on May 26 at 2:15 p.m. at stand #39.

Achieving Sustainability Goals Using Sun Chemical’s Product Portfolio

Sun Chemical drives sustainability during the research and development phase of all its products. Booth visitors will learn about the many products that fit the company’s 2030 Sustainability Agenda and are included as part of its SunEco portfolio of solutions.

One example is SunSpectro SolvaWash GR and FL washable/deinkable gravure and flexo-printable solvent-based inks, a solution that enable brand owners to increase the recyclability of their products that use shrink labels. SunSpectro SolvaWash allows for higher quality and yield of recycled PET from bottle recycling streams.

Sun Chemical’s SunBeam range of electron beam–curing inks for printed packaging and labels are solvent-free, eliminating the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and avoiding the need for UV photoinitiators. SunBeam inks also contain 30 percent bio-based content.

The SunCure FLM  series of energy curable inks for primary and secondary food packaging meets migration compliant standards and are not manufactured with Bisphenol A (BPA)-based materials. Compliant with the strictest global standards in the marketplace, these inks meet the latest photoinitiator safe packaging guidelines and provide low odor and very low residual extractables characteristics, while maintaining the highest standards of pressroom performance.

Sun Chemical will also highlight its SolarFlex inks for UV flexo printing on a variety of substrates, including paper, board, film and other sensitive applications. Sun Chemical’s SolarVerse highly pigmented, low viscosity, multipurpose UV flexo base concentrates, are designed for standard UV flexo dispensers and offer customers significant benefits in terms of cost savings and flexibility.

Sun Chemical will present its UV cured SolarLam^® series of adhesives for in-line lamination of transparent films with papers or films printed with flexographic water-based and UV ink for the narrow web market.

For digital printers, Sun Chemical currently offers SunEvo™, coatings and a complementary range of SunJet inkjet inks. With the SunEvo range of digital primers, overprint varnishes and lamination adhesives, Sun Chemical can help customers in flexible packaging, labels, folding carton and corrugated unleash the full power of digital printing.

Sun Chemical uses its ‘5Rs’ framework as a guide to enhance the sustainability of its technology and product portfolios. The five Rs in the framework are: Reuse, Reduce, Renew, Recycle and Redesign. This framework, along with continuous investment into R&D to improve the eco-efficiency and sustainability of its inks, coatings and adhesives, enable Sun Chemical to support a circular economy, as well as reducing its footprint. To learn more about Sun Chemical’s commitment to sustainable packaging, download Sun Chemical’s “The Power of Packaging” guide at www.sunchemical.com/poweroflabelpackaging.

Tools to Ensure Accurate Color Management

Sun Chemical’s SunColorBox offers a unique set of tools and services — from site assessments and full color audits to matching and validating colors to hosting digital libraries of spot colors — that enables consistent, accurate digital color communication and provides color data connectivity across the entire packaging supply chain.

A menu of added-value services, SunColorBox offers every customer — whether printing spot color, CMYK or extended color gamut — a tool to manage colors with best efficiency and ensure their consistency across substrates and geographies. It also allows each customer to select the most suitable services based on the size of their business and the investment required.

Booth visitors can also learn about Sun Chemical’s color centers located across Latin America and can learn more by downloading Sun Chemical’s SunColorBox guide located at www.sunchemical.com/color_consistency.

Strong Commitment to the Latin American Region

With labs across the globe and dedicated R&D budgets to advance sustainability-enabling innovations, Sun Chemical can design new offerings for customers with individualized packaging requirements to allow them to reach their sustainability and package performance goals. Sun Chemical continues to invest in the region to support key customers and initiatives.

For more information on Sun Chemical’s product portfolio, visit https://pgo.sunchemical.com/FlexoandLabels or stop by at Sun Chemical’s stand #6 during Flexo & Labels 2022 in São Paulo, Brazil from May 24-27.