Drying, Curing & UV


Domino & Paragon Inks create compliant suite of UV varnishes for global use


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omino Digital Printing Solutions and global inks specialist, Paragon Inks, have developed a full suite of varnishes specifically for overprinting on Domino’s UV95 and UV90 ink sets for use with their N-series digital inkjet label presses. Available for global use, these UV curable varnishes have been fully validated for compliance meeting multiple legislations. Julie Cross, Technical Director for Domino’s Digital Printing Solutions division said, “After listening to the challenges faced by some of our customers, we wanted to help them by providing a varnish optimised for overprinting UV95 printed output. We therefore set about finding a solution, ultimately deciding to work in partnership with Paragon Inks. And after 18 months of great collaboration between the two teams, we have developed a range of varnishes fully validated for compliance, and suitable for global use.”


Varnishes are used on labels for three


reasons: to provide enhanced protection from sunlight, wear or abrasion to extend the life of the labels; for aesthetic reasons to enhance label designs and colours, add value and increase shelf presence; and to enable labels to be overprinted with variable information later in the packaging production process.


The first set of varnishes (matt and gloss including TTO over-printable), for use with Domino’s UV95 food packaging compliant UV digital ink set, are optimised such that the output does not need to be corona treated before the varnish is applied. Not only does this reduce the complexity of the hybrid printing line, but in addition, it provides a solution for medias that are unable to be corona treated, such as some metallic foils. During testing, it was also identified that the gloss varnish can be used as a lamination adhesive enabling further simplification, as one varnish can be used for two applications. These varnishes have been formulated for


many non-direct food packaging applications and, under the right conditions, are migration compliant. They are suitable for global use, being fully compliant with Nestlé, EuPIA, Swiss Ordinance Annex 10 and the North American TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act). To compliment these, there is a second suite of varnishes suitable for use with Domino’s general purpose UV90 ink set.


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Dantex agrees digital distributor partnership for Australasia


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antex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, has announced a new distributor partnership with Nekkorb Solutions, a printing solutions company based in Auckland, New Zealand. The arrangement, which covers the Pico range of digital UV inkjet printing press equip-ment and related consumables for the Australasia region, including Australia and New Zealand, expands Dantex’s portfolio of similar arrangements covering other areas global-ly.


Nekkorb Solution’s relationship with Dantex will create opportunities for its customer base to invest in digital print and meet rising demands for shorter print runs and faster turnaround times. Similarly the move will give Dantex the ability to create relationships in a new market. “We have been looking to represent a digital press manufacturer for some time,” says Nekkorb Solutions managing director,


Frank Brokken. “Dantex is a well-known, highly respected and trusted brand that has really great digital printing technology, with some genuinely competitive advantages. Nekkorb always partners with companies that have similar values to itself and we believe that we have found these with Dantex.” Commenting on the Pico range, Mr Brokken adds: “This is a very exciting digital offering with some super industry leading technology, especially in the areas of printing – these include a high opacity white ink, inter-colour pinning and a wide printable colour gamut range that is


achieved with 4-colour process printing, making the press extremely cost ef-fective with fewer consumable overheads. These features alone place the Pico range into a market space on its own.”


“Nekkorb is a family based company, which has many similarities to the culture here at Dantex,”says Dantex Group CEO Ben Danon. “Frank and his team have a vast array of experience and un-derstanding of the markets in Australia and New Zealand and we envisage that this rela-tionship will go from strength to strength.”


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