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Materials Product Brief
| January 22, 2013

Water-based flexographic ink

The new AquaTech ION Label ink systems, available from INX International, are premium-quality water-based flexographic printing ink formulations for paper, film, and thermal label printing on anilox rolls up to 1500 lines/in.
By Gretchen Edelbrock, Products Editor

Each ION aqueous system offers press stability for better printability at a wide range of press speeds.  Designed for narrow to mid-web flexo operations that produce work for tag and label customers, ION inks feature brilliant color, quality transparency and resolution.

The paper, thermal, and film systems provide benefits with unique characteristics.  ION-P is formulated to run on various paper substrates to include most prime label, EDP, semi-gloss and a wide variety of pressure sensitive and tag liners.  ION-T offers high heat resistance and is designed for direct and indirect printing across various paper substrates.  The ION-F series is designed to provide excellent adhesion on most treated, non-porous film structures including polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, cellophane, vinyls, and foils.

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SOURCE: http://www.packworld.com/material-type/additives-adhesives-coatings-inks/water-based-flexographic-ink