Solution Vinyl Resins for Inks and Flexible Packaging

Dow solution vinyl resins maintain good adhesion on
printed film, and help preserve the original ink color
after sterilization.

In the inks and packaging world, manufacturers are constantly looking to improve quality and performance to deliver the high quality print and packaging solutions demanded by their customers. As a result, new technologies and new raw materials are regularly being developed to match the requirements of printers and end-users.

Proven technology with many advantages
Yet, in the search for what's new, one should not overlook the enormous potential of already proven technologies to meet current requirements and further enhance the performance of today's and tomorrow's packaging applications.

Take UCAR™ solution vinyl resins from Dow for instance. These resins have been safely used for direct food packaging for decades, including coatings for aluminum foil lids for yogurt, pharmaceutical blister packs, retortable packaging pouches and heat seal lacquers for aluminum foil.

UCAR solution vinyl resin products are also used in printing inks on flexible packaging films, vinyl sheet goods and vinyl flooring. Other uses are overlacquers on synthetic leather and metalized films. Vinyl inks can be formulated for application by gravure, screen, ink jet and heat transfer printing methods.

"Our solution vinyl resin products are mature and versatile with many established advantages," says Wells Carter of Dow's technical service & development group. "As just one example, its 'retortablity' increases productivity through better resistance to hot water."

Solution vinyl resins also offer excellent low taint properties. They are high purity resins, with no low molecular weight monomers, additives or surfactants to migrate into a product and affect its taste or odor. These resins also provide better and faster solubility, clear solutions with no turbidity and high purity with no additives.

    Packaging leader Goglio offers a
    range of packaging solutions. For
    foodstuffs, Goglio offers various
    packaging formats and accessories
    to help customers present and
    preserve products in the best
    possible way.

Flexible packaging leader uses UCAR solution vinyl resins for uncompromising quality
Today, customers are demanding more sophisticated packaging solutions and uncompromising quality. That's why Goglio, a leader in flexible packaging, uses UCAR VAGD solution vinyl resin for the production of rotogravure inks for plastics packaging.

Dr. Osvaldo Bosetti, the company's R&D manager, explains: "Solution vinyl resins from Dow are the best available in the market for what we need. They help us maintain good adhesion on the printed film, and they help us preserve the original ink color after our sterilization process in water or steam."

Unique resins with additional performance advantages
Only Dow offers solution vinyl resin products like UCAR VAGD and VAGH solution vinyl resins. These clear, tough resins have good adhesion to a wide range of substrates and can be used for direct food applications. Each is FDA approved and meets EU regulations for direct food contact. This is important given that there's more concern than ever before that finished products comply with the appropriate food-contact regulations.

UCAR VAGD and VAGH solution vinyl resins offer additional advantages:

Permanently flexible
Tasteless and odorless
Heat sealable to themselves
Low moisture transmission rate
Resist natural oils, food products, waters, stains, detergents, dilute alkalis, mineral acids, alcohols, corrosion, abrasion and aliphatic hydrocarbons

Today's demanding inks and packaging applications require a balance of these advantages, making UCAR solution vinyl resins from Dow a material of choice.

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