Colors are passion, emotions and personality. At Siegwerk, inks and coatings are our specialty and we use color to bring the packaging and products of our customers to life.
Circular economy concepts
Inks & Coatings
Facilitating proven CE concepts for packaging materials
The challenge
A brand owner may want to achieve a 100% recyclable packaging structure, or achieve cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification. To achieve this, it is necessary to develop material health certified ink systems to allow a wholistic C2C approval for packaging structures.
The solution
UV-Offset ink solution for various self-adhesive label materials
- GOLD status “Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certification” achieved
- Ensure contamination free rPET material to support the W&M PET recycling initiative
Solvent based surface printing flexo ink solution for MOPE based stand up pouches
- GOLD status “Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certification” achieved
- Proven 100% recyclability of the unprinted pouch by using a detachable printed flyer
Alkaline resistant solvent-based gravure ink for wash-off bottle labels
- SILVER status “Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certification” achieved
- Facilitate biological cycle degradation for paper label after washing process
- Evaluation of all 80 substances by EPEA to ensure glass bottle reuse