Sun Chemical Showcased Latest Digital Textile Ink Series
Sun Chemical, which is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries, exhibited its cutting-edge range of digital textile inks at ITMA Asia 2023.
At ITMA Asia the following product ranges, Sun Chemical showcased: Xennia Amethyst Evo RC ink, ElvaJet Sublimation Inks, Introducing ElvaJet SR342, Next Generation Pigment Inks.
Sun Chemical will place particular emphasis on its market leading reactive ink ranges, highly relevant to the Asian market.
Following the acquisition of Sensient Imaging Technologies in 2020, Sun Chemical has diligently developed a variety of inks, including significant reactive ink innovations, aimed at enhancing performance, sustainability, and productivity. Sun Chemical has made significant investments in a state-of-the-art ink manufacturing site in Shanghai and has been manufacturing and supplying digital reactive inks from this facility since May 2023. The investment enables Sun Chemical’s Swiss quality inks to be supplied locally to key markets such as China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, allowing reduced shipment time and costs, while customers in Asia benefit from fast and responsive customer service.
Xennia Amethyst Evo RC ink
The recently launched Xennia Amethyst Eco RC ink is a reactive printing ink for industrial textile printers. This high-quality ink is an evolution of the successful Xennia Amethyst series. The ink is specially formulated to enhance production and enable customers to achieve high-volume targets in the fashion and home textile industry, without compromising quality. The innovative formula is designed to improve colour efficiency and strength while optimising properties to enhance colour balance for advanced colour management and sample matching. The ink has received Eco-Passport (from OEKO TEX) and Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certification while also being listed as ZDHC Level 3.
ElvaJet Sublimation Inks
Sun Chemical’s portfolio of ElvaJet sublimation inks is world renowned for high quality, precision colour performance and production reliability. The latest technologies supporting Kyocera printheads, ElvaJet Topaz SC and for Epson technology, ElvaJet Opal SB was highlighted. These ink ranges offer the user unrivalled transfer paper compatibility, colour purity and on printer performance as well as being certified for ECO PASSPORT form OEKO-TEX and being listed as ZDHC Level 3.
ElvaJet SR342
Earlier this year, Sun Chemical launched its latest sublimation ink, ElvaJet SR342, which displayed at ITMA Asia. The ink addresses higher viscosity printheads such as Ricoh and Dimatix technologies. Based on in house disperse dye dispersions, ElvaJet SR342 delivers the purest colour shades, allowing an extended colour gamut combined with the best on printer performance with optimised drying and minimal maintenance requirements.
Next Generation Pigment Inks
Sun Chemical also showcased its upcoming series of digital pigment inks for textile, Xennia Sapphire. Initially available for higher viscosity printheads such as Ricoh Gen 5 and Fujifilm Dimatix Starfire, Xennia Sapphire inks provide a step-change in pigment printing with enhanced colour and fast performance, unrivalled print stability and ease of use. Xennia Sapphire aligns with Sun Chemical’s sustainability goals as it has been developed to have a low environmental impact with a no-water process, efficient curing and soft hand fell to reduce the need for finishing chemicals.
Edri Baggi, Business Manager for Sun Chemical’s Textile Inks Business said: “ITMA Asia is the ideal place to showcase our latest innovations that address the specific needs and challenges of the Asian textile industry, particularly where reactive inks remain a key focus.”
