10) is working on a method to measure viscoelastic properties of
paste ink vehicles using an oscillatory rheometer.
"Flexo, gravure, and digital inks are typically liquid inks, and require different mixers and mills than the commercial and publication offset
paste ink would use."
* Michael Keegan, VP of sales,
Paste Ink Division, Toyo Ink America.
A 25-year veteran of the ink industry, Mike Keegan, VP of sales,
paste ink for Toyo Ink America, said he is constantly surprised that he has been in the printing industry for a quarter of a century.
Yuen Liang offers petroleum resin with characteristics that are particularly suitable for
paste ink. Yuen Liang successfully integrates petroleum resin with other polymeric materials, such as alkyd, epoxy, varnish, mineral oil, etc., so that the printing process and the following result are ideal.
Water and
paste ink production is underway but more developments are expected to take place by the end of March.
purchased the Arez LLC resin facility for backward integration from
paste ink varnishes to rosin resin derivatives.
This will also permit us to reorganize our Mexico City plant into a more efficient
paste ink manufacturing site."
* Rodney Balmer, technical director
paste ink, Flint Group.
Toyo Ink America: John Copeland, division president/ COO, printing ink division; Hideki Ohba, GM,
paste ink sector; Jim Newkirk, GM, liquid ink sector.
* Combined Module July 10-15: The combined Printing Ink Technology Course includes both the Liquid Ink and
Paste Ink Modules and runs from Sunday evening through Friday afternoon.
Integrating both the fluid and
paste ink operations under a single company not only allows Toyo Ink to secure an improved foothold in the printing inks market, but also achieve greater synergy in sales and service delivery.