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Print Sustainability

• Printing Ink

Andrew Matthews Technical Director - Publication
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Outline

• Ink Types Applications
• Ink Drying Methods
• Ink Raw Materials
• Supply Chain
• Renewable Resources/Sustainablity
• Beyond the Raw Materials

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What is an ink?
An ink is some sticky stuff with colored rocks
in it
Dave Harrison, TM Flint Ink - circa 1986
Ink contains finely ground pigment particles
dispersed into a vehicle that transports the
pigment through the printing machine and affixes
the colorant to the substrate.
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Ink Types
Paste Inks Heatset Coldset Newsink UV/EB Sheetfed
Forms
Liquid Inks Gravure Flexographic UV
Flexographic Ink Jet
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Ink Drying Mechanisms
Absorption
Slurp!
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Paste Ink Raw Materials

• Organic Pigments
• Resins
• Hydrocarbon
• Rosin modified phenolic esters
• Oils
• Vegetable
• Naphthenic
• Distillates
• Specific boiling ranges refined from crude oil
• Waxes
• Polyethylene
• Microcrystalline

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Printing Ink Raw Material Sources
Paper Production
Crude Oil
Natural Gas
Gum Rosin
Vegetable Oils
Light End Naptha
Gas Separation
Steam Cracker
Refinery
Fuel Markets Dry Gas
BTX-(benzene, toluene, xylene)
Jet Fuel Gasoline
Ethylene
Propylene
Gas Oil
Tall Oil
Resin Oils C-5 BTX
Catalytic Cracker
Solvent Extraction
Hydro Treatment
Acetic Acid
Ethanol
Propion Aldehyde
Acrylic Acid
Toluene
Benzene
Ortho- xylene
Napthalene
DCPD C-9
Polymers
2B, 4B, C-Amine
DCB AAA
Phthalic Anhydride
Beta Napthol
Di-ketene
Ethyl Acetate
Propanol
Blue Crude
BONA
Arylides AAA
N. Propyl Acetate
Red 2B Lithol Rubine Lithols Red Lake C
Red 2B Lithol Rubine Red Lake C
AAA AAOT Yellows
Phthalo Blue
Carbon Black
News Ink Oils
Ink Solvents
Rosin Resins
AAA Yellows
Flushings, Dispersions Dry Pigment
Waterbase Inks
Gravure Inks
Fluid Solvent Inks
Litho, Heatset News Inks
Varnishes
Hydrocarbon Resins
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Ink Types - Drying Method
Water not included
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The Issues

• Products must perform equally
• Quality
• Press Performance
• Efficiencies
• Products must be similar in cost
• Ideally equal cost of use

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The Problem - Renewable Resource Use

• Application limited
• Most renewable resources are non-volatile
• Soybean oil
• Linseed Oil
• Gum Rosin
• Tall Oil
• This rules out high quantities in any ink dried
  by evaporation.
• Competition for Resources
• Biodiesel
• Corn plantings for ethanol production reduced
  soybean crop
• High price of crude oil makes tall oil attractive
  as a fuel
• Gum rosin harvests affected by urbanization

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Beyond Raw Materials

• Its not just about green products - its about
  being a green company.
• Products
• Reformulation
• New material sources
• Production
• Reduced batch times
• Energy efficient equipment lighting
• Reduced waste
• Product Use
• Higher strength - use less, ship less, fewer
  deliveries (milk runs)
• Waste recycling

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Sustainability Statement

• Each day, Flint Group customers are faced with
  two important challenges relating to the
  environment, safety and health
• Environmentally responsible printing, with
  emphasis on minimizing the environmental impact
  while delivering high performance products that
  meets its customers and consumer needs
• Safety of the products and materials they use in
  today's complex print jobs. The products must be
  safe for use, and safe for the consumer
• Flint Group is committed to formulating
  state-of-the-art, products that deliver maximum
  performance and quality while minimizing
  potential negative impact to the environment,
  health and safety. Our formula designs take into
  account the goal of the triple bottom line
  products which will meet societal and economic
  requirements while minimizing the impact to the
  environment.

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Thank You Questions?