Koenig & Bauer Durst food safety inks receive ECOLOGO Certification

Koenig & Bauer Durst has announced on 19 November 2020 that its food safety water-based printing inks have successfully achieved UL ECOLOGO Certification, demonstrating third-party validation of the products’ sustainability performance. According to the company, the Durst WT food MP ink and the Durst WT food MP ink product lines meet rigorous lifecycle-based environmental performance criteria as defined in UL’s stringent ECOLOGO Standard (2801 – 2012 Standard for Sustainability for Printing Inks). Black, cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, and yellow inks have all been assessed and include no hazardous components defined by the ECOLOGO Standard. The products achieved UL ECOLOGO Certification following the evaluation of multiple criteria throughout a product’s life, including energy use, waste disposal, and toxic reductions, among other areas. Using proprietary water-based ink technology, the inks are designed with core technologies to provide automated, productive, food-safe printing systems, it said. The inks are used in Koenig & Bauer Durst’s Delta SPC Flexline Automatic 130 press. The WT food MP ink was designed for fast print processes on corrugated materials and is…

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