Screen & Lintec partner to enhance label & packaging safety

As the interest in food packaging safety grows across the world, so does the demand for package and label printing technology that protects packaged food from toxic substances. Responding to this trend and ever-stricter regulation, inkjet printer manufacturer Screen has teamed up with adhesives specialist Lintec to ensure the safety of low migration (low permeability) labels and adhesives for packaged food. Screen Graphic Solutions, a subsidiary of Screen Holdings (Kyoto, Japan), is a manufacturer and supplier of system components for the prepress and printing industries. Its large range of equipment includes the Truepress Jet range of large format inkjet printers, UV inkjet label presses, sheet-fed and web-fed inkjet presses, the Equios workflow system, RIPs, and plate setters. The company is also a well-known manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries. “We consider food packaging safety a responsibility of the entire supply chain. We therefore work with partners whenever possible to enhance the availability of safe and low migration packaging,” says Taishi Motoshige, manager sales, and operations at Screen Europe. Building on…

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