Swedish company The Flint Group has launched low-migration UV flexo inks for food labels and flexible packaging applications.

The Flexocure Ancora 50 expands the portfolio of dedicated inks to suit the growing market of short-run label and packaging applications from the consumables business. The company said the overall performance of the product will boost productivity for narrow- and mid-width web converters.

Flint Group narrow web global brand manager Niklas Olsson said: “The inks are available in the UK. We have had several converters running our Beta phase testing programme.

He added: “The ink represents good value both for printer or converter as well as the final packaging user or fast moving consumer goods company. The ink complies with demands on food safety in the food packaging and label industry. At the same time it enables printers to have a product that does not slow down with printing process.”

“This ink prints at top of the line speeds and design capabilities, suitable for a wide range of label and packaging substrates.

“For the end-user it withstands the maximum limit of 10 ppb migration of untested and unknown substances for a wide range of food applications.

The inks have passed migration tests that were exposed to the below stated food simulants listed in food contact EU Regulation 10/2011.

Vice-president for global narrow web Guillaume Clement said: “This ink series is specially designed to support converters who print labels for the food segment.”

“Flexocure Ancora and our UV-offset Lithocure Ancora are suitable for the most stringent food packaging applications.”