Folding Carton Printer Embraces New Technologies

On-press, inks don't sit stagnant, either. Boehmer uses Hostmann-Steinberg Limited's vegetable oil-based !nkredible Reflecta Process series, which is registered to the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) Bio-based Renewable Content (BRC) labeling program at the 70 level (a bio-based renewable content between 65.1 percent and 75.0 percent). The inks do not contain mineral oil, which eliminates direct food contamination concerns, and have a Volatile Organic Content (VOC) of less than three percent. Boehmer will soon distribute these inks via direct-to-fountain pumping systems on all three offset presses—a new measure which, through the use of 200 kg re-useable drums, will reduce inks' waste packaging more than 80 percent.