Coatings are used to provide product and packaging protection and enhancements in countless ways.

By Tom Polischuk

Each of the coating technologies has an important role to play in package printing. INX International manufactures all three primary types—water, solvent, and energy cured—but Davant Davis, INX national accounts manager, aqueous solutions, throws his hat in the ring for water-based systems offering the best growth potential. His reasons include many practical considerations, such as inexpensive, least energy required, most environmentally friendly, and UV coatable and re-coatable.