Toward a Painless Cure

According to Eleanor Midlik, president of Prime UV Systems, both flexible packaging and folding carton converters run UV coatings on the majority of their packaging. In the last two years Prime UV has seen many beverage carton converters add UV capabilities to run UV coatings on the cartons. "The UV coating packaging market is the most vibrant, constantly growing segment of the industry," she says. "Whether printing gravure, flexo, or offset, the converter can add a UV curing station to their line to cure coatings over the printed product. High-end labels have used UV inks and coatings for years, and this technology has now spread to the mid-web and wide-web flexo printing market."