Color Resolutions International

More than 20 years before “sustainability” became the buzz word it is today, Flower City Printing (FCP) was already rethinking the inks it was using in its pressroom. In 1985, Executive Vice President Bill Oliveri began replacing petroleum-based inks with vegetable-based inks, as well as eliminating alcohol in press fountain solutions. “Inks made from renewable resources were already in existence, but mainly used for newspaper production,” Oliveri reflects. “FCP was one of the first printers to experiment with vegetable-based inks for the offset sheetfed industry. Switching to vegetable-based inks [resulted in] a reduction in VOCs (volatile organic compounds), less ink [required] in the

CLEMSON, S.C.—Clemson University’s Printing and Converting Lab (PrintCon) will host the Fundamentals of Quality Print on Corrugated Symposium, Nov. 14–16, 2007. This annual symposium provides an in-depth overview of the elements of the printing system, examining board liners, anilox rolls, doctor blades, inks, and plate systems to demonstrate how they are integrated together to produce enhanced graphics, from clean solids and line work to halftones and even an introduction to process color. This program is co-sponsored by the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA). This year’s symposium will features a number of expanded interactive breakout sessions, many held press-side and is a rare opportunity

FAIRFIELD, Ohio—Color Resolutions International (CRI) has announced that effective Nov. 1, 2007 prices on all packaging inks will be raised from 7 to 14 percent, depending on the color and resin technology. CRI President and CEO George Sickinger indicated that the price increases are necessary due to two major factors: elimination of refunds that Chinese exporters receive from the Chinese value-added tax (VAT) and a continuing rise in raw materials, transportation, and energy costs. Effective July 1, 2007, the Chinese government repealed the VAT export tax refund for 553 “high-energy consuming, high polluting, and scarce natural resource-consuming” products. Products affected include leather, chlorine, some