Independent Ink offers inks and printers specifically matched to the requirements of the food industry. With a range of products suitable for printing on a wide range of substrates including metals, plastics, glass, cartons, varnished or unvarnished stock, gloss or matte finishes, parts packaging etc. We also have inks available that meet or exceed industry requirements for incidental contact and direct contact with food.  Date & Time functions, Expiration Date, Sell By or Best Use By dates, Shift Codes, Rollover Time, Barcodes linear and 2D, are all easily accomplished with the printers and software offered.  At Independent Ink, we understand the importance of providing total solutions for each kind of industrial printing job. We have the specific items you need to accomplish your printing tasks.

Applications include direct printing on food and packaging where incidental contact with food can occur.

Primary Packaging Applications

Metal Cans

• Excellent adhesion qualities even when condensation is present
• Thermochromic inks that change color with a steam sterilisation process
• Excellent print quality even at high speeds

Plastics including HDPE, PET                

• Water bottles, both returnable and disposable
• Caps
• Excellent adhesion and abrasion resistance.  Inks are available to meet requirements for alcohol resistance.
• Films

Metal Foils

•           Form Fill and Seal packaging
•           Label printing, before and after application
•           Cup and tray covers

Glass

• Excellent adhesion qualities even when condensation is present
• Excellent cold storage characteristics
• Excellent print quality including high speeds
• Pigmented inks for good visibility and contrast on brown and green bottles

Secondary Packaging Applications

The FlexCode range of Thermal Ink Jet printers based on Lexmark^TM technology offers high resolution printing, excellent quality and low Cost per Print to meet or exceed the text, graphics and barcode , linear and 2D, requirements of the modern distribution chain.

Ink jet printing of variable information on outer carton packaging reduces costs by reducing carton inventory, allows larger runs and reduced cost of "generic" cartons, permits just in time packaging and reduces setup and changeover time.

The III range of aqueous and solvent based inks allows printing on a wide range of substrate from corrugated boxes and trays to coated and varnished boxes.

If your particular application is not listed, please contact us online or call us at 310.523.4657 to discuss the inks and printers you need.