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Sun Chemical Heads to INFO*FLEX with a Full Kit of Packaging Solutions

A vertically integrated ink manufacturer, Sun Chemical takes a concept-to-shelf approach to packaging with a broad range of products and services for printers and converters.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Laser ablation, not ink deposition, added the variable data to the white block on the package in a process Sun Chemical calls SunLase.

When the 2015 INFO*FLEX event for package printers and converters gets under way in Nashville next month, none of its more than 200 exhibitors will be readier to engage with the attendees than Sun Chemical. The company is well known as the world’s largest producer of printing inks and pigments for all applications, but it also specializes in positioning what it manufactures as solutions for packaging production workflows. That message will be on full display in Nashville as Sun Chemical presents a cross-section of products for special effects and pressroom efficiency in booth 117.

Among those on duty for Sun Chemical at the show will be Tony Renzi, vice president of product management for packaging inks in North America. His job will be to make sure that Sun Chemical is seen by showgoers for what it is: a vertically integrated ink manufacturer that can supply packaging printers and converters with consumables, technologies for variable printing and brand protection, and a catalog of services for technical support and testing.


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About Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry is a journalist and an educator who has covered the graphic communications industry since 1984. The author of many hundreds of articles on business trends and technological developments in graphic communications, he has been published in most of the leading trade media in the field. He also has taught graphic communications as an adjunct lecturer for New York University and New York City College of Technology. The holder of numerous awards for industry service and education, Henry is currently the managing director of Liberty or Death Communications, a content consultancy.

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