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Special solvent pastes designed for use with specific formulations are available for use in gravure, flexo and screen printing inks. Selection is based on the printing process and drying speed requirements, as well as on the substrate limitations.

Special solvent pastes designed for use with specific formulations are available for use in gravure, flexo and screen printing inks. Selection is based on the printing process and drying speed requirements, as well as on the substrate limitations.

PP aluminium powders are brilliant leafing aluminium powders for gravure, flexo and screen printing applications.

For improved processing safety, pastes that contain solvents or water-based pastes are also available.

The Aquador® series includes stabilized water-based pastes in a fineness range of 5–50 µm. They are successfully used in water-based gravure, flexo and screen printing inks.

Colors: Rich gold, rich pale gold and pale gold (other colors by request) Form of delivery: Water pastes

Stabilized, non-leafing aluminium water pastes with various particle morphology (both "cornflakes" and "silver dollars") for water-based gravure, flexo and screen printing inks.

Stabilized, leafing aluminium water pastes for water-based gravure, flexo and screen printing inks with gassing stability.

Decomet® is the product name for vacuum metalized pigments (VMPs) by SCHLENK. The manufacturing process makes these pigments extremely thin, and in appearance they are extremely smooth and highly reflective when being applied on foils.

Decomet pigments can be used in sheetfed offset, gravure, flexo and screen printing inks. They can achieve effects similar to those produced with metalized substrates and foils, and because they are non-leafing, the effects can also be tinted with color pigments. Special compositions for water-based and UV curable inks complete the range of this highly attractive product range.

Special solvent pastes designed for use with specific formulations are available for use in gravure, flexo and screen printing inks. Selection is based on the printing process and drying speed requirements, as well as on the substrate limitations.

Grandal® W are aluminium granules for water borne systems based on non-leafing aluminium pigments.

Grandal® products are aluminium pellets offered by SCHLENK and typically consist of approx. 95% pigment and 5% binder. They allow dust-free processing, are easy to dose and disperse, and can be used in a variety of formulations because unlike pastes they do not contain specific solvents.

Both leafing and non-leafing aluminium pigments are available in this delivery form, along with Grandal W versions for water-based printing inks and in the Grandal 170 for energy curable systems.

The Grandor® types are pigment preparations in pellet form consisting of approx. 95% pigment and 5% binder for solvent based gravure, flexo and screen printing inks. The Grandor® W series (with a water soluble carrier resin) are available for water-based systems. For UV applications we offer Grandor® UV.

Colors: Rich gold, rich pale gold and pale gold (other colors by request) Form of delivery: Dust-free pellets that are easy to dose.

Metaface® aluminium powders that provide high brilliance, good coverage and excellent printability. They are available as powders, water-based pastes or UV pastes.

Water-based flexo printing inks available in rich gold, rich pale gold, pale gold, silver and in Pantone colors.

Metaprint® FlexoBright aqua flexo printing inks utilise a selection of high quality pigments that produce excellent metallic effects. The Flexobright aqua series can be used with a large selection of applications and print designs on coated paper and board.

The selection of high quality pigments allows Metaprint® FlexoBright UV flexo printing inks to achieve an excellent metallic appearance.

The FlexoBright UV series can be used with a large selection of applications and print designs on coated paper and board.

Metaprint® FlexoCare Aqua Gold & Silver is an innovative press ready metallic ink series that delivers state of the art printing performance. The new inks are suitable for low migration food packaging printing applications on paper and cardboard.

Metaprint® FlexoCare UV is a low migration, UV-based flexo printing ink for printing high-quality food packaging. Verification of suitability has been provided in a variety of certificates from an independent testing institute.

FlexoCare UV printing inks offer a high degree of metallic brilliance and excellent printability. With its low migration properties, FlexoCare UV is the ideal choice for high quality food packaging.

Metaprint® FlexoFilm aqua is a water-based flexo printing ink that is suitable for use on plastic film, e.g. PE or PP, and when good adhesion on a smooth substrate is required.

Water-based flexo printing inks available in rich gold, rich pale gold, pale gold, silver and in Pantone colors.

With a selection of fine pigments, Metaprint® FlexoGloss flexo printing inks are formulated with small particle size pigments, giving print results with high coverage and gloss. The Flexogloss aqua series can be used in a wide variety of applications and print designs.

Metaprint® FlexoGloss is a press ready one component LED UV-curing metallic ink for application in flexographic printing based on leafing metallic pigments.

The selection of high quality pigments allows Metaprint® FlexoGloss printing inks to achieve superior metallic brilliance. The FlexoGloss LED series is suitable for print applications on paper, paperboard and plastic.

Metaprint® FlexoGloss UV printing inks are formulated with small particle size pigments, giving print results with high coverage and gloss.

The FlexoGloss UV series can be used in a wide variety of applications and print designs, including fine print details.

Metaprint® FlexoLux UV is a UV curing flexographic ink based on VMP pigments.

FlexoLux UV printing inks produce a highly reflective appearance. The best results can be achieved on high gloss paper.

UV curable offset printing ink in silver.

The selection of high quality pigments allows Metaprint® LithoBright UV offset printing inks to achieve excellent metallic effects. The LithoBright UV series can be used in a wide variety of applications and print designs.

Metaprint® LithoLux UV is a UV curing offset printing ink based on Decomet®. LithoLux UV printing inks produce a highly reflective appearance. The best results can be achieved on high gloss paper.

Metaprint® RotoBright is a solvent-based gravure printing ink based on non-leafing, silver dollar pigments.

The RotoBright series delivers excellent metallic effects on coating paper, cardboard and labels.

Metaprint® RotoBright aqua is a water-based gravure printing ink based on non-leafing, silver dollar pigments.

Metaprint® RotoLux is a solvent- based gravure printing ink based on DECOMET®. RotoLux printing inks produce a highly reflective appearance.

The best results can be achieved on high gloss paper and smooth plastic substrates. A mixture of colorants can be use to produce polychromatic colors.

The pigments in the Multiprint® series are in a fineness range from 4 to 10 µm and correspond with the optical requirements, the desired coverage and the process parameters on the printing machine.

Colors: Rich gold, rich pale gold and pale gold (other colors by request) Form of delivery: Powder, pastes in ethyl acetate (or other solvents), as water-based Aquador® pastes, as UV pastes and as Grandor® granules for solvent based printing inks and Grandor® W for water-based printing inks. Use in gravure and flexo printing inks and in screen printing.

The Offset® series includes aluminium pigments with an average particle size from 4 to 10 µm and gold bronze pigments with an average particle size from 2 to 3.5 µm.

Colors: Rich gold, rich pale gold and pale gold (other colors by request) Form of delivery: Powder or paste in mineral oil for conventional offset printing or in polymerizable monomers for UV curable systems.

The Unicoat® series a fineness range > 10 µm is primarily used in screen printing.

Colors: Rich gold, rich pale gold and pale gold (other colors by request). Form of delivery: Powder and water-based Aquador compositions in paste form (typical ink solvents by request).

SCHLENK’s new aluminium pigment technology, initially launched as Alustar® UTM for coating applications, is now also available supplied in a delivery form suitable for solvent borne printing inks.