Japan's environmental ink ratio increased soy ink output surged year after year

Since 1993, soy inks have appeared in the Japanese printing market, but it was not until the late 1990s that soy ink production had a considerable scale. In recent years, the output has grown rapidly year after year. In 1998, the output of soybean ink in Japan was only a few thousand tons. In 1999, it exceeded 30,000 tons. In 2000, it exceeded 60,000 tons. In 2001, it exceeded 90,000 tons. It exceeded 100,000 tons in 2002 and exceeded 130,000 tons in 2003. Soybean ink has a great advantage in Japanese offset printing inks and news printing inks. In Japan, the total output of lithographic ink and news ink, the proportion of soybean ink exceeded 60% in 2001, and the total output of Japanese lithographic ink and news ink in 2003 was 210,000 tons. Soybean ink was 134,000 tons, accounting for 64%; ordinary ink was 75,000 tons, accounting for 36%. In press ink production, soybean ink was 27,000 tons, accounting for 49.1%; other inks were 28,000 tons, accounting for 50.9%.

Japanese environmental-friendly lithographic printing inks include soy inks, UV inks, UV inks that are easy to deink, and non-volatile petroleum solvent inks. Soybean inks in 2003 were 107,000 tons, which accounted for 67.4% of the 11.159 million tons; UV inks were 4580 tons, accounting for 2.9%; non-volatile petroleum solvent inks were 1030 tons, accounting for 0.6%. In addition, the common ink is 46,000 tons, accounting for 29.1%. The output of runner ink in Japanese lithographic inks was 110,000 tons in 2003, which accounted for 71.2%, which was 2.4 percentage points higher than in 2001. The output of sheetfed ink was 45,000 tons, accounting for 28.8%. The amount of soy ink in runner ink is 93,000 tons and 200 tons of easy-to-deink UV ink. There are 14,000 tons of soybean ink, 1030 tons of non-volatile petroleum solvent ink and 3.4 million tons of UV ink in the sheet-fed printing ink. Eco-friendly special gravure ink forms scale.

Japan's special gravure ink production in 2003 was 114,000 tons. From a use perspective, the output of plastic film (laminated type) special gravure ink was 39,000 tons, which decreased from 40.9% in 2001 to 34.3% in 2003; plastic film (non-laminated type) The output of special gravure ink was 27,000 tons, which increased from 19.6% in 2001 to 23.6% in 2003. The output of special gravure ink for paper was 19,000 tons, which decreased from 20.8% to 16.6. %; The output of special gravure ink for building materials was 220,000 tons, which increased from 14.3% to 19.1%.

Eco-friendly special gravure inks, mainly including no-toluene inks and water-based inks. The output of non-toluene-based ink, toluene-free ink and MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) ink was 44,000 tons in 2003, accounting for 38.6% of the total output; the output of water-based ink was 0.8 million tons, accounting for the total output. 7.1; In addition, the yield of toluene-containing inks was 62,000 tons, which accounted for 54.3% of the total output; the highest percentage of non-toluene-based inks and toluene-free, MEN-free inks were laminated plastic film printing, more than half. The output of toluene-free ink for plastic film (laminated type) was 21,000 tons in 2003, accounting for 54%, which was 19 percentage points higher than in 2001. Water-based ink production was 680 tons, accounting for 1.7%; toluene ink was 17,000 tons, accounting for 44.3%; plastic film (non-laminated) inks accounted for 32.8% of toluene-free oil, water-based ink 2.6%, and toluene-containing ink 64.6. %; The proportion of printing materials without toluene-based inks and toluene-free, MEN-free inks is also higher, which is more than half. The output of toluene-free inks for building materials was 11,000 tons, accounting for 51.9; water-based inks accounted for 12.0%; toluene-containing inks accounted for 36.3%; paper inks used no-tosine inks, 9.8% aqueous inks accounted for 20.7%; toluene-containing inks accounted for 69.3%. In 2003, Japan produced 8066 tons of water-based special gravure inks, of which paper accounted for 49.1%, building materials accounted for 31.8%, plastic film laminates accounted for 8.5%, and plastic film non-laminate accounted for 8.7%.

In addition, Japan's resin flexographic printing ink production in 2003 was 26,000 tons, of which water-based ink production was 21,000 tons, accounting for 81.5%; VV ink was 5.1%; ethylene glycol ink was 2.9%. The environmental ink production, including water-based inks, glycol inks, and uv inks, accounted for 89.5% of the resin letterpress inks, and other inks accounted for 10.5%.

Reprinted from: China Packaging News