The status of water-based ink coating market in key foreign countries

Developed countries have gradually replaced traditional solvent-based inks with water-based inks since the 1970s. In the United States and some European countries, the use of solvent-based inks containing benzene has been banned and green inks have been replaced. In the United States alone, at present, in the U.S. market, at present, 40% of U.S. plastic printing uses water-based ink, and the sales of ink and wash ink are more than double the sales of solvent-based ink, which means that ink has become the main printing product. Use ink. Other developed countries, such as Japan, Germany, France, etc., are also increasingly using water-based inks in plastic film printing. The United Kingdom has already banned the use of solvent-based inks to print films for food packaging.

Water-based inks have undergone improvements that have had a major impact on many areas of the printing industry, especially flexographic printing. It is foreseeable that ink painting will continue to grow. The future development of ink painting depends on the guidance of the EPA (the U.S. Environmental Protectibn Agency); depends on the printer's existing incineration, absorption, and disposal control equipment depreciation and whether it will turn to water-based printing; depends on ink manufacturers to further improve ink performance With a view to gaining more market share.

Source: HC Network