At interpack 2017 (4-10 May 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany), Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, will demonstrate to brand owners the expertise, experience and capabilities to deliver ground-breaking, innovative and creative packaging solutions, from concept to consumer, that play a key role in driving the success of products and brands.
Using the theme ‘Brighter Ideas for Packaging’ in Hall 7A, Stand C06, Sun Chemical will demonstrate its capabilities as a global, full service packaging solutions provider to uniquely address the key aspects of packaging optimisation, reflected as five separate zones on the stand: Consumer Protection, World of Color, Lightweighting, Food Waste and Consumer Experience.
Brighter ideas for consumer protection
Highlighs at interpack 2017 will be SunTag, an integrated sensor-taggant system for cartridges and refills, which provides interactive point-of-use authentication and identification and helps protect product quality and safety at a fraction of the cost of competing technologies. Also on display will be a smartphone authentication solution that incorporates the AuthentiGuard smartphone validation application from anti-counterfeit technology specialists DSS (Document Security Systems, Inc.), giving Sun Chemical customers even greater choice, flexibility and potential for protecting their products.
In the Consumer Protection zone, Sun Chemical will also be highlighting a new near infrared-based food contaminant detection system. Combining a near infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye that emits NIR and a device that detects NIR, the system, which can be built into a processing line, is able to detect plastic fragments and other contaminants in food, a task that has previously been difficult to achieve.
Brighter ideas for world of color
Sun Chemical will be launching SunColorBox, a ‘toolkit’ comprising a comprehensive set of applications and services aimed at supporting packaging printers and converters to produce brand colors consistently, anywhere in the world, within a fully optimised digital process.
DIC highlights in this zone will include the latest issue of its Asia Color Trend Book, the only book of its type in the world that focuses on inspiring designers with art and design trends unique to Asian cultures, and a Model Color Palette for Color Universal Design, a user-oriented design system to allow information to be conveyed to individuals with color blindness.
Brighter ideas for lightweighting
On display in the Lightweighting zone will be the SunLam family of performance lamination adhesives and coatings with oxygen barrier properties, which converters can use to replicate the protective functionality of the additional layer, with reduced material. These cutting-edge lamination adhesives and coatings can be fully compliant for food packaging applications.
Brighter ideas for food waste
Highlights in this zone will include SunBar (Aerobloc) oxygen barrier coatings, which improve the protective qualities of packaging and increase shelf life, and DIC Easy Peel, an easy-to-open sealant film with high heat resistance and stable heat seal strength. Also showcased will be the SunLase laser marking solution, a coating that enables brand owners to add high quality QR and bar codes to secondary packaging and serial number or dates to primary packaging information, whether for practical supply chain purposes or as a late stage pack differentiator.
Brighter ideas for consumer experience
In the Consumer Experience zone, Sun Chemical will be showing how it helps brand owners to develop packaging throughout the product life cycle, from concept to consumer, that offers maximum functional and aesthetic appeal as well as providing engaging, interactive and creative opportunities to enhance the consumer’s emotional experience. Highlighted in this zone will be the range of SunInspire specialty inks and coatings, in particular its tactile coatings, ranging from coarse and gritty to soft and smooth, which appeal to the sense of touch.
On display will also be the SunVetro family of products for ceramics and glass, the SunCarte family of screen and offset inks, adhesives and varnishes to help printers meet the needs of the plastic card market, and, based on DIC technology, printed magnetic tape options for card manufacturers.
Within a separate Product Portfolio zone, Sun Chemical will also showcase its extensive range of inks and coatings suitable for use on multiple substrates across a wide range of packaging applications.
