Ink Systems
Van Son Holland
At Van Son, the ink making process has always been somewhat more methodical than those employed by other printing ink manufacturers. Ours is a completely internal manufacturing process that is painstakingly precise and controlled. The result is a printing ink unmatched for its consistency . . . can after can . . . batch after batch...year after year.
That kind of product reliability is important to a printer, whether he’s running on a brand new ten-color Heidelberg or a thirty-year-old A.B. Dick.
Van Son has an ink that can cater to the needs and requirements of any sheetfed application. Naturally, Van Son gained its reputation in the small-to-midsize printing market, where a printer could purchase our exceptional quality and color consistency, one small can at a time. We also offered him more than printing ink. Throughout the years, in all areas of marketing distribution and customer service, our efforts have been geared toward helping printers learn more about printing. In addition to an exceptional product line, our self-help literature and technical assistance hotline has made Van Son the most popular supplier of printing inks to this market around the world.
All of us are aware of the dramatic changes that the printing industry has undergone in recent years. Printing equipment is far more sophisticated. Paper has become accountable to economics and the environment. Computers have altered the graphic arts industry forever, making process printing more accessible and affordable for advertisers and manufacturers. Van Son recognized and addressed these trends early on by creating formulations specifically for the needs and requirements, of the mid-to-large size printer.
Toyo
The growing sophistication of the information society is prompting changes in the printing industry, with demand rising for faster deliveries, smaller lots, and increasingly higher quality products. Ink manufacturers are particularly affected as they strive to meet the needs of users for new and refined ink products.To meet this demand, the Ink Division is working closely with the Company's R&D operations to develop improved technologies for consistently creating the best products possible.
Toyo Ink supplies a large variety of ink products, including sheet-fed offset inks for catalogs, posters, and high-quality art printing; web offset inks with low-temperature drying characteristics suitable for high-speed printing; special gravure inks, such as those used on plastic film and metal foil; newspaper color offset inks; and keyless offset inks.
Flint
From the bag that protects your breakfast muffin… to the label on your afternoon soft drink… from the greeting card that you mail to a friend…to the magazine, catalog or newspaper you read in the evening, Flint Ink is there, decorating, communicating, and making print happen.Founded in 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, today Flint Ink is the world’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of top quality inks and coatings for publication, packaging, commercial, UV/EB and digital printing applications. Just as important, our state-of-the-art research capabilities and technical service infrastructure enable our customers to maximize quality, protect the environment, control costs, and maintain a competitive advantage at every step of the printing process.
More than 4400 Flint Ink employees in more than 100 locations worldwide support our customers across North America and Latin America, in Europe, India/Pacific, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
