Inner side printing with sustainability kick claims FachPack Safety award
05 Sep 2018 --- Epple Druckfarben AG is set to collect the German Packaging Prize 2018 at FachPack after impressing judges with BoFood Organic: a unique, patent protected sheet offset ink which combines sustainable print production with safety for consumers. The concept of this ink system for inner side packaging printing is said to have convinced the jury of experts.
“Our passion for the best solutions and our dedication to the best products are the ingredients with which we have achieved the distinction of the German Packaging Prize 2018, in the category of safety. The interest shown by the market in our sustainable innovation is an absolute motivation for our work,” explains Gunther Gerlach, Chairman of the Board at Epple Druckfarben AG.
The award-winning safety concept is designed for printing on both outer and inner sides of foodstuff packaging, as well as providing a protective varnish effect finish.
With reference to the German Packaging Prize, organized by the German Packaging Institute under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, Epple submitted a package printed on the inner side with BoFood Organic and on the outer side with migration harmless BoFood Next Generation.
EGGER Druck + Medien, Landsberg am Lech, produced the package, which was designed by the design agency Clormann Design, Penzing, in three versions under the implementation-technology advice of Epple.
Intense pictures of Chocolate, Herbs and Tea gleam from the outside of the folding box. On the inside, there is product information on BoFood Organic. The jury of experts who awarded the German Packaging Prize recognized that Epple has taken an unprecedented step forwards in the field of inks used for the printing of the outside of foodstuff packaging, with BoFood Organic, says the company.
At the moment BoFood Organic is the only sheet offset ink which may be used for printing on the inner side of foodstuff packaging. BoFood Organic opens up new possibilities for inner side printing of foils and folding boxes.
Helmut Fröhlich, Product manager, Packaging at Epple, adds: “Great interest is being shown by the confectionary and luxury foods industries. The odorless inks are perfectly suited for designing the inner sides of tea and sweet packages for emotive promotion.”
BoFood Organic: A first for inner side printing
BoFood Organic consists exclusively of components which are found in foodstuffs themselves. The BoFood Organic offset ink series is toxicologically safe, in both the short and long-term, as well as having low migratory properties and fulfills all statutory requirements regarding the printing of primary packaging for foodstuffs.
They also exclude any swelling effect (creasing or wave formations on the foil) and include an abrasion resistant organic dispersion varnish for non-coated box insides, which is also composed of 100 percent foodstuff components and/or additives.
Epple at FachPack
Epple will be present at FachPack (25-27 September 2018) together with their colleagues from PrintCity. The shared stand can be found in Hall / Stand 7A-138. Epple will be showcasing its entire portfolio of packaging printing inks, from BoFood Organic up to the classic Universal ink series for packaging printing.
