Printing industry

AIMPLAS provides solutions to the main technology problems facing the printing industry.

Functional printing

Analysis of printed material properties

Smart inks and varnishes

Sustainable printing

Our solutions for the printing industry

New features added to printed materials:
- Traceability, monitoring and anti-counterfeiting solutions.
- Enhanced material properties: barrier, antimicrobial, physical-mechanical, surface, optical, and friction properties.
- Printing of visual indicators: process temperature, cold-chain breakage, time-temperature, freshness, humidity and leakage.
Development of active and smart packaging labels.
Printing of flexible electronic components: RFID antennas, printed circuits, resistors, electroluminescence, sensors.

Development of new inks, varnishes and lacquers with new features and enhanced properties
- Conductive inks.
- Gas barrier coatings.
- Bactericidal, insecticidal and repellent coatings.
Development of visual indicators: time-temperature, freshness, humidity, leakage, etc.
New product development: analysis of the interaction between the substrate, ink, and machine. Selection of the best combination of materials and processes.

Development of sustainable inks and substrates: water-based inks, renewable source coatings, eco-friendly solvents, biodegradable substrates.
Environmental impact assessment: carbon footprint and life cycle analysis.
Eco-design and reduction of the environmental impact generated by the product and during the printing process.
Upgrading the recyclability of printed substrates through decontamination techniques.

Optical properties: measurement and comparison of colour, gloss, transparency.
Physical and mechanical resistance of printed inks and varnishes: adhesion, abrasion, scrub resistance, tensile strength, tearing, puncture resistance, impact resistance, etc. Analysis of ink and varnish migration onto packaging substrates and labels used with food.
Analysis of multilayer structures, thicknesses and materials used.
Accelerated ageing tests.
Biodegradability and compostability tests.

Our projects