China's plastic gravure ink market is still in a stable growth period

China's plastic gravure ink market is still in a period of steady growth. As plastic film printing, the uniqueness of gravure printing is unmatched by flexo printing. Many ink manufacturers are optimistic about the prospects of plastic gravure printing inks, especially water-based gravure printing inks.

Plastic gravure inks are mainly based on solvent-based inks, including surface-printed plastic inks and in-print (composite) plastic inks. New water-based inks are also being put into use. Plastic gravure ink is mainly used in the printing of flexible packaging for food and daily necessities. With the development of packaging printing in China in recent years, the market of plastic gravure inks has also gradually strengthened.

Industry experts generally believe that plastic gravure inks will still be dominated by benzene-solvent-based and benzene-alcohol mixed-solvent-type plastic gravure inks in the next few years, and many new types of inks will be derived on this basis, such as very low. Solvent residual amount of plastic gravure ink and special color plastic gravure ink. Since the use of benzene-based solvent inks will be subject to more and more restrictions, the development of water-based gravure inks may become the direction of product development for some gravure ink manufacturers.