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Driving a positive environmental change in the printing industry

Toyo Ink Europe maximizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials wherever possible and reasonable. All our low energy inks and varnishes are made from non-mutagenic, non-carcinogenic and non-reprotoxic raw materials, which are in line with all the relevant regulations and standards.

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artience reduces the impact of its day-to-day activities on the environment

At Toyo Ink Europe we strive to work towards a better future by taking several proactive steps to contribute to sustainability, social responsibility, and positive environmental impact. We invest in our research and development to create low energy inks while reducing waste, cutting out unnecessary travel and saving water. Toyo Ink Europe, being an active member of EuPIA, is dedicated to promote and support the global food packaging convertors for the development of safe packaging with low energy (UV, LED and EB) products.

We favour the use of renewable materials and the development of environmentally friendly packaging whilst continuing to meet our customer expectations and consumer preferences. We modify our behaviour to reduce our impact on the environment by reducing waste, cutting out unnecessary travel, saving water and energy. This way we ensure unavoidable waste is reused, recycled or disposed of in a responsible way.

On top of that we are taking all necessary actions to prevent violations of our Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Policy, reporting all spills or unusual emissions to the air, soil or water to our local health, Safety and Environmental Coordinator.

Working towards a better future

In short, artience actively works on the following:

Working towards a high deinking score on our inks in the recycling process.

Increase the use of eco-friendly and renewable materials.

Ensuring unavoidable waste is reused, recycled or disposed of in a responsible way.

Cutting down on unnecessary travels.

Active member of the EuPIA to promote and support the development of safe packaging with low energy.

Investing in research and development.

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Environmental impact of UV inks and varnish

Toyo Ink Europe is a leading manufacturer of low energy curing inks and varnishes which are driving a positive environmental change in the printing industry.

Our inks and varnishes are free of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) and are cured using UV or LED light. We are maximizing the use of renewable or recycled source materials wherever possible and reasonable. All our inks and varnishes are made from non-mutagenic, non-carcinogenic and non-reprotoxic raw materials.

The specially developed low energy inks and varnishes of Toyo Ink Europe also show very good de-inking characteristics, which is important for recycling.

Low energy inks and varnishes also consume less energy in the printing process, eliminating the need for traditional drying systems.

Due to the fact that these inks and varnishes do not dry unless put under UV-light, they are 100% reusable when wet and thus require less cleaning cycles (less VOC’s and creation of waste).

Toyo Ink Europe invests in renewable raw materials as much as possible in the formulation of its low energy inks and varnishes.

Toyo Ink Europe is committed to develop, continuously improve, produce printing inks and varnishes with the lowest ecological impact for present and future generations.

We're an official member of the EuPIA

EuPIA is an organization representing the interests of the printing ink industry in Europe. They have developed an exclusion policy that outlines the types of raw materials that should not be used in the production of printing inks due to safety and regulatory concerns. As a member, Toyo Ink Europe is heavily involved in making inks and coatings safer for everyone!

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