Boston Industrial Solution, Inc. manufactures and supplies high-tech printing inks for many printing applications. Our knowledge of materials is unmatched. At Boston Industrial Solutions, we research, study, and understand the chemical composition of substrates, which enables us to formulate the best possible inks. Each ink line is tested to ensure excellent adhesion, appearance, feel, and user-friendliness. The Natron® inks from Boston are designed to tackle even the toughest printing jobs and comply with various industry standards, including those relevant to the medical field..
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Printing ink is a gel, solvent, or solution mixed with a colorant, dye, or pigment and is used to produce an image, text, print, or design on a surface. Generally, inks are made up of pigments, binders, resins, and solvents (solutions). While there are many types of printing inks, we will review digital, solvent, and silicone printing inks and the industrial applications for each.
Inks have played an important role in sharing knowledge and information over the centuries. The earliest forms of ink were used in China around 2500 BCE. The inks were made from pinewood from vegetable oils.
In the mid-15th century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which used an oil-based printing ink formulation to adhere to metals and paper materials. The printing press, along with printing inks, enabled mass production of books and rapid spread of ideas.
Over the centuries, advances in chemistry and technology have led to the development of modern inks. As a result, various printing processes have emerged, including offset, flexography, and digital printing. Today, printer inks are a cornerstone of industries ranging from publishing, promotional, and industrial to packaging, reflecting centuries of innovation and adaptation.
Silicone ink is a specialized printing ink formulated with a silicone base and pigments. These inks are used for spray coating, pad printing, and screen printing applications.
There are two categories of silicone inks: inks designed for printing on silicone rubber and inks formulated for textiles. Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc., produces both types of silicone inks.
Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. offers top-quality pad printing inks suitable for any application. We rigorously test our inks to ensure they meet compliance standards and provide optimal adhesion to your materials.
The Natron® pad printing inks from Boston are subjected to rigorous batch-to-batch viscosity and color control, ensuring consistent and repeatable color formulations.
Our portfolio of pad printing inks includes products that can print on a broader variety of materials than those offered by any other ink manufacturer globally.
There are two major types of screen printing inks. These are screen printing inks for graphics (hard goods) and screen printing inks for textiles. Screen printing inks for textiles are the most popular with the general public. Graphic screen printing inks, on the other hand, are prevalent in the industrial printing market.
Inks for screen printing on hard goods are utilized across various applications, including consumer appliances, medical products, automotive components, aerospace items, and promotional products.
At Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc., we produce screen printing inks for all materials, including metals, plastics, silicone, rubber, glass, and much more. Learn more about these printing inks.
Digital printing is a fast-growing segment in the industrial, promotional, toy, medical, tool, and signage industries. Industrial UV inks offer unique benefits for printing onto various materials.
Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. provides a wide variety of industrial UV inks that dry quickly, produce high-quality prints, stick well to surfaces, resist scratches, last in sunlight, have bright colors, and contain no harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs), along with other advantages.
Unlike pad and screen printing inks, UV inks require pretreatment for optimal adhesion. As a result, we offer UV adhesion promoters to aid UV ink in sticking to the most challenging materials. Examples of primers include jettable primers, PP primers, and glass digital primers, among others.
Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. manufactures and supplies advanced UV, digital, screen, and pad printing inks suitable for a wide range of applications. We design our inks to excel in the most demanding printing environments. Additionally, these inks offer high abrasion resistance, high opacity, and a glossy finish.
