UV inks

Low-migration UV-inks and -varnishes

Prints manufactured with standard UV-inks and UV-varnishes may contain low-molecular substances like monomers and photoinitiator with potential migration risk.
Due to innovations in formulation and use of special raw materials, migration of UV-offset-inks can be reduced significantly.

NewV® low-migration inks

• A fully cured ink layer is low in migration and odor (see special information and technical data sheet)
• Formula with select raw material, like high molecular photoinitiators and fast polymerising binder components (monomers and oligomers)
• Suitable for application on paper and cardboard
• Contain pigments, compliant to resolution AP(89)1/EEC
• are available as Pantone and CRS ink mixing systems
• formulated and produced according to strict GMP specifications in separated production facilities
• in quality control analytically tested for contamination

NewV® low-migration varnishes

• For application on top of NewV low-migration inks
• Formula with select raw material, like high molecular photoinitiators and fast polymerising binder components (monomers and oligomers)
• Suitable for offline varnishing on top of MGA-inks and Primer 580537/40

ACRYLAC-MGA® water-based coatings

• Selected and tested raw material
• specially formulated for MGA-inks
• Separated, contamination-free production

Your benefit:

• In many cases there is no need for additional functional barriers like inner bags
• The folding box can be used as primary packaging, i.e. only one packaging material

For the hubergroup, the brand MGA® is associated with a high demand on quality and security, expressed by a customer guarantee for meeting the legal requirements.
With analysis methods growing in responsivity, they show that printing with inks and varnishes of the NewV® low-migration series don't always comply to the strict migration limits of the Swiss statutory regulations. Monomers with migration potential which are not rated for food contact are reason for this kind of test result. Although fully cured, residues of the ink components – depending on drying conditions, substrate and inking – can lead to exceeding the limit of 0,01 mg/kg for "non-rated substances".
This applies particularly to UV varnishes.
By now, not all NewV® low-migration inks and varnishes are in compliance with our strict MGA® requirements.
Thus MGA guarantee cannot be provided and the conventional system CORONA-MGA® only obtains the special MGA quality guarantee.
These inks and varnishes are sold under the name "NewV® low-migration" for pointing out the difference to our MGA® system.
According to our knowledge, all systems on the market contain monomers.
In order to ensure that products printed with NewV® low-migration inks comply with the statutory regulations it is necessary to conduct migration testing when those ink systems are applied.
We will gladly help by providing information concerning respective substances to the laboratory in charge of the analysis, after signing a legal binding non-disclosure agreement.