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Sun Chemical to Showcase Sustainable Solutions at Flexo & Labels Expo 2026

Sun Chemical will highlight how its innovations support efficient production, high-impact visuals, and circular economy packaging.

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By: Rachel Klemovitch

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Sun Chemical will present its latest innovations in sustainable and compliant inks, coatings, and adhesives for the label and packaging sectors at Flexo & Labels Expo 2026, taking place 26-29 May at Pavilhão 5, Distrito Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil. 

Visitors to the Sun Chemical booth at Stand #0005- street 2/A, will discover a comprehensive portfolio of print solution technologies, engineered to meet the evolving performance, compliance, and sustainability demands of today’s label and packaging markets. 

From advanced UV LED, UV, and water-based flexo systems to cutting-edge sustainable technologies, Sun Chemical will highlight how its innovations support efficient production, high-impact visuals, and circular economy packaging.

Mike Wouters, General Manager, Sun Chemical Brazil, comments: “We’re proud to offer one of the most comprehensive portfolios for label and packaging printing. Our continued innovation in UV, UV LED, and EB ink technologies, combined with our strong sustainability focus and global support infrastructure, enables us to provide converters with tailored solutions that deliver performance, compliance, and environmental responsibility.”

Visitors can explore Sun Chemical’s portfolio of UV LED inks and coatings, including:

  • SolarWave Integra: standard UV LED flexo inks
  • SolarWave FSP: migration-compliant UV LED flexo inks
  • SunWave LED coatings: available in gloss, stampable, matt, and migration-compliant grades, designed for offset print applications.
  • SolarWave Panther: high-density flexo UV LED black inks optimized for curing at high density
  • SolarFlex FDW and Slalom: standard and food-compliant opaque whites for labels and sleeves, now optimized for UV LED
  • SolarVerse: a system of pigmented bases and technology varnishes designed for special color mixing of UV flexo inks in standard, compliant, and UV LED profiles. The system offers significant advantages in simplification and sustainability.

Circular Packaging

At Flexo & Labels Expo 2026, the company will showcase a wide selection of solutions for labels and packaging that facilitate recycling.

Sun Chemical will demonstrate how its advanced technologies for packaging help brand owners and converters meet evolving sustainability, performance, and regulatory requirements, without compromising print quality, productivity, or shelf appeal.

Key developments include:

  • Retention grade recyclable solution: SolarWave Integra UV LED ink combined with EV-LU029 coating.
  • Washable/deinking solution: SolarFlex CRCL- compatible with recycling processes based on ink retention or deinking (US market).
  • Electron Beam (EB) solutions: EB-curable inks and coatings tailored for mono-material and monolayer packaging structures.

Color Management

In addition to its product portfolio, Sun Chemical will present SunColorBox, a unique set of tools and services designed to enable consistent and accurate digital color communication across the entire packaging supply chain.

Whether printing spot colors, CMYK, or using extended gamut processes, SunColorBox helps customers manage colors efficiently and reliably. It allows businesses of all sizes to select the color management tools best suited to their needs and investment level, ensuring consistency from design through to production.

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