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The words will reveal our heart.

The visuals our soul.

A captivating collection of fine inks from Hindustan Inks

HINDUSTAN INKSA N D R E S I N S L I M I T E D

M a k i n g o u r m a r k o n t h e w o r l d

We are Hindustan Inks & Resins Ltd. (HIRL).

A part of the US $250 million Bilakhia Group,

which has diverse interests in Printing Inks,

Resins, Flushed Pigments and Crop Protection

chemicals.

Incorporated as a company in the year 1991,

HIRL has achieved leadership status in a very

short span of time. Today, we are the largest

manufacturer of printing inks

in India with multi-locational

plants. The creator of a mega

single-stream plant for

'seamless' manufacture of

inks. We have implemented

SAP R3 Solutions to optimise

Systems in all areas of operation and market

information. Recently we have invested over US$

30 million in the creation of world size

capacities for Printing Inks, Resins, Flushed

colors and Alkali Blue in India.

With our technological strengths, we aim to

become a global player in the inks and its

ingredients industry.

HIRL recently established Micro Inks

Corporation, a company in Chicago, USA,

where it manufactures a variety of inks to

cater to the large US market. This venture has

proved hugely successful with the company

making decisive strides and is all set to be

amongst the top five players in the US ink

industry soon.

At HIRL, our quest is total

customer satisfaction. We

therefore, are looking

for ways and means to

delight our customers.

Our extensive research and the foresight to

match every possible printing need, has

resulted in a wide product range. But this is

not all. To meet every demand of a valued

and discerning customer like you,

we promise to continue enhancing

this range.

As an ink company, the relationship we share

with words and visuals is very special.

They are the ambassadors of our sentiments and imagination.

On the succeeding pages we unveil before you a captivating

collection of fine inks.

Their splendour multiplied manifold by an exciting blend

of words and visuals.

The words will reveal our heart.

The visuals our soul.

Our world class range of premium inks are a result of our

company's backward integration into flushed pigments and resins.

That has led to total control over the quality of raw materials,

which go a far way in producing inks par excellence.

These versatile inks have intrinsic qualities like high-gloss, fast setting

and better dot gain, and can be used on a variety of substrates.

Better reproduction and trouble free performance while printing

is thus achieved.

We are sure, you would like to sample our choicest of inks for a

satisfying printing experience.

At the core of our enterprise resides a power.

Silent yet eloquent. Tranquil yet powerful.

It is the spirit of our company.

Whose belief has created a unique oneness in effort.

Whose voice has spurred us to global heights.

Whose imagination has spawned a multitude of shades.

Forever questing. Forever striving.

Our spirit is what lifts us.

Spirit

Improved press performance, greater cost efficiency and excellent work & turn, are the demands of our

esteemed customers operating the latest generation of high speed, automated presses. We recognize

these demands and offer MICRO SET process colors designed with a versatility to suit a broad spectrum

of printing conditions.

MICRO SET process colors are a unique process set, based on an advanced vehicle technology. It is

compatible with a wide range of coated stock, it enhances print sharpness and facilitates fast setting with

good gloss.

SALIENT FEATURES

Superb Productivity

Outstanding work & turn

Excellent litho performance

Very good trapping

• Outstanding performance at highest press

speeds ;

Greater productivity

• Reduced time for post print handling ;

Less space and reduced costs

• Fast setting and reduced set off ;

Less wastages / costs

• Excellent work & Turn ;

Improved productivity

• Roller stay open & duct fresh inks ;

Efficient press usages with no downtime.

• Stable ink-water balance under all press

conditions ;

High consistent print reproduction

• Rapid ink-water balance ;

Faster make ready / reduced print waste.

• Excellent trapping & dot sharpness for highest

quality prints ;

Best reproduction of superimposed Colors e.g.

purple, orange, green etc.

Brighter Hues, Fast setting & High Speed Performance

SET

INK PROFILE

Longer stay open

Quick setting

Rub resistance

Very good

print sharpness

Excellent

Ink/water

Balance

Work

& turn

Excellent gloss

APPLICATIONS

Advertising, Commercial

RECOMMENDATIONS

With precautionEC Recommended DProhibited

RECOMMENDED PRINT SEQUENCE :

KCMY

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CCE

SUBSTRATES RECOMMENDATIONS

Gloss Coated

Matt Coated

Non Coated

Card Board

Non absorbent D

COLOR LIGHT * ALCOHOL ALKALI

YELLOW 5

MAGENTA 5

CYAN 8

BLACK 8

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RESISTANCE PROPERTIES

* DIN 16525

Sheetfed Process Colors

HYGIENE & SAFETY :

No risk labelling required

In our enterprise everything we do carries emotion.

Intimate yet shy. Fiery yet tender.

It is our passion that embraces everything.

Bringing strength to our relationships.

Bringing vibrance to our colors.

Bringing new dreams to surface.

Forever burning. Forever renewing.

Our passion is what ignites us.

Passion

Universal, Quick set inks

Mitsu process colors are based on visco-elastic vehicle technology and are suitable for a wide range of

sheetfed offset presses. Their inbuilt robustness offers a greater flexibility and hence they perform well

on a broad spectrum of printing conditions. Suitable for printing on a wide range of stock, they have an

enhanced print sharpness and facilitate fast setting with excellent gloss.

SALIENT FEATURES

Litho Properties

Printability

Drying

Dot Gain

Good Stability -

Better Press Performance

Mitsu process colors have excellent

lithographic property which ensures trouble

free running with var iety of fount

concentrates. These inks rapidly achieve a

stable ink/water balance and perform well on

a wide range of dampening systems.

Mitsu process colors can be printed on a

variety of uncoated / coated papers and

boards available for commerical and

packaging jobs. It offers better competitive

advantage to your prints by providing extra

value addition.

Mitsu process colors set rapidly due to their

good solvent release properties.

Mitsu process colors offer high color strength

which facilitates printing with minimum dot

gain.

Mitsu process colors offer good tack stability,

thus resulting in reduced blanket piling.

INK PROFILE

APPLICATIONS

Commercial, Packaging, Advertising

RECOMMENDATIONS


MITSU Sheetfed Process Colors

Longer stay open

Quick setting

Rub resistance

Very good

print sharpness

Excellent

Ink/water

Balance

Work

& turn

Excellent gloss



KCMY

C

CC


Gloss Coated

Matt Coated

Non Coated

Card Board

Non absorbent D

D


YELLOW 5

MAGENTA 5

CYAN 8

BLACK 8


*DIN 16525

HYGIENE & SAFETY :


Our enterprise is vision given form.

Pulsing yet calm. Controlled yet boundless.

It is our energy at work.

Pushing us to go that extra mile for our customers.

Pushing us to innovate constantly.

Pushing us to discover ourselves anew.

Forever growing. Forever enduring.

Our energy is what moves us.

Energy

Light fast inks

MICRO LITE process colors are specially designed to meet the requirement of outdoor / indoor

exposures of the color prints along with its alkali resistant properties. It also offers excellent work & turn,

is compatible with a wide range of coated stock and facilitates fast setting with good gloss.

SALIENT FEATURES

• Quick / stable ink-water balance :

• Good Color Strength :

• Fast setting & reduced set off :

• Excellent work & turn :

MICRO LITE process colors are based on a

unique varnish system which enables good

ink-water balance on various types of

dampening systems.

MICRO LITE process colors are carefully

formulated to offer good color strength with

better transfer properties.

MICRO LITE process colors are faster setting

due to its high solvent release properties and

enables reduced set off.

MICRO LITE process colors have excellent

work & turn properties, offering better

productivity and are most suitable for

packaging & commercial jobs.

LITE Sheetfed Process Colors

INK PROFILE

Longer stay open

Quick setting

Rub resistance

Very good

print sharpness

Excellent

Ink/water

Balance

Work

& turn

Excellent gloss

APPLICATIONS

Packaging & Commercial

RECOMMENDATIONS



KCMY

C

CCE


Gloss Coated

Matt Coated

Non Coated

Card Board

Non absorbent D


YELLOW 6

MAGENTA 6

CYAN 8

BLACK 8

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* DIN 16525

HYGIENE & SAFETY :


In our enterprise we go beyond now and today.

Subtle yet emphatic. Lofty yet pragmatic.

It is our ambition finding expression.

Accelerating us to new peaks in national markets.

Accelerating us to new peaks in international markets.

Accelerating us towards making our mark on the world.

Forever aspiring. Forever surging.

Our ambition is what stirs us.

Ambition

Vegetable oil based, eco-friendly inks

Life on earth is in danger of extinction. We value it. Our commitment to a better environment has

inspired us to design a process color set, based on vegetable oils, which fulfils the ecological demands

of a globe faced with a depleting ozone layer. A small but vital contribution to preserve Mother Earth for

future generations.

MICRO ECO process colors are environment friendly inks using vegetable oils (renewable sources)

instead of mineral oil (petroleum based which are non-renewable).

ADVANTAGES

Ecological

Technical

SALIENT FEATURES

• "Green Inks" employ a resource that is

renewable.

• Enable better recycling of printed material

• Enable the reduction of volatile organic

components (VOC), reducing

the "Greenhouse Effect".

• Better transfer

• Better water/ink stability

• Less wastage

• Reduced consumption.

• Minimum volatile organic compounds

• Excellent print qualities with proven dot

sharpness.

• Extremely suitable for all Sheetfed presses.

• Superb work & turn.

• Good rub resistance on a wide range of

stocks.

• Quick ink-water balance

• Can be used for a wide variety of coated

substrates.

ECO Sheetfed Process Colors

INK PROFILE

Longer stay open

Quick setting

Rub resistance

Very good

print sharpness

Excellent

Ink/water

Balance

Work

& turn

Excellent gloss

APPLICATIONS

Advertising, Packaging, Commercial

RECOMMENDATIONS



KCMY

C

CCE


Gloss Coated

Matt Coated

Non Coated

Card Board

Non absorbent D


YELLOW 5

MAGENTA 5

CYAN 8

BLACK 8



* DIN 16525

HYGIENE & SAFETY :


The strength of our enterprise is a compelling urge.

Intense yet sensitive. Telling yet submittive.

It is this force that governs us.

Propelling us to compete with the best.

Propelling us to create the best.

Propelling us to look beyond the best.

Forever guiding. Forever urging.

Our force is what drives us.

Force

Innovative, Robust & Versatile Inks

MICRO ZEN process colors offer the optimum press performance and versatile print application, while

meeting the needs of productivity and print quality. These inks are specially formulated to give best

performance with minimum water uptake.

SALIENT FEATURES

Innovative Vehicle Technology

Proven Lithographic Performance

High Versatility

Balanced Formulation

• Balanced structure with reduced viscosity

variation as a function of temperature ;

Stable color density throughout the print run.

• Very good setting & excellent ink transfer from

plate ;

Outstanding productivity and less piling

on blanket.

• Low film weight ;

Reduced ink consumption.

• Rapid ink-water balance attaintment ;

Reduces cost of print waste.

• Stable ink-water balance ;

Ensures high, consistent print quality.

• Most suitable on all high speed sheetfed

machines ;

Adapted for alcohol or conventional

dampening system.

• Suitable for use on coated, non coated and

matt coated stocks ;

Enables wide range of print applications to be

undertaken.

• Minimum dot gain ;

Intense solids and fine screen halftone

reproduction.

• Optimum machine stability ;

Reduced risk of drying problems on rollers.

• Very good rub resistance ;

Suitable for widest range of paper and folding

carton board.

ZEN Sheetfed Process Colors

INK PROFILE

Longer stay open

Quick setting

Rub resistance

Very good

print sharpness

Excellent

Ink/water

Balance

Work

& turn

Excellent gloss

APPLICATIONS

Packaging & Commercial

RECOMMENDATIONS



KCMY

HYGIENE & SAFETY :


C

CCE


Gloss Coated

Matt Coated

Non Coated

Card Board

Non absorbent D


YELLOW 5

MAGENTA 5

CYAN 8

BLACK 8



* DIN 16525

Coldset News Inks

Our coldset inks are carefully formulated with

viscoelastic resin based vehicle technology for

different rheological properties, keeping in mind its

application on variety of printing machines including

the faster machines such as, Coroset, Goss, Geoman

& Colorman etc. They are available to suit various

inking systems including the "key less" press.

They offer excellent litho properties to achieve instant

ink-water balance, resulting in faster press stability

and lower wastage.

Our News Black inks are based on unique carbon

black dispersion technology and they are enriched

with suitable resins to offer "Low Rub"

characteristics.

The News color inks are also available in

soya oil based system.

Publication Inks

WEB

Our wide range of publication inks, based on Flushed Pigment technology offer better color brightness

and very good color re-production. These inks are manufactured in the most ultra modern plant which

operates on the unique concept of "Seamless" manufacturing.

Heatset Inks

Our Heatset inks are available in different tack values

and can be used for all type of paper stocks such as

GNP, SNP, LWC, SUPER CALENDER & MWC

art paper.

These inks are based on high molecular weight,

structured phenolic resin base vehicle, which impart

excellent roller stability but fastest drying properties.

They are best known for their gloss and gloss

retention with good rub resistance properties.

The Heatset color inks are produced from specially

customized flushes which offer brighter hues and

excellent transparency. Our black ink imparts

enhanced jetness to the black, since they are enriched

with Alkali Blue pigments which are produced

in-house.

They are versatile and are compatible with both

Alcohol based & Alcohol free dampening system.

Publication Gravure Inks

PUB

HIRL offers Publication Gravure inks based on a state-of-art polymer bonded pigment dispersion

technology. This unique process gives very good particle size distribution of pigments and contributes to

ultra rich bright colors.

A novel resin chemistry employed in these inks imparts excellent resolubility and smooth press

operations. These inks find application in gravure printing of magazines, both for uncoated and

coated stocks.

SALIENT FEATURES

• Excellent transfer and release from cell depths.

• Very good printability with fine dot resolution.

• Excellent color strength with bright rich colors.

• High gloss and gloss retention.

• Good rub resistance.

• Enhanced cylinder life.

IMPORTANT : It is always advisable to test run the substrate before commercial run.

UV Offset Inks for Paper & Board

UV Offset Inks for Plastics

UV Overprint Coatings

These UV inks have been designed for good rheology combined with excellent ink-water characteristics and offer

instant cure and good wet-on-dry color trapping. They have moderate gloss but good rub resistance properties.

They are recommended for packaging and commercial printing for faster deliveries.

These inks have good adhesion on pre-treated polyolefins and can be used for pre-treated polycoated stocks.

These UV inks are offered in two types, for laminated and non-laminated plastic surface and are most suitable for

PVC, Vinyl, Polystyrene, Acrylics, Polycarbonates and high impact Polystyrene. They have very good adhesion

and abrasion resistance with good gloss & lithographic properties.

These inks are also suitable for Dry Offset printing for above mentioned plastic substrates.

HIRL offers a range of UV Coatings, based on Radiation Curable Acrylic Oligomers and Monomers which cure

instantly with application of the required degree of energy. They contain almost 100% non-volatile material and

are thus VOC free.

These UV coatings offer excellent gloss, drying speed, press stability and resistance to water, alkali, heat,

oil & greases.

They find applications for high gloss lacquering of coated paper & board, all types of labels, wrappers, book

jackets, folding cartons etc. Above all, the UV coatings increase the aesthetic value of the print.

Radiation Curing Inks

UV

HIRL is proud to introduce UV inks for various printing processes and different substrates. These inks

have been made from UV flush pigments which are developed indigenously through in-house

technology.

The Essence of fine inks

Our raw materials

We offer a complete range of high quality Azo, Phthalocyanine and

Alkali Blue Flushed colors. These have a distinct qualitative

advantage like improved gloss, transparency, color strength and

total dispersion. HIRL's Flushed colors offer ease of handling and

is economical in converting into finished inks. Applicable for

sheetfed offset inks, heatset inks and no heat web inks.

Flushed colors

Also offered are variety of high performance visco-elastic resins

for printing inks, such as Phenolic Modified Rosin Esters,

Hydrocarbons, Cyclic Hydrocarbons and Hybrid resins . HIRL also

offers versatile resins like Polyvinyl Butyrals and Ketone Resins for

Flexo /Gravure inks & speciality coatings.

Resins

A variety of ink vehicles that include Heatset/Quick set vehicles,

Soya/Linseed Alkyds and Hybrid Alkyds. Wax compounds such as

microcrystalline waxes and micro/PTFE blends, polyethylene

waxes and polyethylene blends, PTFE concentrates. Speciality

additives like water repellent wax compounds and Skin Retardant

compounds for Heatset and Sheetfed inks.

Waxes, vehicles, additives

Pigments / Flushes

Azo Colors

Phthalocyanine Blue

Alkali Blue

Printing Inks

Offset Inks

Sheet Fed Inks

®Pantone Process colors

Cold SetHeat Set

Web Offset Inks

Flexo / Gravure Inks

PackagingPublication

Screen Inks

U.V. Coatings

PlasticPaper

U.V. Inks

Synthetic Resins

for Offset inks

for Liquid Inks

Wax Compounds

Ink Vehicles

Pre-Dispersed Pigments

Our Product Range

U.V. Products

Metal Resinate Based

PVB Based

M i c r o I n k s C o r p o r a t i o n

Our Global Endeavour

Micro Inks Corporation set up in USA, is the first step towards

establishing a powerful global presence by Hindustan Inks &

Resins Limited.

A manufacturing site spread over 44 acres at Kankakee near

Chicago, is where Micro Inks creates a variety of inks viz.

Web Heat-set inks, News colors and Black inks, Sheetfed

inks Publication Gravure inks and many more.

This captivating collection of fine inks has found growing

acceptance in the US printing industry.

Steering the progress at Micro Inks is its handpicked team of

experienced and qualified personnel, with a keen eye on

quality and innovation to provide a competitive edge to its

esteemed customers.

With an enviable order position and long term contracts,

Micro Inks is all set to be amongst the top five in the US ink

industry.

It is a splendid success story of Hindustan Inks and its

prowess in manufacturing and marketing high quality inks.

Photogallery

R&D Centre - Daman

Alkali Blue Plant - Vapi (inside view)

R&D Laboratory

Resins Plant - Vapi

Inks plant - Silvassa

Alkali Blue Plant - Vapi

U.S.A. Micro Inks Corporation

Woodfield Corporate Centre, 425, Martingale Road, Suite 1000, Schaumburg, IL 60173, U.S.A.Tel : +1 847 969 1800 +1 847 944 2957Fax : +1 847 969 6900e-mail : [email protected]

The data provided is based on our present state of knowledge and is intended to provide general information about our products and their uses. It should not therefore be construed as guaranteeing specific properties of the products described or their suitability for a particular application.Any existing industrial property rights must be observed. The quality of our products is guaranteed under our General Conditions of Sale.

Australia

25, Starling Street, Green Valley, NSW,2168, Australia.Telefax : +612 96073547e-mail : [email protected]

M a k i n g ou r ma r k on th e wo r l d

HINDUSTAN INKSA N D R E S I N S L I M I T E D

Bilakhia House, Muktanand Marg, Chala, Vapi - 396 191. Gujarat, India.Tel : +91- 0260 - 462811, 460284 Fax : +91 - 0260 - 463733.Website - www.hindustaninks.com

Headquarters Mumbai

512 / 513, Midas Complex, Sahar Plaza, J.B. Nagar, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India.Tel : +91 - 22 - 8364313 / 16Fax : +91 - 22 - 8222222e-mail : [email protected]

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