Flint Group earns bio-derived renewable certification of offset inks.Four of Flint Group's most popular offset ink series earned bio-renewable content (BRC BRC Black Rock City (Burning Man) BRC British Retail Consortium BRC Business Resource Center (Small Business Administration) BRC Bisexual Resource Center BRC Black Radical Congress ) certification by the ink industry's only standard. K+E, Arrowstar and Starbase sheetfed series, as well as Arroweb heatset inks, were certified See certification. by the Bio-derived Renewable Content (BRC) Labeling Program run by NAPIM NAPIM National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers). At a time when companies are putting more effort into "greening" their print processes, printers can rely on BRC indices as an objective way to grade the sustainability of the inks. All of Flint Group's sheetfed certified inks received the highest possible BRC index--70--for sheetfed products, signifying Signifyin' (slang) is an African-American rhetorical device featuring indirect communication or persuasion and the creating of new meanings for old words and signs. Signifying, in this sense, includes repetition and difference, implication and association, combining words and high levels of bio-renewable materials. The vehicle systems are based on 100 percent naturally renewable raw materials. Flint Group's heatset inks are formulated with 30 percent renewable resources Noun 1. renewable resource - any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature , including soy, earning a BRC index of 30. "Printers get the quality and performance of standard offset printing inks in sustainable products," noted Michael Podd, business director of sheetfed and heatset inks for Flint Group. "These inks have always been formulated to be robust, versatile, reliable--and ecologically friendly," said Rodney Balmer, technical director for sheetfed inks. "The ink industry was in need of a standard to objectively communicate that to the market, and NAPIM's BRC program fills that gap." Flint Group expects more inks to be certified over time. In addition, the company notes that inks aren't the only eco-friendly products in their portfolio. Said Doug Labertew, vice president of product management & strategy, "Because of the merger with Day International, Flint Group now offers environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] pressroom chemistry as well, including fountain solutions and washes." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. NAPIM's program literature, "The (BRC Labeling) program calculate(s) and report(s) the bio-derived renewable content of an ink as delivered to the printer. It includes a NAPIM registered label that can be applied to the ink container and a comparable design for use by the printer on the printed product if desired." The calculations lead to an index which represents the range of bio-renewable content. |
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