Synthesia Ltd. supplies nitrocellulose 
flexo inks, water flexo inks, UV inks, flexo
polyamide printing inks, varnishes, thinners
and other consumables for the printing industry. We work with first class
global companies to supply our customers with the best materials at the best prices.

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Flexo printing inks

Alcohol-based inks
Polyamide inks
Water-based inks for HDPE films and bags
Water-based inks for paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard

Flexo printing inks

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UV printing inks

Low Migration Ink Systems
Standard Ink Systems

UV printing inks

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Printing solvents

Ethanol
Ethylacetate
Methoxy propanol
Ethoxy Propanol
Isopropyl alcohol

Printing solvents

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Lamination adhesive

ADCOTE™
MOR-FREE™ L
ROBOND™ CS

Lamination adhesive

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Flexographic Mounting Tape

Double-sided adhesive tapes for cliché mounting
Ribbons for flexographic printing

Flexographic Mounting Tape

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Printing doctor blades and flexo seals

Steal doctor blades „PROBLADE“
Plastic doctor blades
Flexo seals

Doctor blades and flexo seals

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Printing adapters

rotec® Bridge Adapter™
rotec® Unifit Adapter
rotec® Airo Adapter

Printing adapters

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Printing sleeves

rotec® Blue Light Sleeve
rotec® Compressible Sleeve
rotec® Premium Sleeve
rotec® Label Sleeve
rotec® Hybrid Sleeve

Printing sleeves

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Test pens for quick test of film surface energy

DIN 34 – 46 – 38 – 40 – 42
44 – 46 – 48 – 50 – 52 – 54

Test pens for quick test of film surface energy

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Flexo printing inks

Alcohol-based inks
Polyamide inks
Water-based inks for HDPE films and bags
Water-based inks for paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard

Flexo printing inks

three clear beakers placed on tabletop

UV printing inks

Low Migration Ink Systems
Standard Ink Systems

UV printing inks

three clear beakers placed on tabletop

Printing solvents

Ethanol
Ethylacetate
Methoxy propanol
Ethoxy Propanol
Isopropyl alcohol

Printing solvents

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Lamination adhesive

ADCOTE™
MOR-FREE™ L
ROBOND™ CS

Lamination adhesive

three clear beakers placed on tabletop

Flexographic Mounting Tape

Double-sided adhesive tapes for cliché mounting
Ribbons for flexographic printing

Flexographic Mounting Tape

three clear beakers placed on tabletop

Printing doctor blades and flexo seals

Steal doctor blades „PROBLADE“
Plastic doctor blades
Flexo seals

Doctor blades and flexo seals

clear glass measuring cup on white table

Printing adapters

rotec® Bridge Adapter™
rotec® Unifit Adapter
rotec® Airo Adapter

Printing adapters

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Printing sleeves

rotec® Blue Light Sleeve
rotec® Compressible Sleeve
rotec® Premium Sleeve
rotec® Label Sleeve
rotec® Hybrid Sleeve

Printing sleeves

three clear beakers placed on tabletop

Test pens for quick test of film surface energy

DIN 34 – 46 – 38 – 40 – 42
44 – 46 – 48 – 50 – 52 – 54

Test pens for quick test of film surface energy

Flexo & rotogravure printing inks

The inks provided by Synthesia are NC or Polyurethane based for flexo and rotogravure printing. They are strictly formulated for surface or lamination jobs but combined series also exist.
Our inks are available in a wide range of colors which can occasionally be limited by the selection of pigments suited to particular specification and requirements. The pigments used have reasonable light fastness but may not be suited to extended exposure to direct sunlight. If higher light fastness or other specific resistances are required this should be stated at the time of ordering.

– Solvent-based inks for PE and PP for standard and high speed printing
– Water-based inks for HDPE films and bags
– Polyamide inks for PP fabric with high light resistance
– Water-based inks for paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard

Flexo and rotogravure surface and lamination printing on:

LDPE
HDPE
PAPER
Plain BOPP
Pearlized BOPP
Meallized BOPP
Coex BOPP
Aluminium foil

High quality and economy inks and lacquers. Our advantages:

Good ink transfer
Good opacity
High gloss
High adhesion
High printability
Excellent scratch resistance

UV printing inks

Ink systems and varnishes for label printing is one of our divisions.
Label printing inks must exhibit a wide range of fastnesses and resistance to a diverse assortment of packaged products. They must adhere to a wide range of plastics and be suitable for high-speed printing machines.

UV-Flexo Printing Inks
UV-Flexo fluorescent inks
UV-Letterpress inks
UV-Offset inks
UV-Screen
UV-Waterless

Low Migration Ink Systems

PROCESS

TYPE

INK SERIES

LACQUERS

Flexo

H2O based

Series WB LM

Series WB LM 39-10LM (UV-OPV) 39-20LM (UV-OPV)

UV radical

SICURA Flex 39-10LM SICURA FLex 39-20LM

39-10LM (UV-OPV)

39-20LM (UV-OPV)

 Offset

UV

SICURA LM 100 (Paper/PE) SICURA LM 361 (Paper/PE) SIDURA Plast LM (Plastics)

39-10LM (UV-OPV)

39-20LM (UV-OPV)

UV Waterless

SICURA Plast WL-LM

Standard Ink Systems

PROCESS

TYPE

INK SERIES

LACQUERS

Flexo

H2O based

UNILABEL T (Thermal Paper) Aqualabel (Paper)

Unilabel T

85-601679-5 (UV-OPV for Thermal Paper)

Solvent based

Series 75

Series 75

UV radical

SICURA Flex 39-8 SICURA Flex 39-3 (Low Odour) SICURA Flex 39-4 (Fluo)

SICURA Flex OPV SICURA Screen OPV

UV cationic

Sicura Flex 36-2 and 37-5

SICURA Flex OPV (cationic)

 Screen

UV

SICURA Screen 78-3 SICURA Screen 78-6 (Whites)

SICURA Flex OPV

SICURA Screen OPV

Offset

UV

SICURA Plast SP SICURA Plast LO (Low Odour) SICURA Litho 900 (Paper) SICURA Card 37700

SICURA Flex OPV SICURA Screen OPV

UV-Waterless

SICURA Card 110N/WA SICURA Plast 41-WL SICURA WL Disc (CD/DVD)

SICURA Flex OPV SICURA Screen OPV

Gravure

Solvent based

Series 97-4 (Lamination)

Printing solvents

– Ethanol
– Ethylacetate
– Methoxy propanol
– Ethoxy Propanol
– Isopropyl alcohol

High quality printing solvents delivered in drums, IBC and bulk.

Lamination adhesive

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Whether your goal is to customize packaging applications or to improve efficiency without sacrificing performance, Dow works with you to define the challenge and deliver a unique solution, every time.

ADCOTE™ one and two component solvent based laminating adhesives and heat seal coatings for food, medical and industrial packaging applications, and some printing applications.

– Light and easy to carry, open and dispose, high thermal resistance.

MOR-FREE™ L are one- and two- component solventless adhesive systems for laminating flexible substrates.

– Lower energy consumption and CO2 emissions ROBOND™ L are one- and two-component, acrylic water-based adhesive systems for laminating flexible substrates.
– Acrylic technology for healthier and cost-effective food packaging.

ROBOND™ CS
Aqueous, latex-based cold seal dispersions for laminating flexible substrates.

Flexographic Mounting Tape

Maximize print quality with quick adhesion, bubble-free mounting, easy removal, and foam density options for halftone, process, and solids printing.

For halftone work where dot gain is a concern, a softer tape optimizes reproduction.When solids and dots share the plate, a combination tape can properly balance the result.When your customer requires solid ink and crisp lines, you’ll want a firm, high density mounting tape. From the wide 3M selection, you can find the adhesives, foams, and thicknesses for the print quality that customers demand and expect. You’ll also find choices to meet your handling requirements for:

– Mounting ease and positioning accuracy
– Easy, clean removal from plate and cylinder

“PROBLADE” steel doctor blades for Flexo and Gravure

The offered doctor blades are made of high quality hardened Swedish steel! High quality at super competitive prices!

The steel doctor blades are made of high-quality steel (Sandvik C20) on “MDC” (evolutionary) machines; the standard slope guarantees perfect ink peeling, excellent duration of use and no chipping.
This metal doctor blade knife is designed for gravure and flexo.

  • Materials: Extremely clean steel that prevents micro defects on the slope surface
  • With or without bevel (MDC type – evolutionary) depending on the size and thickness of the doctor blade

Sizes of doctor blades:

  • Width: from 10 to 60 mm
  • Thickness: 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 (0.30 on order)
  • Length: rolls of 100 meters

The most commonly used sizes of steel doctor blades

Synthesia Ltd. offers a wide range of plastic doctor blades

Each doctor blade has its narrow application.
Plastic doctor blades are characterized by the materials from which they are made, their shape, their quality in terms of efficiency, durability, safety, price and their performance.

Each printing press requires a special doctor blade.
We offer you the widest selection on the market.

 

Blade types, sizes, features, application and print quality

Flexo seals

High precision seals with strict tolerances made of 5 different FOAM grades suitable for all applications (solvent base, water base, UV) aimed to a proper ink chamber sealing and a long lasting (up to 250-300’000 m runs). Seals are produced with any shape on demand, using CNC technology with high cutting precision which grants a smooth contact surface seal-cylinder. Extreme flexibility in manufacturing out of samples and drawings as well as in modifing shapes & sizes.

Printing adapters

Customer specific high performing adapters to reduce wall thickness of printing sleeves

  • Quick set-up times, easy handling and cost saving
  • Optimal air flow for easy mounting of sleeves
  • Suitable for conventional cylinder presses and quick change cantilevered machines
rotec® Bridge Adapter

  • Available wall thicknesses from 4.1 mm to 10 mm
  • With pass through air connection, which conducts air from the air cylinder to the surface via air holes
rotec® Unifit Adapter

  • Available wall thicknesses from 10 mm to 80 mm
  • With dedicated air conduction system for almost all types of air cylinder as nearly independent of air hole pattern
rotec® Airo Adapter

  • Available wall thicknesses from 15.9 mm to 125 mm
  • With separate compressed air connection and dedicated air conduction system

Printing sleeves

High quality sleeves for conventional plate mounting

  • Easy and reliable handling for all plate types
  • TIR < 0.025 mm
  • Proven rotec® interior design of synthetic resin and glassfibre compound
  • High durability and stability
rotec® Blue Light Sleeve
Light and robust – The benchmark in conventional plate mounting
  • Available wall thicknesses from 0.9 mm to 125 mm
  • Superior service life and outstanding durability
  • Consistent and long-lasting mounting and clamping characteristics
  • Available in XXL dimensions for wide web presses
rotec® Compressible Sleeve
Unique compressibility – Compressible surface for highest print quality
  • Available wall thicknesses from 2.9 mm to 125 mm
  • Permanently highest volume compressibility
  • Very efficient with hard tapes and long print runs
  • Lowest dot gain
rotec® Premium Sleeve
Superior dimensional stability – High-quality printing for critical tolerance applications
  • Available wall thicknesses from 10 mm to 125 mm
  • Constant outer diameter at fluctuating temperatures or high air-humidity for a dependable register accuracy
  • Long-lasting and consistent printing properties
  • Perfect for high printing speeds
rotec® Label Sleeve
Optimum edge-stability – Specially developed for narrow web machines
  • Available wall thicknesses from 10 mm to 125 mm
  • Consistent printing properties through high dimensional stability
  • Constant and long-lasting parallelism of the sleeve
  • Perfect matched clamping properties for short working widths
  • Excellent results in label printing due to optimum edge-stability
rotec® Hybrid Sleeve
Efficient and cost effective – Thin-walled fibreglass composite sleeve with low tolerances
  • Available wall thicknesses from 0.9 mm to 2.0 mm
  • Particularly hard surface
  • Long service life
  • Quick availability
  • Perfect solvent and ink resistance

Test pens for quick test of film surface energy

Treated and untreated plastic films are indistinguishable to the naked eye. Usage of insufficiently treated films causes delays and waste, which can quickly became a major problem in an industry that demands highest levels in quality, performance and production output. This is especially true in the converting industry, so information needs to be available quickly and simply.

To perform the test, a line of ink is applied to the film with the pen and the behaviour of the ink observed. If the ink forms a solid line, the film has a surface energy of at least 38 mN/m and can be used for printing and other converting steps. If the ink contracts and does not form a solid line, the film’s surface energy is below 38 mN/m. This indicates that the film is insufficiently treated for most converting processes.

Its ease of use, reliability and competitive price have made our product the no. 1 best selling corona test pen in the world!

Besides test markers for DIN 38 mN/m. we also offer various surface tension test kits from DIN 34 – 36 – 38 – 40 – 42 – 44 – 46 – 48 – 50 – 52 up to DIN 54

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