Evonik launches two new substrate wetting additives for printing on food packaging

Thanks to its excellent substrate wetting properties, TEGO^® Wet 550 enhances process reliability and achieves high-quality printing results. The pronounced reduction of surface tension that can be achieved in particular with TEGO^® Wet 285, paired with low foam stabilizing, enable the easy wetting of demanding substrates, such as films. TEGO^® Wet 550 is particularly suitable for use on paper.

“TEGO^® Wet 285 and 550 are among the first high molecular weight substrate wetting additives on the market,” says Thorsten Schierle, director of Applied Technology Inks, Digital & New Applications. “The combination of low migration tendency and conformity with the ‘A’ list of the Swiss Ordinance offers our customers a trend-setting formulation approach.”

Both products are solvent-free and liquid, which translates into easy handling for formulators in production and in the laboratory.