Sakata INX influences the printing ink industry through innovative, environmentally friendly products such as plant-derived inks and functional coatings and its focus on sustainability and safety.
Sakata INX Liquid inks are widely used in the packaging printing due to their versatility, compatibility with various substrates and advanced formulation for quality, durability and environmental friendliness.
Inks are primarily applied using Gravure or Flexographic printing techniques, which are dominant in the packaging sector for flexible materials such as PET, BOPP, PE, MDOPE, CPP, Paper, Nylon & Other Substrates.
Sakata INX is a leading, globally active Japanese manufacturer of Liquid printing inks, including those for flexible packaging and commercial printing and is considered an industry influencer due to its commitment to innovation, sustainability and providing solutions that support major global brands.
We have a strong presence in the Indian market, known for offering high-quality, eco-friendly inks like Toluene and Ketone-free inks manufacturing in India since two decades and PVC & NC free inks available since last five years meeting the stringent quality and environmental regulations for the food packaging and printing industries.
Sakata INX influences the printing ink industry through innovative, environmentally friendly products such as plant-derived inks and functional coatings and its focus on sustainability and safety.
As a key player with a large global network and a strong position in the market, the company also drives industry trends by working closely with major brands to develop customized solutions and promoting brand colour management to ensure consistency across different platforms and substrates.
Liquid Inks Composition and Properties: Liquid inks for packaging typically consist of pigments dispersed in a liquid vehicle, with the formulation including binders, solvents (water or oil based), surfactants, and specialized additives. Water-based inks are favoured for being environmentally friendly, reducing volatile organic compounds (VOC), and improving safety during handling and printing.
Manufacturers select pigments and binders based on desired properties such as gloss, transparency, color strength, adhesion, and Light fastness, which are critical for meeting packaging application needs.
Key Aspects of Sakata INX as an Influencer
Innovation & Technology
Specialty Inks: Sakata INX develops and supplies a range of innovative inks, including Botanical Inks, Thermochromic Inks, Glow in Dark, UV Visible Inks, Feather feel coating and more.
Functional Coatings: The company provides functional coating materials for the Paper industry, Plastic Films and a variety of specialized coatings for commercial, rigid, and flexible packaging.
Botanical Ink: Sakata INX’s original brand, Botanical Ink, uses plant-derived ingredients, and the company continues to expand this line with products like EcoPlata (water-based flexo ink for paper bags) and EcoPino (water-based gravure ink for paper cartons).
Sustainability & Environmental Responsibility
Sakata INX prioritizes the development of environmentally friendly products, including water-based inks.
Safety Certifications: The company adheres to international environmental and food safety standards, such as ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018.
Market Presence & Collaboration
Strategic Partnerships: Sakata INX serves as a critical supplier to all major global brands influencing industry standards and trends through direct collaboration. Our collaboration on sustainability and new innovations become trend in the industry.
Brand Color Management: The company’s expertise in brand color management ensures that major brands receive precise color consistency across all media and substrates, establishing them as a reliable partner for brand owners. IMS system was introduced in Indian market by Sakata INX in year 2000 and since then we have transformed various customer units into highly profitable business units with precise color dispersion across products.
Global Network: With an extensive global network of bases, Sakata INX support its international customers and contribute to the printing industry’s growth in various markets using local bases available across the globe by way of having cross functional formulations available across regions , it not only helps customers to replicate solution of one country to other but also have consistency in graphic reproduction, this means a product produced in India can have same color reproduction as product produced anywhere outside the nation.
Core Competencies
Quality Ink Manufacturing: Sakata INX focuses on its core competency of being a high-quality ink manufacturer. We are proud to share our products are taken as reference by major players in the Industry and we make the trend in the Industry, Sakata was one of first company in India to Launch PU Ink “Lamiall” in the Indian market when market was dominated by Vinyl & other Inks and this becomes trend and competition followed the sued. Today after 27 Years of launch, PU is still the major business for Sakata INX and growing, only change happens is Solvents combination change from Toluene to Non Toluene. Our PU legacy is still continuing and dominating the Industry.
Supply Chain Management: The company’s strategy involves purchasing the best available raw materials from various global suppliers which allows us to maintain high standards and adapt to market conditions, such as the non-availability of certain pigments and other Raw material. Our collaboration with global suppliers help us in mitigating risks of non-availability and global uncertainty.
Innovation and R&D: Sakata INX consistently invests in research and development, leading to innovative products like water-based and eco-friendly solvent-based inks for packaging and commercial printing applications.
Global and Local Strength: With over 36 bases worldwide, Sakata INX has a significant global reach. Sakata’s operations in India comprises of local manufacturing facilities and R&D capabilities, we demonstrate our ability to blend Japanese global technology with highly skilled local management to serve diverse markets effectively.
Customer-Centric Approach: The company emphasizes customer-centricity, working closely with major brands to provide precise brand color management and consistent color consistency across different media and substrates, which is critical for brand integrity.
High-Performance Products: Sakata INX’s product portfolio includes high-performance Gravure and Flexo inks, offering high bond strength, sharp image reproduction, and suitability for high-speed printing, making them a preferred choice for quality-conscious businesses.
Leading in Flexible Packaging: Sakata India has led the Indian flexible packaging inks market, driven by a customer-centric approach and innovation.
Supplying Major Brands: Major brands rely on Sakata INX for reliable and precise brand color management, a testament to their influence in the industry.
Adapting to Market Needs: The company has shown resilience and adaptability, as seen by their capacity expansion despite global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions.
Sakata INX Liquid inks are essential for modern packaging printing, valued for our adaptability across substrates, vibrant colors and alignment with sustainability trends. Continued innovation in formulations, such as surface-modifying chemistries and eco-friendly vehicles, ensures these inks meet the demanding requirements of the packaging industry. Sakata INX Liquid inks deliver clear, vibrant, and durable prints on diverse packaging substrates and are formulated for high-speed industrial printing. The move towards water-based and UV, UV-LED inks supports sustainability goals by lowering VOCs, energy consumption, and the carbon footprint of packaging firms.
Care for Sustainable Packaging: Sakata INX’s Botanical Inks
Ink is essential for printed matter. That’s why you need an environmentally-friendly brand. Sanjay Kaul – Head (Marketing & Sales) Sakata INX (India) Private Ltd. shares more.
“BOTANICAL INK” series
“Botanical” has the meaning of plants, and it is a familiar term that has spread into various business areas including printed designs on clothes, shampoo, food, beverages and others.SAKATA INX offers ink types that cover a range of applications, and they have already been used in many packaging materials and rigid films mainly for food products.
Sakata Inx offers environmentally-friendly ink that contains plant-derived components.
The ink solid of the BOTANICAL INK developed by SAKATA INX contains more than 10% or more plant-derived components from trees, seeds, and other sources. including printed designs on clothes, shampoo, food, beverages and others “Botanical” has the meaning of plants, and it is a familiar term that has spread into various business areas including printed designs on clothes, shampoo, food, beverages and others
Potential of “BOTANICAL INK”
Contributing to reducing CO2 emissions, the cause of global warming: By changing some of the solids contained in ink from the conventional petroleum-derived components to plant-derived components, BOTANICAL INK contributes to the reduction of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere from the perspective of carbon offsetting, where the CO2 absorbed by plants and the CO2 emitted when printed items are burned cancel each other out.
Technical strength and proven track record in working on environmentally-friendly ink: SAKATA INX is a pioneer to tackle environmental issues – developed and promoted water-based ink, non-toluene/non-MEK ink, plant-derived ink and more. We use advanced technological capabilities that have been nurtured as an “ecological-oriented company” to provide high-quality and environmentally-friendly products around the world.