Plant-Based Inks Become the New Favorite in the Printing Industry, Accelerating Green Transformation

TWith the tightening of global environmental policies and the awakening of consumers' green awareness, plant-based inks are becoming a core breakthrough for the transformation of the printing industry by virtue of their low-carbon and biodegradable characteristics.raditional petroleum-based inks not only rely on non-renewable resources, but also emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during production that threaten the environment and human health. Plant-based inks use renewable vegetable oils such as soybean, castor and palm as raw materials, reducing VOC emissions by more than 70% compared with traditional inks. The printed products are naturally degradable and meet the EU "zero-carbon printing" standards.The newly launched soybean-based high-gloss ink from a domestic ink company has been applied on a large scale in food packaging, children's picture books and other fields. The ink not only achieves a color reproduction rate of over 95%, but also has friction-resistant and water-resistant properties, solving the pain point of insufficient performance of plant-based inks.Industry data shows that the domestic plant-based ink market scale is expected to exceed 2 billion yuan in 2024, with an annual growth rate of over 35%. Industry experts said that the popularization of plant-based inks will promote the printing industry to transform from a "major polluter" to a "green pioneer".