Flint Group Launches Three Varn One-Step Fountain Solutions for North American Printers

PLYMOUTH, Mich.—August 5, 2015—With thousands of printers in North America and the wide variety of printing they do, pressroom chemical needs vary greatly. Flint Group has just launched three new Varn Supreme fountain solutions to help printers streamline the fountain solutions they use for these diverse needs.

Each of the new one-step founts is versatile enough to use with conventional, UV, hybrid and HUV applications, and each excels at low doses. This unequaled versatility leads to more economical printing and has great potential to streamline pressroom products used in any given printing location.

In addition, each of the new Varn Supreme founts offers a unique benefit to help printers with special demands:

• Varn Supreme CA 550 is a mild-acid sheetfed fount with the same level of corrosion-inhibiting benefits as OEM-approved founts.
• Supreme CERT 788 is a mild-acid, OEM-approved fountain solution for sheetfed and web offset printing.
• Supreme RSN 818 is designed for use on Komori presses with Reverse Slip Nip dampening systems.

“Our scientists have done a great job,” noted Greg Yoder, business director pressroom chemicals for Flint Group North America. “The new technology changes the way our customers can think about fountain solution.”

“We wanted to give our customers greater flexibility, whether they dedicate their operations to a singular purpose or run multiple technologies and applications in one location,” explained John Fatigato, director of technology, Chemical Products Division. “These new founts meet that goal, while also providing better overall performance and reduced waste compared to most competitive founts.”

About Flint Group
Flint Group is dedicated to serving the global printing and packaging industry. The company develops, manufactures and markets an extensive portfolio of printing consumables, including: a vast range of conventional and energy curable inks and coatings for most offset, flexographic and gravure applications; pressroom chemicals, printing blankets and sleeves for offset printing; photopolymer printing plates and sleeves, plate-making equipment and flexographic sleeve systems; pigments and additives for use in inks and other colorant applications. With a strong customer focus, unmatched service and support, and superior products, Flint Group strives to provide exceptional value, consistent quality and continuous innovation to customers around the world. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Flint Group employs some 6800 people. Revenues for 2014 were € 2.1 billion (US $2.8 billion). On a worldwide basis, the company is the number one or number two supplier in every major market segment it serves.

Source: Flint Group.