Printing ink solvents are chemical solvents used in inks that dissolve pigments, allowing the ink to bond effectively with non-porous surfaces like vinyl, plastic, and metal. We offer low aromatic grades that allow our clients to exceed the industry’s strictest requirements on solvent power, distillation range, or resin compatibility while also ensuring health and safety of end users, printers, and personnel.

These solvents are engineered with a controlled distillation range, ensuring consistent evaporation rates—an essential factor for achieving high-quality print results and efficient press performance. Astrea’s solvents also exhibit high solvency power, allowing them to effectively dissolve a variety of resins and pigments. This property contributes to the formulation of stable inks with the desired viscosity and drying behavior. In flexographic printing, their fast-drying nature and substrate versatility are particularly beneficial for packaging applications. Gravure printing benefits from their consistent boiling behavior, which supports high-speed production of materials like magazines and wallpapers. In offset printing, the precision in evaporation helps ensure crisp, clean print quality.