IIT Roorkee transfers printing ink technology to packaging industry

Researchers at IIT Roorkee developed the water-based solution to meet the challenge of reducing carbon footprint and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to promote green solution. 

Researchers of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Afflatus Gravure Private Limited, Noida, developed an environment-friendly technology for flexible printing. The institute has transferred the two technologies to a packaging company under a licensed agreement signed in the presence of IIT Roorkee Director Prof KK Pant and other officials of the company and research team. 

The technology has been developed by Dr Anurag Kulshreshtha, Prof Millie Pant and Prof YS Negi (retd) of IIT Roorkee and Arun Pandey of Afflatus Gravures Pvt Ltd, Noida. The technology is useful in the area of flexible packaging and also going to be a sustainable solution. The technology was developed under a project which was funded under ‘Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana’ programme of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and Afflatus Gravure Private Limited, Noida. 

The objective of the project was to develop a highly sustainable, environment-friendly and cost-effective printing solution. Researchers at IIT Roorkee developed the water-based solution to meet the challenge of reducing carbon footprint and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to promote green solution which will be the benchmark for green manufacturing systems in printing applications leading towards an environment-friendly solution and will be a step towards the development of a sustainable society. 

Arun Pandey, Director, Afflatus Group, said the present technology is likely to be a game changer in the world of printing. Prof Millie Pant and Dr Anurag Kulshreshtha said this green solution shall help reduce the carbon footprints, without affecting overall product quality. 

Speaking on the collaboration, Prof Akshay Dvivedi, Dean Sponsor Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), IIT Roorkee, said, “This collaboration of IIT Roorkee with a well-known packaging industry is not just limited to the general understanding of the concept, but also focuses on a consistent framework for application in various domains of packaging, operations.” 

Prof Kamal K Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee, said, “Technologies that lead towards the development of a sustainable society remains most demanding in present scenario. The development of water-based ink by IIT Roorkee in collaboration with Afflatus contributes significantly towards the research in the areas of flexi packaging, printing operations.” 

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