New quality of solvent & eco-solvent inks redefined by Caldron Chenbang Inks

Standing on a plot of 11,250sqft in area, the state-of-the-art manufacturing plant of Caldron Chenbang Inks has four well-equipped floors, each with 7,000sqft of covered area, which collectively form a total of 28,000sqft working space. An additional space of 2,000sqft in the backside of the plant is designated for storage of raw materials. Around 12 motors and 25 pumps are running at the plant, consuming nearly 500KW of electricity.

“Our partnership with Chenbang Ink Company has marked a significant milestone in manufacturing finest range of solvent and eco-solvent inks in India, utilising the world’s best raw materials and cutting-edge machinery & advanced production process of Chenbang Ink Company,” tells Rajat. He adds that the inks now produced by Caldron Chenbang Inks in India are on par with the international quality for which Chenbang is known for and acknowledged across the world.

Based in Ganzhou, China, Chenbang Ink Company has a facility of 70,000sqm where equipped more than 30 production lines. The company’s product portfolio includes an extensive range of inkjet inks for diverse applications like outdoor advertising graphics, digital textile printing, laser printing and engraving, among many others.

Selection of raw materials

Caldron Chenbang Inks keeps the same standards of raw materials and machinery set by its technology partner Chenbang Ink Company. “When it comes to raw materials, we use BGA (butyl glycol acetate) from BASF, Germany; pigments from another German company, Clariant (now a part of Heubach Group) for Magenta & Yellow; we use Sun Chemical’s pigments from USA for Cyan; and pigments from South Korean company Orient for Black,” mentions Rajat.

Production volumes

“Following the strict guidelines laid by our technology partner Chenbang Ink Company, we currently produce around 8,000 litres of inks per day. In a month, it’s more than 200,000 litres we normally deliver,” tells Rajat, adding, “Chenbang Ink Company is known for being one of the world’s largest producers of solvent and eco-solvent inks. We follow their policy guidance. We test every drop of our ink before it goes into bottling. We do first viscosity test in every 30 minutes and then after the lot is ready. We do filtration and drop test before we filter the ink in 4 steps. So, in short, our inks are good for printer even before final filtrations is done in our tests and there is negligible chances of it causing blockages after the final 4-step filtration”

Every raw material used at Caldron Chenbang Inks is vigilantly tested in-house before going into the manufacturing process. In the next step, an in-house printing lab tests the inks on standard printers before packing them for shipment. “We test every ink on the most standard printheads. Eco-solvent inks are tested on EPSON printhead and solvent on Seiko printhead,” mentions Rajat.

Printhead compatibility

Currently, Caldron Chenbang Inks are available in two bottles – 1 litre & 5 litre. Both the solvent and eco-solvent inks are compatible with all major printheads, viz. Konica Minolta, Seiko, EPSON, Starfire, XAAR, and so on.

“In addition to our solvent and eco-solvent inks, we are representing our technology partner to deliver their DTG, DTF, and UV inks in India,” informs Rajat.

With more than 30 production lines of Solvent Ink, Eco-Solvent Ink, UV Ink, Water-Based Pigment Ink, DTF Ink, and Color Toner for laser printing, Chenbang Ink Company boasts a production capacity of 20,000 tons of inks. It produces more than 10 million liters of Solvent Ink alone annually. Currently, the company grabs the highest percent market share with selling in over 100 countries worldwide.

Distribution network

As on today, Caldron Chenbang Inks has been distributing its products through the network of Caldron Graphics. In this, Rajat states that they are chalking out plan to upgrade the distribution network with more partners to be involved in it. “We are bringing many partners and players including OEMs into the network,” he mentions.

According to Rajat, inks from Caldron Chenbang Inks stand apart from others because of the utilisation of the latest technologies and advanced processes which no other conventional ink manufacturers use. He states, “All the machines and equipment we run at our plant are fully automated, no human intervention required. As a result, there’s no chance of creating wrong output and wastage of a single drop of ink.”

Rajat now invites every OEM to grab the new quality of solvent and eco-solvent inks produced by Caldron Chenbang Inks using the best of raw materials and best of production equipment, offering best of ICC profiles. He conclusively conveys, “We are open to everyone who would like to be partnered with us. We are ready for ICC profiling, colour profiling, and many others as per anybody’s requirement.”

Caldron Chenbang Inks has cracked a new dawn redefining the standards of solvent & eco-solvent inks, empowering businesses across various sectors for more enhanced and superior printing!

Rajat conveys, “We proudly Make in India!”