Innovating for a smarter, more sustainable future - Flint Group celebrates International Print Day 2025

Every year, International Print Day presents a unique opportunity to celebrate print’s role in driving innovation and creativity worldwide. In 2025, the theme #PrintSmart perfectly captures the forces that are reshaping the printing industry – technology, sustainability, and collaboration. This focus resonates particularly deeply for us at Flint Group, as we reaffirm our commitment to providing innovations that transform how printers can better balance the growing demands for speed and precision with an environmental focus and working smarter for a more successful future.

Forward-looking ink chemistry

At the heart of Flint Group’s commitment to its customers is sustainable and regulatory compliant product innovation.

Our NC-free formulations, such as VertixCode and MatrixCode in Europe, reflect a crucial step forward in aligning print processes with circular economy principles and regulatory demands. These formulations support safer workplace environments and contribute to enhanced recyclability in packaging, addressing emerging environmental concerns while delivering dependable pressroom performance.

In parallel, our water-based Paper & Board ink range, TerraCode Bio Bag SX02 exemplifies our leadership in advancing compostable and biodegradable packaging inks. Specially designed for paper bags and packaging, TerraCode Bio Bag SX02 supports brand owners and converters in developing environmentally responsible solutions.

Finally, Flint Group’s latest innovation for Narrow Web – Flexocure LEAP – is a game changer for food contact material printing in the label market segment. This breakthrough technology safeguards food packaging, simplifies migration testing requirements, and enables converters to meet stringent safety standards without sacrificing print quality and productivity.

Digital transformation

For Flint Group’s customers, ‘smarter printing’ includes ‘ease of doing business’ which is enhanced by our comprehensive B2B customer portal – FlintLink. This uniquely designed platform provides technical resources, colour management, industry insights, and remote customer support in one convenient hub.

FlintLink offers printers round-the-clock access to essential data including product documentation, technical guides, order management and tracking, and SDS, eliminating the need for multiple portals and simplifying complex workflows.

FlintLink offers an invaluable tool in optimising overall operational efficiency within daily print operations.

Smart colour management

Furthermore, via our FlintLink portal, customers gain direct access to our VIVO Colour Solutions platform , where the newly launched VIVO ColourMatch module helps support right-first-time colour accuracy. Precise colour control from the outset means printers avoid costly and resource-intensive reprints and makeready runs, significantly reducing ink, substrate, and energy waste.

Through its web-based tools, VIVO also empowers users to optimise ink stock management, minimise press downtime, and maximise the reuse of returned inks. This continuous flow of data-driven insights supports ongoing workflow refinement, enabling printers to align closely with sustainability targets without compromising on print quality or profitability.

A connected ecosystem

None of these innovations to enhance print performance stand alone. What’s truly exciting for the industry is how they combine to form an integrated ecosystem where digital platforms, smart colour management, and forward-thinking chemistry collectively drive the print industry towards a more competitive, more sustainable future. This holistic approach proves that sustainability is more than just an ethical choice, and that it can deliver tangible benefits for printers, brands, consumers, and the planet alike.

International Print Day is ultimately a celebration of the entire print community’s creativity, resilience, and responsibility. At Flint Group, pride in supporting this vibrant community is reflected in the ongoing development of tools and solutions that help printers embrace the #PrintSmart vision. By championing smarter workflows, precision colour control, and more sustainable ink chemistry, we are reaffirming our commitment to empowering package printers with the technologies and insights they need to deliver high-performance print that performs not only for today but also responsibly for years to come.