Solutions for digital printingThe BASF resins, monomers, oligomers and additives portfolio for digital inks

Formulating tools for high-performance digital printingDigital printing is a fast-growing industry with specific requirements for innovative products. BASF offers a complete range of high-quality raw materials for digital inks. We offer a broad portfolio of resins, monomers, and oligomers for energy curing. Additionally, BASF supplies formulation additives such as dispersing agents, wetting agents and surface modifiers, defoamers, rheology modifiers, and film-forming agents for water-based, solvent-based and energy-curable ink formulations. Furthermore, our UV absorbers, light stabilizers, and antioxidants for inks help prints last longer.

At BASF, we want to be your supplier of choice for the digital printing industry. For specific formulation requirements or a complete list of products, please contact your BASF representative.

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Product DescriptionPhysical propertiesAppearance Viscosity

(mPa·s, 25 °C)

Acid Value

Styrene acrylic resins and resins solutions

Joncryl® HPD 396 highly efficient grind resin solution providing higher pigment loading clear solution 500 185

Joncryl® HPD 396 MEAenables high concentrated dispersions, superior color development, excellent performance with critical pigments, high gloss and transparency, Swiss Ordinance List A compliant

clear solution 500 185

Joncryl® HPD 496 highly efficient grind resin solution for high-end applications clear solution 500 178

Joncry® HPD 496 MEAenables very high concentrated dispersions, superior color development, excellent performance with critical pigments, excellent gloss and transparency, Swiss Ordinance List A compliant

clear solution 700 178

Joncryl® HPD 671 solid resin for high-quality pigment dispersions with very good viscosity-stability clear solid resin – 214

Joncryl® 538acrylic emulsion that can be coalesced to provide alkali- and alcohol-resistant film for inks, OPVs and packaging applications; can resist plasticizer migration

semi-translucent emulsion

250 70

Styrene acrylic resins and resin solutions

Joncryl® resins and Joncryl® HPD dispersions

To support the growth of the digital marketplace, innovative raw materials for ink design and production are needed for both digital printing in general and ink-jet printing in particular. BASF’s comprehensive resins and resin solutions meet the most stringent formulation requirements of ink, ink-receptive coating, and overprint varnish manufacturers.

Acrylic resins can be formulated to improve viscosity, enhance gloss and resolubility, and improve color development of pigment dispersions, inks, and overprint varnishes.

Resin solutions are a convenient and cost-effective alternative to solid resins. Joncryl® HPD is a special range of high-performance dispersion resin solutions designed specially to produce high-quality water-based pigment dispersions with superior pigment wetting characteristics, exceptional viscosity stability, and free-flowing concentrates at high pigment load.

Water-based

Styrene acrylic resins and resin solutionsDigital Printing Solutions

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Energy-curable resins and functional monomers

Laromer® monomers and oligomers, Irgastab® in-can stabilizers

Depending on end-use requirements, specific formulations will vary greatly. For UV-curable systems, the majority of formulations will contain one or more of the following components: oligomers, monomers, pigments, or other additives.

BASF offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, high-functionality oligomers and monomers for a wide range of formulation requirements. Laromer® acrylate oligomers influence the physical properties of an application, whereas the monomers dilute the acrylate oligomers to required formulation viscosities. This variety of oligomer and monomer types provides UV-curing formulators with a wide range of possibilities.

Energy-curable resins and functional monomersDigital Printing Solutions

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Portfolio Product DescriptionChemical description

Viscosity (mPa·S, 25 °C)

Surface tension (mN /m, 20.0 °C)

Glass transition temperature (°C)

Energy-curable resins and functional monomersMonomers Reactive Diluents Laromer® POEA imparts adhesion and flexibility, high cutting power Phenoxyethyl acrylate 9 39 5

Laromer® LR 8887 flexibility, adhesion on metal and plastics, low odor Cyclic trimethylolpropane formal acrylate

15 36 32

Laromer® TBCH imparts flexibility and adhesion 4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acrylate

8 30 55

Iso-decylacrylate imparts flexibility and adhesion (“swelling”), good substrate wetting properties

Iso-decylacrylate3 28 -55

Laurylacrylate very low viscosity; high flexibility; good substrate wetting; Swiss A listed

Laurylacrylate4 30 -3

Ethyldiglycol acrylate flexibility, adhesion on plastics 3 32 -58

Dihydrodicyclopenta-dienyl acrylate

imparts hardness, hydrophobic Dihydrodicyclopenta- dienyl acrylate

12 36 110

N-Vinyl caprolactam high reactivity, high cutting power, water soluble, imparts hardness and adhesion

N-Vinyl caprolactam3 (50 °C) 36 (50 °C) 147

Laromer® HDDA adhesion on plastics (swelling), excellent cutting power, hydrophobic

1,6 Hexandiol diacrylate7 35 43

Laromer® DPGDA high hardness, high chemical and abrasion resistance, excellent cutting power

Dipropylene glycol diacrylate

8 33 104

Laromer® TPGDA high reactivity, high cutting power Tripropylglycol diacrylate 13 33 62

Laromer® PO 9102 excellent flow and substrate wetting properties, good pigment wetting

Propoxylated (2.0) neopentylglycol diacrylate

20 31 41

Diethylenglycol divinylether (DVE-2)

high cutting power, for radical and cationic UV curing systems

Diethylenglycol divinylether

2 30 n. d.

Triethylenglycol divinylether (DVE-3)

high cutting power, for radical and cationic UV curing systems

Triethylenglycol divinylether

3 33 n. d.

1,4-Cyclohexandi-methanol divinylether

excellent film former, for radical and cationic UV curing systems

1,4-Cyclohexandi- methanol divinylether

5 31 n.5d.

Laromer® TMPTA high hardness, high chemical and abrasion resistance, very high reactivity

Trimethylolpropane triacrylate

100 36 62

Laromer® GPTA trifunctional monomer – providing high reactivity, flexibility and hardness

Propoxylated (3.0) glycerol triacrylate

100 36 18

Laromer® LR 8863 excellent cutting power, adhesion on plastics, flexibility, high reactivity

Ethoxylated (3.0) trimet-hylol-propane triacrylate

75 38 -37

Laromer® PO 33 F good flow and substrate wetting properties, good pigment wetting

Ethoxylated (3.5) trimet-hylol-propane triacrylate

90 35 -15

Laromer® PO 8996 amine-modified polyether acrylate – providing excellent reactivity and film-forming properties, low viscosity and good solvent resistance; low yellowing

Amine-modified polyether acrylate 80 36 n. d.

Laromer® PPTTA tetrafunctional monomer – providing excellent reactivity and film-forming properties and good flexibility

Ethoxylated (5.0) penta- erythrol tetraacrylate

175 40 2

Oligomers Polyester Acrylate Laromer® PE 9105 tetrafunctional polyester acrylate – providing high reactivity and flexibility, excellent film-forming properties, low viscosity and good adhesion to plastics

Tetrafunctional polyester acrylate 300 n. d. 45

Polyether Acrylate – Amine-modified

Laromer® PO 8997 amine-modified polyether acrylate – providing high reactivity and flexibility, excellent film-forming properties, low viscosity and good adhesion to plastics

Amine-modified polyether acrylate 400 38 n. d.

Laromer® PO 9137 amine-modified polyether acrylate – providing outstanding reactivity, UV-LED applications

Polymeric amine-modified polyether acrylate

650 39 n. d.

Laromer® PO 94 F amine-modified polyether acrylate – providing excellent reactivity and film-forming properties, medium viscosity and good solvent resistance

Amine-modified polyether acrylate 500 38 n. d.

In-can stabilizers Irgastab® UV 22 14 % active matter in GPTA, efficiently inhibiting premature thermal polymerization of UV-inks and ink-jet inks and providing long shelf life; higher viscosity vs. Irgastab® UV 25

Quinone methide140 – –

Irgastab® UV 25 14 % active matter in phenoxyethyl acrylate, efficiently inhibiting premature thermal polymerization of UV ink-jet inks and providing long shelf life

Quinone methide14 – –

Energy-curable

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A broad platform of formulation additives technologies

Efka®, Loxanol®, Dispex® Ultra, FoamStar®, Hydropalat®, Rheovis®

As a world leader in the global chemical industry, BASF offers a wide array of high-performance additives that support a broad spectrum of applications across many different industry sectors, including ink-jet. These unique raw materials help enable performance-driven products to meet the latest and most stringent application requirements for digital printing.

Our portfolio comprises a broad technology base of dispersing agents, defoamers, wetting agents and surface modifiers, rheology modifiers, and film-forming agents for water-based, solvent-based, and UV-curable ink systems.

Portfolio Product DescriptionApplication field ink-jet

Water-based Solvent-based UV-based

Formulation AdditivesDefoamers FoamStar® SI 2201 defoamer for water-based inks and varnishes; easy to incorporate with best-in-class

defoaming efficiency for flexo applications and excellent performance with colloidal resins used in paper and paperboard applications, and in the manufacture of imitation wood laminates

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FoamStar® SI 2240 highly effective defoamer for aqueous pigment concentrates (resin-free and resin-based) and systems with high surfactant content

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FoamStar® SI 2292 highly compatible silicone-based defoamer solution for high-gloss inks and varnishes • – –

Efka® SI 2721 highly effective defoaming in UV-curing and EBC systems; defoaming substances in 2-ethylhexyl acrylate

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Dispersing agents Dispex® Ultra PA 4590 stabilizes the dispersion of inorganic and organic pigments in water-based ink / ink-jet formulations

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Dispex® Ultra PX 4575 VOC-free dispersing agent for water-based systems with benchmark performance in inorganic pigments; but also excellent overall performance for organic pigments; broad compatibility towards different resin systems

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Dispex® Ultra PX 4585 excellent performance with organic pigments; high-end water-based inks (flexo and ink-jet), broad compatibility with different binder systems; pH-independent; suitable for making resin-free pigment concentrates

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Dispex® Ultra FA 4437 non-ionic wetting and dispersing agent for aqueous formulations; especially designed for organic pigment concentrates (resin-based and resin-free)

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Efka® FA 4611 VOC-free copolymeric wetting and dispersing agent; strong reduction of mill base viscosity; high inorganic pigment (TiO2) and filler loading; increased hiding power

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Efka® PX 4300 suitable for stabilizing organic pigments in predominantly solvent-based inks (strong solvent ink-jet) and UV ink-jet inks

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Efka® PX 4320 solvent-based and solvent-free inks (incl. ink-jet); excellent with difficult to disperse pigments like PV 23 etc.

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Efka® PX 4330 solvent-based inks and to a certain extent solvent-free inks (incl. ink-jet); excellent (broad compatibility) for pigment pastes in combination with grinding resins, such as Laropal® A81

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Efka® PX 4701 dispersing agent for high-performance pigments especially for energy-curable systems; especially for UV ink-jet; also for solvent-based applications, both mild-solvent and strong-solvent

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Efka® PX 4703 dispersing agent for high-performance pigments especially for energy-curable systems; especially for UV ink-jet; also for solvent-based applications, both mild-solvent and strong-solvent

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Efka® PX 4733 tin-free dispersing agent for high-performance pigments especially for energy-curable systems; also for solvent-based applications, both mild-solvent and strong-solvent; peak performance in mild-solvent systems

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Potentially suitable• Recommended – Not recommended

A broad platform of formulation additives technologiesDigital Printing Solutions

Portfolio Product DescriptionApplication field ink-jet

Water-based Solvent-based UV-based

Formulation AdditivesWetting agents and surface modifiers

Hydropalat® WE 3120 low-foaming wetting agent for aqueous formulations; excellent reduction of dynamic surface tension

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Hydropalat® WE 3197 non-volatile, low foaming wetting agent for aqueous formulations; excellent substrate wetting, broad food contact compliance

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Hydropalat® WE 3220 silicone surfactant with strong reduction of surface tension in aqueous formulations; excellent substrate wetting and anti-cratering additive with good recoatability

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Hydropalat® WE 3650 highly effective, low foaming, substrate wetting agent for water-based coating and ink applications

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Efka® FL 3741 silicone- and solvent-free flow and leveling agent with air-release properties; excellent compatibility; excellent results also in UV systems

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Efka® SL 3210 broad spectrum and efficient flow and slip enhancer; economic solutions • • •

Efka® SL 3259 highly effective solvent-free slip additive and leveling agent; specifically designed for aqueous and UV-curable formulations; excellent reduction of surface tension, improved low temperature stability

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Rheology modifiers Rheovis® PE 1330 excellent high-shear thickener; imparts excellent flow • – –

Rheovis® PU 1331 next-generation high-shear thickener; ultra efficient; best-in-class ICI performance • – –

Film-forming agents (plasticizers and miscellaneous)

Efka® PL 5643 phthalate-free plasticizer for the use in PVC, coatings, inks and rubber. lt offers excellent durability in combination with low temperature resistance. Efka® PL 5643 can be also used as VOC-free solvent /carrier in various applications; boiling point > 400 °C, solvent for ceramic ink-jet

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Efka® PL 5646 phthalate-free plasticizer for the use in PVC, coatings and inks. lt was developed especially for toxicological sensitive applications. Efka® PL 5646 can also be used as VOC-free solvent /carrier in various applications; boiling point ~394 °C, solvent for ceramic ink-jet

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Loxanol® MI 6730 primer for coating applications; highly effective adhesion promoter in multilayer packaging films; recommended also for ionic /cationic binders and in a pre-treatment solution

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Loxanol® MI 6735 crosslinking agent for PVB (Poylvinylbutyral) inks; highly effective adhesion promoter for bonding different materials; recommended for ionic /cationic binders and in a pre-treatment solution

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Potentially suitable• Recommended – Not recommended

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