Micro Inks-Huber Group: The largest ink manufacturer in India

This year marks Huber Group’s 250 years of existence, 25 years of Micro Ink and 10 years of Micro-Huber partnership

The Rosin Melter at Vapi

The three resin plant tank farm at Vapi plays a big role

The Resin reactors and the R&D in pigments catapults the company into being the largest ink manufacturer in India

Resin flaker and silos which make Hubergroup with a valuation of more than USD 1bn as the sixth-largest ink supplier in the world

ISC reactor and ISC flushers which is the backbone to Huber's initiative to ensure regulatory compliance which is prevalent in Europe, including the Swiss Ordinance, EuPIA guidelines and Nestle guidelines, among others

The ISC filteration and the spic and span packing area

The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics is utilised to discriminate the presence of lard in extracted ink for printed food packaging

Rheometer is a handy tool. As readers of PWI know, paper is concerned with the experimental ability to measure viscoelasticity of low viscosity ink jet fluids and demonstrates the capability of both a piezo axial vibrator and torsion resonator rheometer to capture high frequency rheological data for both model and commercial ink jet fluids. Results are presented for polymer and particle laden suspensions together with a commercial ink. The data can be captured using rheometers

The Inkometer provides data on the tack and length of ink. Also it permits you to compare different inks, so you can evaluate new inks as well as maintain quality control in your press production

IGT Testing Systems has acquired a reputation for conducting tests on different substrates and inks in quality control and research

The GPC system provides high-precision data for all types of measurements due to its micro delivery

Extracted inks are analyzed by HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography). Significant changes in composition are noted on exposure to light

The Gas chromatography (GC) system can be used to detect any volatile organic ingredients that might be present in the inks

The effluent treatment plant which monitoring data on a hour by hour basis, and meticulous effluent discharge

Effluent treatment plant at Vapi which was once rated at the most polluted industrial cluster in India

Effluent treatment bio reactor which treats the pollutants before the effluent is released into the river. The program is monitored by Vapi Waste and Effluent Management Company, and promoted by the Vapi Industries Association

Effluent clarifier tank at Huber. Interestingly enough, Vapi has a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (or CETP). This is the largest of its kind in Asia and one of India's biggest effluent treatment plants in terms of capacity

The cooling towers at the plant

A gas based power plant

On 29 September 2015, Hubergroup India joined 39 other international branches of Hubergroup, to celebrate the 250-year anniversary.

The Micro Inks-Huber Group launched the Gecko line of flexible packaging inks in March 2015. The production of the Gecko series of inks was handled at the expanded facility in its Vapi plant

The Maxxima three pack

On 29 September, 2015, Hubergroup India joined 39 other international branches of Hubergroup, to celebrate the 250-year anniversary

The 250-year anniversary was in line with the varied festivities approximately 3,500 employees of Hubergroup hosted worldwide

Hubergroup India commemorated the day with its employees and their families. The Bavarian headquartered company has 3500 employees worldwide

Micro Inks-Huber Group launched the Gecko line of flexible packaging inks in India at twin events held in Mumbai and Noida on 20 and 21 March 2015

Micro-Huber promoted ‘safety first’ with Gecko launch in the presence of Huber top brass from Germany and Italy, and the local printing community and print buyers