Zeller+Gmelin expands NUVAFLEX portfolio

Zeller+Gmelin North America, a manufacturer of premium ink and coating solutions, has announced its newest flexographic ink innovation: the NUVAFLEX 171 UV/LED ink series. This new addition to the NUVAFLEX product line is designed for demanding narrow web flexo applications, delivering fast cure rates, excellent adhesion, and strong color.

Zeller+Gmelin’s NUVAFLEX product line offers high-performance ink solutions for applications on labels, IML, flexible packaging, shrink sleeves, and challenging low-surface-energy substrates. The new 171 Series is ideal for high-speed label and narrow web converters struggling with adhesion, consistency and vibrancy, at scale. Process colors, extended color gamut, mixing bases, metallics, opaque whites, and dense blacks are available in the new product line.

“The 171 Series offers peak flexo performance. Whether you have UV or LED curing systems, the 171 solves a variety of color, adhesion, and quality problems commonly found in today’s pressrooms,” says Erik Jacob, flexographic product manager, Zeller+Gmelin North America. “It’s become my go-to solution for label and narrow web converters. The new 171 series is simply flexo ink, expertly done.”

Zeller+Gmelin will highlight the new series at LOUPE Americas 2026. Taking place in Chicago September 15–17, attendees are invited to stop by Zeller+Gmelin’s booth #911 to discuss their application needs with the company’s ink specialists and learn more about the new ink formulas.