X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, have announced Toyo Ink Co., Ltd has joined the PantoneLIVE Accredited Partner Program. Toyo Ink is part of a select group of international partners and becomes the first PantoneLIVE accredited ink manufacturer in Japan. This enables Japanese-based brand owners and packaging converters to more easily use the PantoneLIVE ecosystem for digital color communications to accurately define, develop and share precise spectral definitions for brand color palettes based on specific substrates, print processes, inks and application methods.

“We are extremely proud to become an Accredited Ink Manufacturer partner for PantoneLIVE,” says Takashi Yamauchi, general manager, Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division, Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. “PantoneLIVE revolutionizes the way color is communicated and ensures accurate color in printing across multiple geographic locations and printing partners. Using PantoneLIVE, our customers worldwide will be able to speed print production times and improve overall workflow efficiencies.”

Toyo Ink has supported its customer by offering a total color management solution and a range of printing inks for commercial printing and packaging for over 20 years. To support customer demand for a wide color gamut, Toyo Ink is an expert organization in spot color formulation and offers color services. Toyo Ink will use PantoneLIVE internally to help match Pantone Colors, including options for a variety of substrates and printing processes.

“We have enjoyed a longstanding business relationship with Toyo Ink and are excited to now have Toyo Ink as an accredited partner for PantoneLIVE,” adds Fumiteru Minami, general manager for Japan and Korea, X-Rite Pantone. “In addition, Toyo Ink will offer Japanese brand owners PantoneLIVE solutions to help communicate color across the entire packaging supply chain. This broadens PantoneLIVE’s presence in the growing Asian marketplace and provides our customers the assurance needed that the inks they are using meet brand owner standards regardless of the substrate or printing technology used.”