Printing Inks

Ignite your printing ink innovation

In a world driven by speed, precision, and sustainability, printing inks must do more than just color surfaces—they must perform. Evonik empowers formulators and manufacturers with high-performance additives and specialty chemicals that elevate ink functionality across packaging, graphics, and industrial applications. Whether you're formulating UV-curable systems, waterborne inks, or solvent-based coatings, our solutions help you control pigment dispersion, rheology, curing behaviour and surface properties.

Why Choose Evonik for Printing Ink Formulations?

Proven Chemistry: Trusted brands like VISIOMER®, TEGO®, AEROSIL®, and ACEMATT® deliver consistent performance across diverse ink systems.
Bio-Based and Mass-Balanced Grades: TEGO® Wet 570 Terra and 580 Terra are biosurfactants for substrate, pigment and filler wetting. TEGO® Wet 270 eCO and TEGO® Foamex 812 eCO apply the mass balance approach to replace fossil by circular raw materials. VISIOMER® IBOA offers 77 % bio-content.
Tailored Functionality: From rheology control to adhesion promotion, our portfolio adapts to your specific printing challenges.

Solutions by Ink Type

UV-Curable Inks

VISIOMER® – Specialty methacrylates like IBOA and HEMATMDI support radiation curing, viscosity reduction and hardness in UV-curable formulations. VISIOMER® IBOA offers 77% bio-content, supporting sustainable formulation goals.
TEGO® Rad – Organo-modified siloxanes for improved flow, leveling, and surface slip in radiation-curable inks.
AEROSIL® / SIPERNAT® – Silica-based rheology modifiers for viscosity control and pigment suspension. SIPERNAT® 622 LS provides matting efficiency with minimal viscosity increase in printing ink applications.
ACEMATT® – Matting agents for achieving consistent matte finishes in UV systems. ACEMATT® 3600 is suitable for matting very thin or very thick UV-coating films.

Waterborne Inks

SURFYNOL® / DYNOL™ – High-performance wetting agents and superwetters for enhanced substrate adhesion and reduced surface defects.
TEGO® Wet / TEGO® Twin – Siloxane-based substrate wetting additives and gemini surfactants combining wetting with defoaming. TEGO® Wet 570 Terra and 580 Terra are biosurfactants.
TEGO® Dispers / TEGO® Foamex – Dispersing agents and defoamers for pigment stabilization and smooth application.
TEGO® Dispers / TEGO® Foamex – Dispersing agents and defoamers for pigment stabilization and smooth application. TEGO® Foamex 8820, 8850 and 8880 are bio-based defoamers with food contact compliances.

Solvent-Based & Industrial Inks

VESTASOL® – Solvents and intermediates that provide excellent gloss in coatings and inks.
VESTANAT® – Cycloaliphatic polyisocyanates based on isophorone diisocyanate, preferred raw materials for lightstable and weather-resistant polyurethanes.
TEGO® Addbond / TEGO® VariPlus – Adhesion promoters and hard resins for improved durability and print fidelity: TEGO® Variplus SK improves hardness, scratch resistance, adhesion and gloss in solventborne systems; TEGO® Variplus AP is solvent-free.

Functional Additives & Performance Enhancers

ZETASPERSE® – Dispersants for high pigment loading and stability.
NANOCRYL® – Nanotechnology-based resins for enhanced mechanical properties and gloss.
ADDID® 911 – is an adhesion promoter for solventborne and waterborne primers and coatings.
TEGO® Viscoplus – Associative thickeners with Newtonian or pseudoplastic flow behaviour, pH-independent.
AERODISP® – Aqueous dispersions of fumed silica and fumed aluminium oxide.

The Evonik Advantage

Bio-Based Options: Selected TEGO® Foamex and TEGO® Wet grades are bio-based or mass-balanced, several with food contact compliances.
Global Expertise: Our technical teams collaborate with you to optimize formulations and meet regulatory standards.
Reliable Supply & Innovation: Backed by decades of chemical expertise and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Ready to Transform Your Ink Formulations?

Discover how Evonik’s advanced additives and specialty monomers can help you create printing inks with the dispersion, rheology, curing and surface properties your process requires.

Explore our solutions or contact us today to start your journey toward smarter ink performance.

TEGO® Foamex

TEGO® Foamex defoamers prevent formation of foam during manufacture and application of coatings and printing inks. Foam already formed is destroyed and air occlusions prevented.

TEGO® Dispers

TEGO® Dispers wetting and dispersing additives prevent floating, flooding and sedimentation of pigments in paints, lacquers and pigment concentrates. They improve color strength development, transparency and gloss. All TEGO® Dispers products are free of alkylphenolethoxylates.

TEGO® Variplus

TEGO® VariPlus resins are widely used to enhance the property profile of numerous coatings and printing inks. These non-saponifiable, neutral, hard resins have a low molecular weight, low inherent color and exhibit good light and heat resistance. Their outstanding compatibility with the most important main binders and their good solubility in the solvents commonly used in these systems make them highly versatile.

VESTANAT®

VESTANAT® cycloaliphatic di‑ and polyisocyanates serve as high‑performance crosslinkers for polyurethane coatings, delivering exceptional weathering stability, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, and surface durability. Suitable for 1K moisture‑cure and 2K systems, VESTANAT® enables scratch‑resistant, non‑yellowing, long‑lasting coatings for automotive, flooring, civil engineering, and industrial applications.

VESTASOL®

VESTASOL® specialty solvents are high‑purity, high‑boiling isophorone‑based liquids offering universal solvency, excellent emulsifying ability, and strong leveling and gloss‑enhancing performance. Used in coatings, inks, agrochemical formulations, and chemical synthesis, VESTASOL® products enable stable, high‑quality finishes and serve as key intermediates in plastics and cosmetic raw‑material production.

VISIOMER®

VISIOMER® Specialty Methacrylates are versatile monomers enabling tailored performance in coatings, adhesives, composites, construction, and personal care applications. They offer low‑odor options, partially bio-based grades, and customizable functionality to enhance mechanical properties, adhesion, and durability - supporting innovative, high‑performance polymer solutions across diverse industries.