The new colour libraries in the PantoneLIVE™ digital ecosystem facilitate the accurate communication of standards in the production of monobloc aluminium cans.
Sun Chemical, X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC have recently announced that the companies have cooperated in order to add new Monobloc colour libraries in the PantoneLIVE™ digital colour ecosystem, facilitating the accurate communication of Pantone standards in the production of monobloc aluminium cans.
“Providing Pantone-approved colours on a monobloc can is a gamechanger for brands and manufacturers: it simplifies the colour approval process and removes guesswork, delays and reworks, creating a more sustainable and cost-effective process,” has stated Eduardo Alegria from Sun Chemical.
Now included in the ‘PantoneLIVE Production – Print and Packaging’ subscription, the monobloc libraries offer an accurate representation of Pantone colours for producing extruded aluminium aerosol cans. The libraries have been developed by capturing the closest achievable match to the core Pantone Matching System colours, using applied coatings and inks with either gloss or matte varnish onto monobloc cans, bottles or containers. The cooperation will then allow metal packaging manufacturers to reach the desired or gloss or matte finish on monobloc aerosols, aluminium collapsible tubes, cartridges and felt pen cases.
“Can making is a complex process and the reflective curved shape of aluminium containers makes producing accurate and consistent colour challenging. The monobloc libraries in PantoneLIVE, combined with our Ci64 spectrophotometer and formulation and quality control software make it easy to select, measure and produce consistent colours to maintain brand integrity,” has added Cindy Cooperman, the global vice-president of sales for X-Rite.