Production Facilities

DIC Pakistan has been engaged in designing and manufacturing quality printing inks for the packaging and printing industry. The company's high standards of production are a consequence of a well-qualified production staff and modern production facilities located in Lahore and Karachi. The company's production formulations are based on computer-controlled systems. All production is strictly monitored to maintain the company's high quality control standards.

In the liquid ink factory the major products include Rotogravure printing inks for surface and lamination printing, Flexographic printing inks for surface and lamination, and water based inks for the surface and extrusion lamination. The production equipment includes varnish plants, dissolvers, bead mills, weighing and blending equipment, automatic dispensing systems and ink filtration and packing equipment.

In the paste ink factory our products include Offset sheet fed inks for low to high-speed printing inks. Here the production equipment includes varnish plants, Buhler's mixers, blenders and triple roll mills and automatic packing machine, raw material and finished goods storage facilities include underground solvent storage facilities.

Our Karachi Blending Unit is capable of producing Rotogravure and Flexographic printing inks using automatic dispensing systems. Paste Ink Production facilities are under installation. This unit is specially located to cater to the needs of our customers of that region, providing them with quick and efficient services and products. This facility has been designed to provide you with timely deliveries, technical support, shade matching and Quality Control.

Quality Control

The ink produced at DIC Pakistan is not fit for your use unless it meets our Quality Control standards. Therefore our quality control standards stem from our commitment to your total satisfaction. We customize ink formulations so that they give the best performance on your presses. Moreover the products are tested to maintain batch-to-batch consistency.

The raw materials are tested before using them for production, in the company's own hi-tech state of the art laboratory. The ink is tested on all the press parameters that may impact on press performance. The liquid inks are tested for standard properties such as shade, strength, adhesion, printability, gloss, opacity, and flow. Similarly the paste inks are tested for shade, strength, gloss, consistency, particle size, opacity, flow and tack.

An important element of our Quality Control equipment is the CP 3800 Gas Chromatograph. We use it for absolute Quality Control and qualitative analysis. We test the purity of solvents that are the main raw materials. Moreover it is used for testing solvent retention in printed laminated films.

We make sure that you get the highest quality innovative products. Our aim is to grow together with our business partners. We want to progress into the future of the printing ink industry, by not only maintaining these standards but also by raising them.