Flint Group has launched EkoCure Ancora Dual Cure, a UV-curable ink for food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic labels, as well as flexible packaging applications compliant with indirect food contact regulations. EkoCure Ancora Dual Cure assures thorough ink anchorage and identical color quality results under LED and mercury lamps, as well as low migration results on both unsupported film and label substrates. These properties have led to its compliance to the Nestlé guidance note on packaging inks (2018), current GMP, the Swiss Ordinance on Materials and Articles (SR 817.023.21), and the EuPIA Exclusion policy, The Plastic Regulation (EU) No 10/2011. The compatibility of both UV technologies enables converters to make a gradual switch to LED bringing improvements in sustainability and efficiency. According to Flint Group, it reduces energy costs by at least 50 percent compared to mercury lamps. Also, the elimination of mercury and ozone and the reduction of ambient noise means safer working conditions as well as a smaller environmental footprint. UV-LED curing offers increased production time as lamps require no warming or cooling before and after operation.