Colorcon No-Tox® Products Begins Manufacturing in Dartford, UK to Expand and Serve European Printing Ink Market

Chalfont, Pennsylvania, USA, 3rd February 2020. Colorcon No-Tox Products, a leader in the design and manufacture of FDA and EU regulatory compliant specialty printing inks for direct and indirect contact with food, medical devices and pharmaceutical products has opened a new UK-based manufacturing facility to serve its growing customer base in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 

With this new manufacturing capacity, Colorcon No-Tox is strengthening its presence in the European and UK markets and will provide its customers with shorter lead times and reduced transportation costs. 

“We are excited to announce this important next step in our strategy to become an integral part of our customers’ supply chains,” said Simon Tasker, President, Colorcon Americas.

 “Our new No-Tox plant in the UK, which is an extension of our existing pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Dartford will allow us to serve our customers in increasingly better and more efficient ways by providing our high-quality regulatory compliant inks and coatings with close proximity to their markets and at lower transportation costs.” David Bain, Managing Director, Colorcon Ltd adds “our regional team is looking forward to supporting this next stage in the strategic market expansion of our Colorcon No-Tox specialty printing ink business. The plant will initially focus on regulatory compliant inks and coatings for direct and indirect food contact applications; such as those widely used in the plastic to paper straw conversion. The addition of medical and pharmaceutical inks and coatings will be extended through 2020.” 

Company Information 
Serving the world’s non-toxic printing ink needs for over 50 years, Colorcon No-Tox® Products is a leading manufacturer of U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and EU (EFSA) compliant printing inks. Our No-Tox inks and coatings are formulated exclusively for printing applications involving direct and indirect contact with food, pharmaceutical, medical and cosmetic products. All No-Tox FDA and EU compliant inks come with a written compliance guarantee and are manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015 certified, cGMP and FDA registered and audited facility. 

No-Tox Products is a division of Colorcon Inc., a world leader in the development, supply and technical support of specialty ingredients; formulated film coating systems, modified release technologies, and functional excipients for the pharmaceutical industry. Colorcon has 11 manufacturing facilities, 21 technical service laboratories globally and more than 1200 employees exclusively dedicated to its customer base.

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Director - Global Market Communications
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