Raw Materials · Inks
Printing Ink Manufacturers
From offset process inks to UV-curable flexo coatings — ink is the most process-critical consumable in print. India's printing ink market is estimated at ₹8,000+ crore annually. 11 manufacturers documented.
Sources: Ink World Magazine Top 10 (2023), individual company websites, Ink World India feature (December 2025). Contact details verified April 2026.
⚠ Contact details verified April 2026. Always confirm on the manufacturer's official website before enquiring.
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India ink market: ₹8,000+ crore annually. The global industry is dominated by 6–8 multinationals holding ~70% of world market. In India, DIC/Sun Chemical, Siegwerk, Toyo Ink, and Flint Group operate manufacturing facilities. Ink World Magazine Top 10 (2023): (1) DIC/Sun Chemical, (2) Flint Group, (3) Sakata INX, (4) Siegwerk, (5) Toyo Ink Group, (6) hubergroup, (7) ALTANA, (8) Fujifilm, (9) SICPA, (10) T&K Toka.
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International Ink Companies with India Manufacturing
DIC India Limited / Sun Chemical
DIC Corporation est. 1908 (Japan) · Sun Chemical acquired by DIC 2000
Kolkata / Pan-India
Products & Details
Inks produced: Offset sheetfed + heatset + coldset; Flexographic; Rotogravure; UV-curable (conventional + LED); Screen inks; Industrial inks; Overprint varnishes; Lamination adhesives
Key brands in India: SunLit™ sheetfed offset, SunVisto® AquaGreen water-based, SunVisto® Advantage Opaque
Global rank: #1 largest ink company globally — DIC + Sun Chemical combined ~$9.37 billion revenue
India significance: Full Sun Chemical + DIC product portfolio available through DIC India Ltd. Strongest in offset, packaging, and specialty inks. Multiple India manufacturing and blending locations.
Key brands in India: SunLit™ sheetfed offset, SunVisto® AquaGreen water-based, SunVisto® Advantage Opaque
Global rank: #1 largest ink company globally — DIC + Sun Chemical combined ~$9.37 billion revenue
India significance: Full Sun Chemical + DIC product portfolio available through DIC India Ltd. Strongest in offset, packaging, and specialty inks. Multiple India manufacturing and blending locations.
✓ India manufacturing✓ World's #1 ink company✓ Full process range✓ Listed BSE
Contact
Registered Office: UB 03, Mani Tower, 31/41 Binova Bhave Road, Behala, Kolkata – 700 038
India manufacturing
Multiple manufacturing and blending facilities across India
Siegwerk India
Siegwerk est. 1930 (Germany) · India since 2005 (acquired SICPA India)
Gurugram + Bhiwadi
Products & Details
Inks produced: Flexible packaging inks (solvent-based, solvent-free, water-based); Folding carton inks; Label inks; Tobacco packaging inks; UV-curable inks; Food-safe inks
Manufacturing: Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) plant — largest Siegwerk plant outside Europe; 35,000 MT capacity; 9 blending centres across India
India revenue: ₹7,000M (FY2022–23); $99M in 2023
Portfolio focus: 45% revenue from flexible packaging (up from 10% historically)
Global rank: World's #4 ink company; world's leading packaging ink specialist
Manufacturing: Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) plant — largest Siegwerk plant outside Europe; 35,000 MT capacity; 9 blending centres across India
India revenue: ₹7,000M (FY2022–23); $99M in 2023
Portfolio focus: 45% revenue from flexible packaging (up from 10% historically)
Global rank: World's #4 ink company; world's leading packaging ink specialist
✓ India manufacturing✓ Packaging ink specialist✓ 35,000 MT capacity✓ Bhiwadi — largest outside Europe
Contact
India HQ: Plot 14, Sector 18, Gurugram – 122 001, Haryana
Bhiwadi Manufacturing: Bhiwadi, Rajasthan — Centre of Excellence for flexible packaging inks
Toyo Ink India Private Limited (Artience group)
Toyo Ink est. 1896 (Japan) · India est. 2007 · Renamed Artience 2024
Noida + Bharuch
Products & Details
Products: Conventional offset inks; UV-curable offset (conventional + LED-UV); Flexographic inks; Gravure inks; Inkjet inks; Polyurethane resins; Colour masterbatches; Lamination adhesives (solvent + solvent-free); Pressure-sensitive adhesives
India plants: Greater Noida (UP) + Bharuch (Gujarat — adhesives expanding 3.5× by April 2026)
Significance: Most comprehensive single-source ink + adhesive supplier in India. April 2024: confirmed Bharuch adhesives expansion, slated for April 2026 completion.
India plants: Greater Noida (UP) + Bharuch (Gujarat — adhesives expanding 3.5× by April 2026)
Significance: Most comprehensive single-source ink + adhesive supplier in India. April 2024: confirmed Bharuch adhesives expansion, slated for April 2026 completion.
✓ India manufacturing✓ Full range + adhesives✓ Artience/Toyo Ink group
Contact
India HQ: A-33, Sector-4, Noida – 201 301, Uttar Pradesh
Greater Noida Plant: Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Bharuch Plant: Bharuch, Gujarat (adhesives — 3.5× expansion by 2026)
Flint Group India
Flint Group (Luxembourg) est. 2005 merger · India through acquisitions
Pan-India
Products & Details
Inks produced: Sheetfed offset; Web offset (heatset + coldset); Flexographic packaging inks; Gravure packaging inks; UV inks; Newspaper inks
Sustainability milestone: August 2023 — all K+E sheetfed process ink series now fully mineral-oil-free
India expansion: October 2023 — acquired a regional Indian ink manufacturer (undisclosed name) to expand India manufacturing and distribution capacity
Global rank: World's #2 ink company
Sustainability milestone: August 2023 — all K+E sheetfed process ink series now fully mineral-oil-free
India expansion: October 2023 — acquired a regional Indian ink manufacturer (undisclosed name) to expand India manufacturing and distribution capacity
Global rank: World's #2 ink company
✓ India manufacturing + acquired✓ World's #2✓ Mineral-oil-free offset inks
Sakata INX India Private Limited
Sakata INX est. 1896 (Japan) · India subsidiary
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Products & Details
Inks produced: Offset inks; Flexographic inks; Gravure inks; UV inks; Digital inks
Global rank: World's #3 largest ink company
India growth: Significant revenue growth in India in 2023 attributed to innovative digital product lines
Parent: Sakata INX Corporation, Japan (Artience group subsidiary)
Global rank: World's #3 largest ink company
India growth: Significant revenue growth in India in 2023 attributed to innovative digital product lines
Parent: Sakata INX Corporation, Japan (Artience group subsidiary)
✓ India presence✓ World's #3✓ Digital ink strength
Hubergroup India (hubergroup Deutschland GmbH)
Huber est. 1765 (Germany) · India via Micro Inks acquisition
Ankleshwar, Gujarat
Products & Details
Inks produced: Offset inks (heatset + sheetfed); Flexographic inks; Gravure inks; UV inks; Coatings
India significance: Acquired Micro Inks (historically India's largest domestic ink producer at Ankleshwar) — inherited India manufacturing base, customer relationships, and local expertise
Heritage: Hubergroup is the world's oldest ink company (est. 1765, Munich). Ankleshwar plant supplies offset and packaging inks to West and South India.
India significance: Acquired Micro Inks (historically India's largest domestic ink producer at Ankleshwar) — inherited India manufacturing base, customer relationships, and local expertise
Heritage: Hubergroup is the world's oldest ink company (est. 1765, Munich). Ankleshwar plant supplies offset and packaging inks to West and South India.
✓ India manufacturing✓ Micro Inks heritage✓ World's oldest ink company
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Domestic Indian Ink Manufacturers
Micro Inks Limited (now Hubergroup India)
Est. 1990s · Ankleshwar, Gujarat · Acquired by Hubergroup
Ankleshwar, Gujarat
Products & Details
Historical significance: Was India's largest independent ink manufacturer before Hubergroup acquisition. Produced offset, UV, flexo, and gravure inks. Manufacturing continues under Hubergroup India identity at Ankleshwar. The Micro Inks brand is still remembered in the India printing trade for its decades of market leadership.
Current status: Fully integrated into Hubergroup India operations — contact Hubergroup India.
Current status: Fully integrated into Hubergroup India operations — contact Hubergroup India.
✓ Now Hubergroup India✓ Historical: largest domestic ink maker
Contact
Plant: Ankleshwar, Gujarat (now Hubergroup India)
Contact through Hubergroup India: hubergroup.com
Standard Industries Limited (Standard Ink)
Est. 1940s · Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Products & Details
Products: Offset inks, Letterpress inks, Screen printing inks
Significance: One of India's oldest domestic ink brands — long-established in Mumbai's commercial printing sector. Supplies smaller commercial printers and job work establishments where multinational pricing is not viable. A traditional Indian brand serving the market for over 70 years.
Significance: One of India's oldest domestic ink brands — long-established in Mumbai's commercial printing sector. Supplies smaller commercial printers and job work establishments where multinational pricing is not viable. A traditional Indian brand serving the market for over 70 years.
✓ Domestic Indian brand✓ Established brand✓ Offset + screen inks
Contact
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Contact through trade directories
Technova Imaging Systems
Est. 1987 · Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Products & Details
Products: Platemaking chemicals (PS plate developer, gum Arabic, finisher); Offset inks; Prepress consumables
Significance: India-based company supplying both prepress chemicals and offset inks to the smaller commercial offset sector. Known for competitive pricing and domestic market focus. Also distributes international brands.
Significance: India-based company supplying both prepress chemicals and offset inks to the smaller commercial offset sector. Known for competitive pricing and domestic market focus. Also distributes international brands.
✓ Domestic Indian brand✓ Inks + prepress chemicals
Contact
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International Ink Companies — India Import & Specialty Supply
ALTANA Group (BYK / ECKART / ACTEGA / ELANTAS)
Est. 1873 · Wesel, Germany
Wesel, Germany
Products & Details
Products relevant to India: ACTEGA specialty coatings and varnishes (cold seal, barrier coatings, UV lacquers); ECKART metallic and effect pigments for inks; BYK additives used in ink formulation
India relevance: ALTANA operates differently to ink manufacturers — primarily specialty coatings, additives, and effect pigments used by ink manufacturers as raw materials or by print finishers as standalone coatings. Imported for premium FMCG and pharma coating applications. World's #7 ink-adjacent company.
India relevance: ALTANA operates differently to ink manufacturers — primarily specialty coatings, additives, and effect pigments used by ink manufacturers as raw materials or by print finishers as standalone coatings. Imported for premium FMCG and pharma coating applications. World's #7 ink-adjacent company.
✓ Specialty coatings + pigments✓ Germany
T&K TOKA Corporation
Est. 1947 · Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Products & Details
Products relevant to India: Soy-based offset inks (T&K TOKA pioneered soy-based inks globally); specialty offset inks; UV inks
India relevance: Imported by India's print service providers seeking FSC/PEFC-compliant ink supply chains for export-oriented print jobs — particularly packaging for European retail brands. Growing India interest in eco-certified and vegetable-oil-based inks as sustainability certifications become commercially important.
India relevance: Imported by India's print service providers seeking FSC/PEFC-compliant ink supply chains for export-oriented print jobs — particularly packaging for European retail brands. Growing India interest in eco-certified and vegetable-oil-based inks as sustainability certifications become commercially important.
✓ Japan✓ Soy-based eco inks✓ FSC/PEFC compatible