Printcolor Ltd.
Welschloh 299
8965 Mutschellen/Berikon Aargau Switzerland
+41 (0)56 648 85 85
+41 (0)56 648 85 00
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Health, Safety & Environment

Health, Safety & Environment

For us entrepreneurship and social responsibility are closely linked. As an employer and contractor we constantly engage in a dialogue with the people around us, and our businesses operations benefit society. Our stakeholders have insight at all times into the business areas that they are involved in. We believe in fairness and transparency in all our business activities.

Latest information about health, safety and environment at a glance:

Statement regarding bisphenol A - thermochromic inks

In early 2017, bisphenol A (CAS 80-05-7) was included in the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) list of substances of very high concern for authorization (“SVHC Candidate List”). Bisphenol A is contained in the thermochromic pigments used by Printcolor. 

Since we do not employ raw materials listed on the SVHC Candidate List, the thermochromic inks from Printcolor are produced without the use of bisphenol A. This does not include products for the security sector.

Read more - Statement regarding bisphenol A


Printing Inks for the Toy Industry

Non-toxic inks are a prerequisite for use today in all sectors of the printing industry. Tougher demands are applied to the inks used for printing on commodities, food packaging, medical products and in the toy industry.

Read more - Printing Inks for the Toy Industry


REACH - Looking back into the future

The goals of the REACH regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is to improve the protection of people and the environment, to increase transparency with regard to data and risks within the supply chain and to optimize test methods using fewer laboratory animals.

REACH - Looking back into the future (July 2014)