White digital printing for corrugated packaging – Mondi

Mondi, an international leader in sustainable paper and packaging, has expanded its six-colour digital printing range for corrugated packaging to include white ink.

This innovation reflects the growing craze of white digital printing on brown packaging. It allows vivid, high-contrast designs that enhance brand recognition and support sustainable, resource-efficient solutions, harnessing the flexibility of this innovative technology. 

Digitally printed white – new possibilities for brown corrugated packaging. 

The new white digital printing opportunity is more than a further colour. A white underprint shows colours, logos, and motifs with the same stand-out contrast on brown corrugated board as on a white substrate – an emphasized factor for brand identity and visibility at the point of sale.  

Halftone printing is also available, allowing smooth gradients, differentiated shading, and chamfers to create three-dimensional image effects. This results in brilliant, high-contrast print pictures and new prospects for distinctive, high-quality branding and packaging designs. 

Digital printing at Mondi – sustainable, flexible and efficient 

High-performance digital printing is today’s most flexible and sustainable printing process. It combines high production speeds with high-quality, multicolour print images on white and brown outer layers and open flutes. 

All inks used are water-based, tested and approved for use on primary packaging by Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS), an independent, internationally recognised laboratory for food safety testing. With data-to-print technology, printing plates or clichés are no longer needed, which reduces set-up and production times and allows new designs to be introduced quickly and adapted at short notice. 

Digital printing – now including the white option – offers advantages beyond flexographic or offset printing. A key benefit is the ability to print sequential barcodes, EAN codes, and QR codes directly onto the packaging. This eliminates the need for separate labels, saving costs, time, and resources, and reducing potential scanning errors. 

Medium and large quantities of the same design can also be printed with variations in a single run, for example, for seasonal, regional, or event-related campaigns. Thanks to optimised quantity splitting, only the required amount is produced per print image, reducing storage costs and preventing surpluses. 

Supporting diverse industries 

With these advantages, digital printing is suited to a wide range of sectors, including e-commerce, food and beverages, and other fast-moving consumer goods. The introduction of white further strengthens Mondi’s position as an innovator in sustainable packaging and marks a significant milestone for the industry.