Sun Chemical Expands Pace Platform with SunLit OptiPace, Driving Productivity and Sustainable Print Performance in Commercial Printing

Sun Chemical today announced the launch of SunLit OptiPace, its latest iteration of high-performance sheetfed printing inks. This high-strength ink solution is based on the company’s revolutionary ‘Pace’ technology platform. The ‘Pace’ range of inks is designed to support optimal productivity on high-speed modern printing machines, especially long perfecting configurations, featuring optimized drying dynamics, extremely low misting, and high consistency, while maintaining strong sustainability credentials.

The latest addition to the Pace family, SunLit OptiPace, builds on the success of ProPace, Sun Chemical’s fastest-growing global sheetfed ink series, and shares the same performance characteristics of the Pace technology platform with the enhancement of higher pigmentation levels resulting in stronger color intensity, better resistance, and lower ink consumption.

Key features include:

• Higher print fidelity allows lower ink setting during the printing process, leading to cleaner tonal clarity
• Improved print quality and lower applied costs: Its low tack grade enables it to perform well on poor quality and low grammage materials, while helping to reduce applied costs by reducing the frequency of blanket washes.
  
  
• Faster drying and post-print conversion: Derived from Pace technology, the ink has the ability to reduce water settings by 10-20%, which means SunLit OptiPace dries more rapidly than standard conventional sheetfed inks, supporting rapid post-print conversion and reducing waste and downtime.
  
  

SunLit OptiPace is vegetable oil-based, containing up to 80% bio-renewable content and no PTFE wax, which reduces environmental impact and allows customers to advance toward their sustainability goals without compromising productivity and quality.

James Buchanan, Product Director, Sheetfed Systems, Sun Chemical, commented: “SunLit OptiPace is purpose‑built to help printers do more with confidence: boosting productivity and advancing sustainability, all at once. Building on our proven Pace technology, OptiPace delivers consistent, high‑quality results, unlocking efficiency gains on press. As a trusted partner, we’ll continue working side‑by‑side with customers to anticipate their evolving needs and bring the innovations that power their progress so they can truly ‘Experience. Transformation.’”

Sun Chemical delivers unmatched value by combining continuous investment in R&D with deep local expertise and the industry’s widest portfolio of solutions and services—all from a single, trusted partner. Customers gain not only innovative, value‑driven technologies but also measurable improvements in efficiency, reduced operational risk, and stronger support for their sustainability and environmental goals.

To learn more about Sun Chemical’s SunLit portfolio, visit: https://www.sunchemical.com/pace-technology/

About Sun Chemical

Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers.

Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at www.sunchemical.com