The Printing Ink Company

Mission Statement: 'Intelligent, caring ink manufacturing by industry specialists, pigment mixing, milling and packaging in a quality-driven environment guaranteeing production of industry-superior ink formulation. The Printing Ink Company, Rycoline Inc., is a Canadian, family-owned printing ink manufacturer and supplier of pressroom products. Our mission is to satisfy the printer’s demand for prompt, personal service, highest quality products and effective technical guidance, all at a competitive price.'


Environmentally Friendly:
Rycoline Inc. is committed to sustainable development by implementing sound environmentally friendly practices, such as:

• manufacturing of printing inks that contain reduced levels of heavy metals and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• using recyclable packaging

Our environmental claims are based on three pillars:

• a well-informed awareness of what specific environmental concerns are important to clients
• a sound scientific and technical understanding of the potential environmental impacts and trade-offs
• the use of relevant, defensible and “greenwashing-free” language, supported by a third party verification

Environmental Testimonials:

• “Being the largest independent sheet fed printer in Quebec, we support sound environmental practices, which was proven by our Chain of Custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). As another testament of our environmental commitment, we use eco-friendly inks with low VOC, such as EMERALD Series Ink by The Printing Ink Company (Rycoline). EMERALD Series ink combines high performance parameters with eco-friendly features, and we greatly appreciate Rycoline’s continuous product innovation and customer support.”

Michael Maassen, Director of Printing Technologies and Quality Control
PDI Group of Montreal (a printing company, based in Kirkland, Quebec)

• “We would like to acknowledge the important role that The Printing Ink Company (Rycoline) plays in our environmental management system. As a quality offset printing company, we are fully committed to environmentally responsible and sustainable business practices and operations. In partnership with Rycoline we have successfully beta tested their new Diamond Ink process. This new environmental formulation has reduced two key components (VOC’s Volatile Organic Compounds by 70% and the use of ink driers by over 25%) over their already environmentally and ECO sensitive Premium 2000 Series which we have adopted over five years ago. Peter Welfare, (B.Sc.H. & ATSC, a Head Chemist at The Printing Ink Company) has spent over three years developing this new formulation. Scientifically tested against other printing inks the Diamond series (formulated in Canada) sets the new environmental benchmark for all to aspire.”

Dean Baxendale, President and CEO
J.F. Moore Communications (a printing company, based in Toronto, ON)

Below are a few images of the machines that play a pivotal role in making these incredibly vivid inks.