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COMPANY HISTORY

1979
1979
Kolora Ink & Chemical Corp. was established on its present site manufacturing rotogravure, offset and can coatings
1983
1983
Started manufacturing water base inks
1984
1984
Established Twin Aces Industries, Inc, a paint manufacturing subsidiary in Quezon City
1986
1986
Established Cebu branch
1987
1987
Construction of additional facilities on its present site
1989
1989
Construction of resin manufacturing plant in Valenzuela City
1992
1992
Established Asahi Resources, Corp. a food manufacturing and distribution company
1995
1995
Established Premiere Adhesives and Coatings, an adhesives manufacturing subsidiary in Carmona, Cavite
1995 a
1995
Established Davao Branch
1997
1997
Signed a technology transfer agreement with Tokyo Printing Ink of Tokyo, Japan
1999
1998
Started manufacturing masterbatch and plastic compounds
2013
2013
Signed a technology transfer agreement with T&K TOKA of Japan
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COMPANY PROFILE

Kolora Ink and Chemical Corporation was established in 1979 primarily to manufacture high quality printing inks to supply the exacting demands of a rapidly growing printing industry. Our facilities are located at #54 Judge Juan Luna St. San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City.

From a modest crew of ten, it grew to over a hundred people in a span of thirty nine years. It has spawned three other companies dealing with paints, adhesives and food ingredients.

Constantly looking for growth potentials, Kolora has always borne in mind the global market. In our quest for market share, we have developed a technology transfer partnership with Tokyo Printing Ink and T&K TOKA of Japan to augment our capacity to compete with the world’s best.


MISSION STATEMENT

Kolora Ink and Chemical Corp. aims to manufacture printing inks that are of the highest quality, are affordably priced , are friendly to the environment and are congruent to the exacting demands of our customers.

The management is fully aware of this endeavor and together with the work force tackle the company’s goals with fervor and absolute commitment.


PRODUCTS

Retrograve and Flexographic Inks

Kolora produces one of the finest quality solvent base inks in the Philippines. Made from carefully selected raw materials from reputable suppliers around the world, our products conform with the stringent requirements of our clients. Our products pass only the highest quality control procedures perfected over the years of excellent technological advancements in the field of ink manufacturing.

Our clients are assured of the best in technical services by a team of highly competent people trained to render the utmost in product information and applications attuned with the advancements in current ink technologies.

Solvent Base Products

Polyurethane Base Laminating Inks
Chlorinated Polypropylene Base laminating Inks

These inks are most suitable for printing pouches and sachets made of OPP/PET/Nylon used for packing snacks and juice drinks as well as other liquid products.

Supra Solvent Base Inks

Kolora’s Supra solvent base products for surface printing on various polyolefin films such as PP/PE/Vinyl/OPP/woven PP/ and natural fibers like cheesecloth are high performance products that give superb color s and adhesion to the aforementioned materials. Again, cost effective printing services could be achieved easily with our Supra Inks. We invite you to experience convenience, reliability, professionalism and high profiablity while using our products. It’s an assurance we offer all through our almost a generation of giving excellent products and services to our valued cvlients. A commitment we live by..

  • Supra Alkali Resistant Inks
  • Supra Vinyl Inks
  • Supra E/PP Inks
  • Supra Freeze Pack Inks

Water Inks

Kolorflex acrylic water base inks are one of the finest water borne inks in the market today. They impart vivid colors, are highly rub resistant, fast drying, environment friendly and very economical to use.

  • Kolorflex for kraft liners
  • Kolorflex for white boards
  • Kolorflex for tissue papers
  • Kolorflex for plastic films

Oil Base Inks

Our Offset Inks are geared towards the most sophisticated printers. It caters to their needs for high gloss, fast turnover, fast setting and excellent mileage. These qualities attribute to the best in terms of cost to output ratio thereby allowing cost effective management of print jobs. Whether commercial or packaging printing our Zenith Process Colors are highly suitable and easy to use.


Zenith Process Colors:
 These inks are excellent for printing labels on coated paper and packaging jobs on various kinds of boards.


Metal Decorating and Can Coating

Metal Decorating & Can Coatings are among Kolora’s excellent product lines. Made from carefully selected raw materials these products impart protection, safety and beauty to containers made of metal. The toughness of the film from Kolora’s can coatings protects metal containers from corrosion and enhances their appearance. These products have no equal in quality, durabilty and reliability. Try them and be satisfied…

  • General Line Can Coatings
  • Metal Closures and Metal Decorating Products
  • Internal/External Lacquers

Master Batch and Plastic Compounds

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Masterbatch
MASTERBATCH
- Colorants for plastic wares
- Colorants for plastic toys
- Colorants for bottles
- Colorants for PP woven sacks
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KPB-1080 N PVC Free Clear Compound used as liners for aluminum caps
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KPC 3080 PVC Free Blue Tape Compound Liners for aluminum caps intended for softdrinks and alcoholic beverages
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KPB-3080 RW PVC Free Blue Compound used for crown liners
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KPB-2080 P PVC Free White Compound used for crown liner that undergoes pasteurization
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FACILITIES

LABORATORY

The vision of the people at the helm of Kolora is uncompromised when it comes to the pursuit of product excellence. Hence their enthusiasm to acquire only the best and most modern testing equipment for our research and development laboratory.

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Muller :
used to test pigment color strength
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Melt Point Index Tester :
used to measure resin melt point index
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Gloss Meter :
gloss measuring instrument
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Spectrophotometer :
used to measure color densities of prints
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Emulsification Tester :
instrument for measuring ink water take up
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Paste Ink Proofer :
offset ink proof printer
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Heat Seal Tester :
machine for testing heat seal property of multi film laminates
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Liquid Ink Proofer :
solvent base ink proof printer
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Gas Chromatograph One & Two :
used to measure solvent purity
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Ink Rub Tester :
used to measure ink rub resistance
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Tensile Strength Tester :
instrument for measuring bond strength of film laminates
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Convection Oven :
used for baking/curing coatings of tin can specimens
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Lab Mixer :
stirrer for lab samples
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Cross Cut Adhesion Tester :
used for gaging the adhesion of the coating on the substrate
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Automatic Electronic Scratch Tester :
used for testing the film hardness of can coatings
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Ford Cup :
used to measure viscosity of can coatings
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Gas Chromatograph One
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Gas Chromatograph Two
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Emulsification Tester
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Tensile Strength Tester
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Viscometer
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Ink Tack Tester
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Melt Point Index Tester
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Heat Seal Tester
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PRODUCTION

Kolora’s production facilities are well equipped with the most modern machineries available in the market today.

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WAREHOUSE

Kolora maintains three warehouses in Metro Manila and several in the provinces of Davao, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. Our ability to serve our customers’ demands efficiently is enhanced by our commitment to allocate logistics amply and timely. At any given time, our warehouses are stocked with supplies to last anywhere from six months to one year depending on materials shelf lives.

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RESIN PLANTS

Integration is high on the technology agenda of Kolora. And among the many plans to implement this aspect of development is to manufacture our own resins to better suit our product needs. That is why we have constructed resin manufacturing plants in Valenzuela City and Cavite City to supply our various resin requirements.


MACHINERIES

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Vertical Media Mills
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Computerized Ink Dispensers
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Roller Mills
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Twin Screw Extruder
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Ink Dissolvers / Mixers
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Horizontal Media Mills
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CONTACT US

KOLORA INK AND CHEMICAL CORP.
 #54 Judge Juan Luna St. Bungad, SFDM, Quezon City 

TEL: (632) 8-371-6398