We are excited to announce our ongoing partnership with New Balance, supplying a Pantone grey algae-based ink for all of their grey hang tags for apparel, which started with their Spring 2024 production. 🎉 Carbon black pigment found in traditional inks is derived from heavy petroleum and has a significant carbon footprint. By collaborating with New Balance, we're collectively working to reduce that impact by printing with our bio-based, and renewable Algae Ink™, made from Algae Black™ pigment. We're honored to have Algae Ink featured among the many inspiring projects highlighted in New Balance's newly released Sustainability and Impact Report for 2023. Together, we're pushing the boundaries of what's possible in sustainable innovation! #Sustainability #Innovation #AlgaeInk #RenewableResources #LivingInk #NewBalance #SustainablePackaging #ImpactReport #printing #packaging #supplychain
Living Ink
Biotechnology Research
Berthoud, CO 3,701 followers
Transforming algae into carbon negative, renewable, safe pigments and ink products
About us
Living Ink is a cutting edge materials science company developing the next-generation of ink and coatings. We transform algae cells into renewable, carbon negative and safe pigments and inks. Inks range from publication, packaging to textile and footwear.
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https://livingink.co/
External link for Living Ink
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Berthoud, CO
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- ink, pigments, sustainability, algae, color , printing, screenprinting, climatechange, carbon, biomaterials, and innovation
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601 1st St
Berthoud, CO 80513, US
Employees at Living Ink
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Tom Van Kuren
Research & Development Director - Inks and Dispersions
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Mike Trapanese
Private equity / operational leadership / value creation
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Terry Clayton PhD
Chemist and Partner at Summit Analytical
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Devon Murrie
Partnerships @ Living Ink | Helping brands implement + effectively market climate-smart solutions
Updates
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Carbon savings with every handshake. 🤝 Sounds like good business to us. We love these letterpress printed business cards using Algae Ink™ on Superfine Wove ultra white 352gsm & Duplexed from our partners at Taylor'd Press in Melbourne, Australia. Contact us and incorporate Algae Ink into your print orders today to hit your customers' performance and sustainability targets. #AlgaeInk #SustainablePrinting #Print #Letterpress #Algae #RenewableMaterials #LivingInk #CarbonSavings
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Your dream gravel bike is now covered in algae! 🌱 🚲 🎨 Congratulations to Trek Bicycle for their newly launched Checkmate SLR bike design, the first product to use renewable, Algae Black™ pigments in a paint coating application. The Raw Lithos colorway utilizes organic materials to create a picturesque paint scheme inspired by desert mountains at sunset and its semi-transparent logos are crafted with carbon-negative Algae Black™ pigment. 😎 "This is a big deal as it marks our first proof of concept project launched in the paint category, a significant step toward our mission of transforming waste to value in diverse product applications." - Scott Fulbright, Living Ink CEO Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHmVBURt #paints #ecopaint #naturalcolors #renewablematerials #circulardesign #carbonsequestration #trek #livingink #algaeink #algaeblack
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Living Ink reposted this
Traditional dyeing processes, while effective in producing vivid colours and intricate patterns, have long been marred by significant environmental drawbacks, including excessive water consumption and pollution. 🎨 Did you know that Carbon Black, a fossil fuel-based pigment used in inks, textiles, and more, is highly detrimental to the environment? Annually, about 8.1 million tons of carbon black is produced by burning heavy oil or natural gas, significantly contributing to CO2 emissions. Recent innovations by our innovators — Nature Coatings and Living Ink — have found a way to create this black pigment by using biobased materials instead. 🪵 Nature Coatings transforms pre-consumer industrial wood waste from the lumber, paper, furniture, and flooring industries into high-performing black pigments using a closed-loop, toxin-free process. 🦠 Living Ink converts waste microalgae from algae farms into bio-based pigments through an exclusive heating process, turning leftover algae biomass into vibrant black colourants. Learn more about the innovators’ stories, technologies, challenges and successes and see how the innovations are driving tangible change in the industry. Read more about the innovators from the interviews via LINK IN BIO or at https://lnkd.in/ezBHWWGj #innovation #sustainability #sustainablefashion #dyeing #sustainbledye #circularfashion #carbonblack #dyestuff Credit: Nike, Living Ink, Nature Coatings, The Unseen Beauty, KEEL LABS
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We are grateful to Everybody.World, makers of recycled cotton custom merch, for including our Screen Algae Ink™ in their collections exploring sustainability in apparel. This collection was knit, sewn, and finished with livable wages, and minimal waste in Los Angeles. Printing was done in partnership with James Shaff and the team at Let Go Printing. By incorporating Algae Ink™ into designs, brands can reduce waste in landfills, lower carbon emissions, and remove petroleum-based colors from their production. Living Ink works with screen printers in the US and globally to meet high performance and sustainability goals. If you are curious about incorporating renewable, waste stream inks into your custom merch or apparel lines, get in touch with us! #AlgaeInk #printinginks #pigment #apparel #textiles #sustainablefashion #ecofashion #naturalcolor #plantbased #renewable
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Living Ink reposted this
Our partners at Spread Group, global providers of customized apparel and lifestyle products, will be in Los Angeles showcasing their portfolio capabilities with renewable Algae Ink™ from Living Ink Visit their booth at VeeCon to learn more about our sustainable wastestream innovations for B2B and D2C textiles and apaprel. #merch #customization #inks #printing #sustainablefashion #ecofashion #greentechnology #circulardesign
Strategic Innovation Manager | from discovery to implementation | Inks-Textiles-Garments | Investment Analyst
📢 We've got news! 🕵♀️ 👀 We're coming to the city of Angels! 🛬we're going to be showcasing how we're driving #innovation by having implemented not one, but two new #sustainable ink technologies for the first time in the US! ♻ You might have guessed, we're referring to RE-SHIRT and Living Ink ! ✌ So if you happen to be in #LA between August 7-12, and you'd like to talk about sustainable solutions in the fashion industry/merch, do feel free to reach out to me or my colleagues Robin and Thomas! Spread Group #fashiontech #sustainability #innovation #newinks
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Our partners at Spread Group, global providers of customized apparel and lifestyle products, will be in Los Angeles showcasing their portfolio capabilities with renewable Algae Ink™ from Living Ink Visit their booth at VeeCon to learn more about our sustainable wastestream innovations for B2B and D2C textiles and apaprel. #merch #customization #inks #printing #sustainablefashion #ecofashion #greentechnology #circulardesign
Strategic Innovation Manager | from discovery to implementation | Inks-Textiles-Garments | Investment Analyst
📢 We've got news! 🕵♀️ 👀 We're coming to the city of Angels! 🛬we're going to be showcasing how we're driving #innovation by having implemented not one, but two new #sustainable ink technologies for the first time in the US! ♻ You might have guessed, we're referring to RE-SHIRT and Living Ink ! ✌ So if you happen to be in #LA between August 7-12, and you'd like to talk about sustainable solutions in the fashion industry/merch, do feel free to reach out to me or my colleagues Robin and Thomas! Spread Group #fashiontech #sustainability #innovation #newinks
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Big adventures and easy livin' with Algae Ink™ in the mountains of Montana. 🗻 The recently launched Evo Cairn collection from Missoula-based sporting goods brand, Bedrock Sandals, comes in a newly designed box - printed using our Flexographic Algae Ink on recycled cardboard. The outdoors-inspired design was hand drawn by Bedrock’s Director of Operations and printed in the USA by the sustainable packaging experts at EcoEnclose. Our Flexographic Algae Ink™ is made from renewable biomass waste, offers a sustainable alternative to carbon black pigmented inks, and is well suited for corrugated packaging. #packagingsolutions #printinginks #inks #pigments #sustainablepackaging #ecopackaging #algaeink #renewablematerials
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🌡 Recent reports from the European Union's Copernicus ECMWF show that this week we experienced Earth's hottest days on record. 💡 At Living Ink , we are committed to combating the effects of climate change by offering our sustainable product replacements for traditional petroleum-based colorants. The use of #renewable plant-based waste streams, specifically discarded #algae #biomass, fuels our carbon-negative pigment production. 🤝 We take pride in working with like-minded companies to lessen reliance on fossil fuels throughout supply chains by replacing petroleum-derived materials with greener solutions that reduce emissions and help to scale industry-wide transitions to more sustainable methods. 🌍 To learn more about how our renewable, algae-based inks and pigments can support your company's climate-smart initiatives, visit us here: www.livingink.co #AlgaeInk #AlgaeBlack #CopernicusClimateChangeService #C3S #ECMWF #algae #carbonnegative #greentech #greeninnovation #sustainableinks #printinginks #naturalcolors #pigment #ink #packagingindustry #textiles #dyes #climatesolutions #ecofriendly #ecofashion #sustainablefashion
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What is carbon black pigment? Look around you. There's a strong chance you're interacting with it right now. 33 billion pounds of carbon black is produced annually to provide color or structure to industries like: cosmetics, plastics, paints, leather coatings, inks, textiles, apparel, packaging, rubber, and more. Unfortunately carbon black... ❌ is made from petroleum ❌ is responsible for large carbon emissions ❌ is filled with toxic chemicals and carcinogens ❌ has a poor consumer perception ❌ faces increasing scrutiny and government regulations At Living Ink, we decided we want to do things differently and redefine the future of black materials. Our Algae Black™ pigment... ✔ is made from renewable biomass wastestreams ✔ reduces waste in landfills ✔ is carbon-negative (traps and stores more carbon than it emits) ✔ is made from safe, bio-based materials ✔ offers a performance equivalent that aligns with forward-looking regulations Care to join us? Learn more about Algae Black™ pigment and Algae Ink™ printing inks here: https://www.livingink.co/