For generations, Van Son printing inks have set the standard for quality and performance in pressrooms around the world. When Phillip Van Son founded his modest ink making business in 1872, it’s unlikely that he envisioned the impact his company would make on the printing industry throughout the world.

But, maybe he did. The Van Son family has included many visionaries. From founder Philip to his great grandson Maurits, who presently heads the company, the Van Son’s entrepreneurial spirit and inventiveness has fueled the phenomenal growth of an enterprise that is based exclusively on imaging products. The success of the company is attributable to its willingness to challenge uncharted waters. Van Son never borrows technology. It creates it. That enables the company to utilize its own proprietary techniques in the development and production of new and innovative ink formulas. Nobody makes printing ink like we do.

At Van Son, the ink making process has always been somewhat more methodical than those employed by other printing ink manufacturers. Ours is a completely internal manufacturing process that is painstakingly precise and controlled. The result is a printing ink unmatched for its consistency...can after can...batch after batch...year after year. That kind of product reliability is important to a printer, whether he’s running on a brand new ten-color Heidelberg or a thirty-year-old A.B. Dick.