Congratulations to Fengnian Zhang, President of BIC Group, for being awarded the 2023-2024 National Advanced Individual in Ink Standardization!

On April 16-18, 2025, the much-anticipated “Digital Inkjet Specialized Committee of China Daily-use Chemical Industry Association Inaugural Meeting and the Second Working Meeting of the Sixth Session of the National Technical Committee for Ink Standardization” was successfully held in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.

This is a gathering of ink industry elites, cohesion of the industry's strength of the event, is to accelerate the construction of green ink standard system, to promote the enhancement of China's international influence of the ink standard landmark meeting, and for the development of the digital inkjet industry injected new vitality, depicted the future of digital printing and the standards of the navigation of the grand blueprint.

In this conference, Mr. Zhang Fengnian, member of National Technical Committee for Ink Standardization (SAC/TC127), president of BIC Group, chairman of Shandong Bright Ink Co. This honor is not only a recognition of Mr. Zhang Fengnian's personal work in the National Technical Committee for Ink Standardization, but also a full affirmation of the important role played by BIC Group in the standardization of the ink industry.

Bright Ink Group (BIC Group, referred to as BIC), founded in August 2004 in China Shenzhen Bright Ink & Coating Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Bright Ink & Coating Co., Ltd., referred to as BIC Shenzhen), in the development of more than 20 years during the establishment of Shandong Bright Ink Co. Ltd., BIC SEA SDN. BHD. of Malaysia, NACA Digital Technology (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and B.I.C S.E.A. (THAILAND) CO., LTD. of Thailand, and now it is an international ink enterprise group consisting of these 6 domestic and foreign companies, including 1 R&D center and 3 manufacturing plants.

BIC is a professional manufacturer of environmentally friendly high-end printing inks and printing coatings, and was the first manufacturer in China to start producing “Flexo UV Ink” in 2007, filling the gap of “Flexo UV Ink” varieties in China. Flexographic UV curable (UV) inks” fills the gap of ‘flexographic UV curable (UV) inks’ in China.

Standardization is an important cornerstone to promote the high-quality development of the industry. As an important member of the National Technical Committee for Ink Standardization, Mr. Zhang Fengnian, President of BIC, has always been committed to promoting the formulation and improvement of technical standards in the industry, and helping to enhance the international competitiveness of China's ink industry. Under the leadership of the president, BIC R&D Center actively participates in the national ink standard discussion and technical specification development, and has taken the lead in formulating three ink standards:

QB/T 5603-2021 UV-curable Ink for Flexo Printing;

CY∕T 227-2020 Requirements for the Use of UV-curable Ink for Flexographic Printing and Inspection Methods;

T/CAB 0123-2021 Gravure Printing Water-based Ink for Paper Packaging Printing Process Control Requirements;

We have also participated in the formulation of more than 30 ink standards (including national standards, industry standards and group standards), and have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of the standardization and standardization of the ink industry.

As a national high-tech enterprise with leading technology in the ink industry, BIC has always insisted on technological innovation as the core of business operation, focusing on the protection of intellectual property rights, with invention patents for its main products and 11 existing invention patents. In the future, BIC will continue to plough into green ink, devote itself to professional innovation, actively participate in the formulation of ink industry standards and national standards, and contribute to the standardization of the ink industry and the promotion of industrial upgrading and high-quality development.

In this conference, BIC joined the “Digital Inkjet Specialized Committee of China Daily-use Chemical Association”.