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ACTEGA has expanded its production capacities for water-based and UV overprint varnishes. As a result, the global production output increases to more than 150,000 tons per year. Around 2 million euros have been invested in a new integrated site in Brazil.
New Integrated Site in Brazil Strengthens Global Presence
“Production and warehousing will occupy most of the 12,000 square meter facility with new high efficiency equipment installed to produce overprint varnishes”, explains Andrei Sotkeviciene, managing director at ACTEGA in Brazil.
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Research and development activities will take place in an ultra-modern, 500 square meter research laboratory set up for this purpose.” Moreover, ACTEGA records a significant increase in production capacities, especially for UV coatings, due to the integration of Schmid Rhyner AG. This company, based in Adliswil, Switzerland, with almost 80 employees and a turnover of around 50 million euros, specializes in solutions for print finishing and digital printing.
A Focus on New Technologies
For differentiation, more and more customers rely on UV Touch & Feel coatings or coatings for special visual effects such as MotionCoat™, UV Silver and UV Micro Structure to apply them to sophisticated folding cartons, including food, beverage, pharmaceutical, tobacco packaging, and other printed products. Apart from the further development of such products known in the market, among them coatings for direct and indirect food contact, ACTEGA will continue to focus strongly on new technologies and products.
Source: ACTEGA