Mar 5, 2012 | Article
By Terence Kenneth
Cellulose Acetate Propionate (CAP) belongs to a group of cellulose based specialty polymers that have been used in the printing industry for decades. The other members of the family include...
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Mar 1, 2012 | Article
Chemical companies are constantly under pressure to optimize the use of in-house resources to maintain their competitiveness in the world economy. Companies typically allocate resources to carry out...
Feb 1, 2012 | Article
Resin systems typically used in solvent-based coatings are incompatible with water due to the high surface tension (72 dyne/cm) of water. Therefore, replacing solvent-based coatings with low VOC...
Jan 30, 2012 | Article
By Jean-Pierre Molitor
Within few weeks two large corporations, BASF & Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) have made opposite announcements around the same overall subject. BASF invested in a company which proposes a singular...
Jan 9, 2012 | Article
Narrow web flexo printing is a growing segment of today's printing industry. It is commonly used to print labels, sleeves and other materials that don't require the quantity or investment of wide...
Jan 1, 2012 | Article
Conventional UV absorbers do not offer long-term coating protection as they degrade over time from sunlight and lose their efficiency. Despite the widespread interest in nanotechnology and the...
Dec 14, 2011 | Article
By Johan Bieleman
Find out the 3 stages of pigment dispersion & learn the criteria for selecting the right dispersing/wetting agent for your coating formulation...
Dec 6, 2011 | Article
Under the current economic perspectives and the armies of black painters (offering, like Winston Churchill in 1940, "nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat"), it is a stimulating exercise to read...
Nov 22, 2011 | Article
In the ink world, press side service is a necessary part of an ink company's service to the customer and it can be a real opportunity for a company to set themselves apart from their competition. In...
Oct 26, 2011 | Article
This article will outline some of the key traits an ink technician should have and touch on what ink companies need from these individuals. Ink Technicians find themselves in a variety of jobs in...