Jan 30, 2008 | Article
By PCI Magazine
For designers, the consumers' affinity for product differentiation is driving color customization in directions never before imagined. Until recently, the cost and logistics of mass color...
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Jan 25, 2008 | Article
As a new and valuable service to our community, we are developing a directory of contact details for the most important paint and coatings manufacturer associations in Asia Pacific from Nepal to New...
Jan 23, 2008 | Article
The CEPE welcomed some 150 company representatives from the European paint and surface coatings industry to the Cote d'Azur in France, where it held its first annual conference and annual general...
Jan 9, 2008 | Article
The growth of powder coatings has been dramatic during the last decade with new applications continually being developed, including plastics. Innovations in processes and materials have opened...
Jan 2, 2008 | Article
In the last few years, there have been some significant changes in the way companies do business. Gone are the days when business strategies were laid down to produce the same product for ten years...
Dec 12, 2007 | Article
Over the past few decades, the printing industry has undergone a number of developments to existing techniques such as ink-jet and laser printing. Developments have focused on improvements to...
Nov 28, 2007 | Article
This is the second part of our article dedicated to UV-Coating and overprintability, in this part we present four other adhesion phenomena and recommendations of raw material suppliers for the...
Nov 14, 2007 | Article
Although (as shown below) there are a vast number of polymers that are collectively known as 'plastics', the majority have common features which make coating difficult. This article reviews some of...
Nov 7, 2007 | Article
The development of products is usually conducted on laboratory scale equipment that is similar to that used in the plant. Once the customer accepts the sample, the last formula made is given to the...
Oct 31, 2007 | Article
When considering coating plastics, the first obvious question pops up. Why bother? By simply using pigmented resin one gets a molded-in color that can't scratch off and one that also eliminates...