By Mike Kelly, Chief Customer Officer, Allied PhotoChemical In today’s competitive environment, pipe and tube manufacturing companies are being challenged to manufacture a superior product in their respective marketplaces. End-user customers are requiring a better product, more competitive pricing and improved lead times, year-over-year. While each pipe and tube manufacturer … [Read more...] about UV Coatings in the Pipe and Tube Marketplace
RadTech Supports UV End Users through Advocacy
By Rita Loof, director of environmental affairs, RadTech RadTech International North America promotes the use and development of UV & EB processing as an industrial technique that offers energy savings, elimination of pollution, greater productivity, higher yields and the opportunity for improved, new or unique products. RadTech advocates on behalf of its members and the … [Read more...] about RadTech Supports UV End Users through Advocacy
UV-Curable Coatings: Options for Challenging Substrates
By Curtis Lustig and Srinivasan Chakrapani, IGM Resins The use of UV-curable coatings continues to expand into applications that traditionally have been the domain of other coating technologies. UV-curable materials offer the advantages of faster cure times, shorter production lines, greater energy savings and a reduced environmental impact. UV-curable materials now are found … [Read more...] about UV-Curable Coatings: Options for Challenging Substrates
Sustainability and the Plastics Industry
By Liz Stevens and Dianna Brodine, UV+EB Technology In early February, Michael Regan, President Biden’s nominee for EPA administrator, spoke directly to plastics pollution during his Senate confirmation hearing. In a comment acknowledging the need to address single-use plastics, he said plastics are a concern, “especially the impacts that we’ve seen with our marine life and … [Read more...] about Sustainability and the Plastics Industry
Self-Healing UV Curable Coatings for Wood Substrates
By Chloé Paquet, Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt; Jean-François Morin, Département de chimie et Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA); and Véronic Landry, Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, industrial research chair NSERC/Canlak; all Université Laval, Québec Introduction Abrasion and scratch resistance are amongst the most … [Read more...] about Self-Healing UV Curable Coatings for Wood Substrates