UV LEDs – The Teenage Years: “Doveryai, no Proveryai” (Trust but Verify)
Inspiration for my columns come from a variety of sources. This one is dedicated to my smart, but headstrong, teenage niece.
UV LEDs are teenagers. Commercially...
EB Operation 101
While electron beams are complex machines to build, the day-to-day operation of an EB is quite straightforward. Despite the wide array of possible applications,...
Matting Optimization: Achieving High-Quality, Ultra-Low Matte Radiation-Curable Wood Coatings
By Mike Toth, BYK USA
In modern wood coatings, UV-curable technologies are growing worldwide. High-quality aqueous, solvent-borne and solvent-free UV coatings exist to protect consumer...
Regulatory News: 2021, Quarter 1
UV+EB Technology
RadTech Joins US Plastics Pact
Last December, RadTech joined the US Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative intended to drive significant systems change toward...
Meet Susan Bailey: Newly Elected President of the RadTech Board of Directors
By Lara Copeland, contributing writer, UV+EB Technology
What is your educational and professional background?
I like to introduce myself as being all California educated. I don’t...
UV Coatings in the Pipe and Tube Marketplace
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
