Wausau Coated Products, Wausau, Wisconsin, a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive products, label materials and custom coating technologies, has announced the acquisition of Pennsylvania-based Brandywine Drumlabels, LLC., effective Dec. 30, 2020. Brandywine Drumlabels, a sales and distribution company of converted label materials, specializes in providing hazard communication … [Read more...] about Wausau Coated Products Acquires Brandywine Drumlabels
Inks & Coatings
Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Inks, Coatings and Adhesives in North America
Sun Chemical, Parsippany, New Jersey, a producer of printing inks, coatings and supplies, pigments, polymers, liquid compounds, solid compounds and application materials, will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheet-fed inks, coatings and adhesives in North America, effective March 15, 2021. A combination of raw material shortages, … [Read more...] about Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Inks, Coatings and Adhesives in North America
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
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
Wikoff Color Adds Evan Benbow as Vice President, Product Technology & Solutions
Inks and coating manufacturer Wikoff Color Corporation, Fort Mill, South Carolina, has announced the promotion of Evan Benbow, Ph.D., to vice president, product technology & solutions. In his new role, Benbow is responsible for overseeing product development at the corporate technical center, along with driving company-wide initiatives for innovation and … [Read more...] about Wikoff Color Adds Evan Benbow as Vice President, Product Technology & Solutions