Offset & Lithographic Printing

ADDITOL® DX is a eutectic liquid photoinitiator vehicle designed to simplify and shorten the process of formulating ultraviolet (UV) cured flexographic, lithographic, and screen printing inks. ADDITOL® DX provides surface and in-depth cure to dark colored UV inks and is compatible with common UV monomer, oligomer, and vehicle choices.

EBECRYL® 820 is a low viscosity polyester acrylate oligomer, with exceptional pigment wetting properties. This combined with the low viscosity of this material makes it ideal as a pigment grinding resin. EBECRYL® 820 also gives a fast cure response when formulated with other oligomers and cured via ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB). EBECRYL® 820 is used for the preparation of pigment pastes with high pigment loading. This can be produced using a triple roll mill or bead mill. EBECRYL® 820 can be used for grinding all process colors and spot colors. EBECRYL® 820 has been specifically developed to formulate UV/EB curable inks for sensitive applications such as food packaging.

EBECRYL® LEO 10801 is a hexafunctional polyester acrylate oligomer that provides high reactivity and the proper ink-water balance necessary for good lithographic printing. Lithographic inks based on EBECRYL® LEO 10801 display excellent rheological properties ensuring good ink transfer from the printing plate to the blanket and then to the substrate, combined with good dot definition. EBECRYL® LEO 10801 has been specifically developed to formulate UV/EB curable inks with low extractables and low odor for indirect food contact applications.

SIPERNAT® 320 DS Coating is a very finely ground silica with good thickening and excellent flow improving properties. SIPERNAT® represents a specific product range of precipitated silica, aluminium and calcium silicates.

Additin® RC 5800 is a water-soluble liquid containing sodium tolyltriazole, a corrosion inhibitor commonly used in recirculating cooling water systems, antifreeze, and metalworking fluids. It provides excellent corrosion inhibition and anti-freezing properties. It is also compatible with a variety of metals and is ideal for industrial applications requiring protection against corrosion in hydraulic and cooling systems.

EBECRYL® 640/20 TO is a modified diacrylate ester of bisphenol A epoxy resin. This product is characterized by its light color, fast cure response and improved pigment wetting. Films of EBECRYL®640/20 TO cured by ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) exhibit high surface hardness and gloss and the excellent solvent resistance typical of an epoxy resin. EBECRYL®640/20 TO finds broad use in UV/EB applications, such as inks, coatings and overprint varnishes.

HIKOTACK® P-150 is pale yellow thermoplastic resin obtained from polymerizing unsaturated aromatic olefins and diolefins derived from the process of thermal cracking of naphtha. The major usages are vehicle for ink. HIKOTACK® P-150 shows superior compatibility with rosin modified phenolic resin, so it can be used with phenolic resin in off-set ink to decrease the set time and increase the gloss.

RHOPLEX® I-2350 is a versatile, all-acrylic aqueous vehicle suitable for overprint varnishes and letdowns for flexographic and gravure ink applications. It is a hard film former that combines high heat resistance (non zinc containing) and gloss with excellent compatibility. On press, RHOPLEX® I-2350 has excellent transfer and printability with good resolubility for ease of cleanup.

EBECRYL® 3500 is a modified bisphenol A epoxy diacrylate that exhibits relatively low viscosity, outstanding performance in many wood coating applications, and adhesion to many plastics. Films of EBECRYL® 3500 cured by ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) demonstrate good flexibility, high gloss, toughness, adhesion and superior chemical resistance.

EBECRYL® 608 is a bisphenol A epoxy diacrylate diluted approximately 27% by weight with the reactive diluent OTA- 480, propoxylated glycerol triacrylate. EBECRYL® 608 exhibits light color and very fast cure response. Films of EBECRYL® 608 cured via exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) demonstrate high surface hardness and gloss, low residual odor and excellent chemical resistance.

EBECRYL® 657 is a polyester tetraacrylate developed specifically for ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) cured lithographic ink formulations. EBECRYL 657 provides the proper hydrophilic-lipophilic balance necessary for lithography, good pigment wetting, and low misting. It can be blended with epoxy acrylates or EBECRYL 436 or EBECRYL 438 to increase cure speed.