The RX Starfire and RX Fireline solid-state UV light sources are designed to address the needs of moving web and moving gantry based systems that require high intensity, linear UV light sources.
A new line of UV/EB-curable special effects coatings - including pearlescent, glitter and color changing effects - are designed to enhance the appearance of printed materials for commercial and consumer product packaging.
Kawasaki wants the world to know that if you're riding one of its motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercrafts or utility vehicles you're riding "The Leading Edge of Power/ Performance/Exhilaration." While accurately describing its consumer recreational products, the phrase could just as easily describe Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.'s "Leading Edge" manufacturing facility in Lincoln, Neb., where these products are built. The facility features the best of Japanese and American manufacturing techniques, as well as state-of-the-art production equipment that is chosen for its ability to optimize productivity, maintain quality and reduce waste.
If we lived in a perfect world, we wouldn't need a book such as this one by Judith Pietschmann. Unfortunately not everything occurs as planned. Hence, the need for a guide to assist in determining the cause and effect of powder coating defects. This book provides a "concise, practical and robust" examination of myriad problems that can occur in the use of organic powder coatings. Replete with excellent photography, Pietschmann provides a broad compendium of surface defects encountered in powder coating. The book is a translation of the German text, which was published prior to this English version.
In the past, ultraviolet (UV) curing of coatings on three-dimensional parts has presented a challenge to both formulators and end users. The same can be said of pigmented opaque coatings at higher film builds. When metal substrates are thrown into the mix, another degree of complexity is encountered. How can these challenges be overcome?
Silberline, based in Tamaqua, Pa., a supplier of special effect and performance pigments, has formed a global strategic alliance with Taizhu, headquartered in Wenzhou, Jiangsu province, one of China's top pearlescent pigment producers.
Challenge Inc., Indianapolis, has signed agreement with Blackfast Chemicals Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, England, which will allow Challenge the exclusive right to manufacture and sell the Blackfast line of phosphate replacement products in the U.S.
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has agreed to acquire resins manufacturer Johnson Polymer, a producer and supplier of water-based resins, from JohnsonDiversey Inc., Sturtevant, Wis.