products in Industrial Coatings: Flexography Ink

Sasol

SASOLWAX SPRAY 105-G EF

SASOLWAX Spray 105-G EF is extra fine micronized FT Hardwax no softening in thin film solvent-based formulations, flexographic and paste inks and can coatings.

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MODAFLOW® 2100

MODAFLOW® 2100 is a clear to light yellow coating primarily designed for the automotive, transportation, and paints and coatings sectors. It finds extensive applications in automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, vehicle refinishing, and building and construction wood finishes. The product's versatility extends to various printing and packaging segments, including flexography, gravure printing, inkjet printing, offset, and lithographic printing. Additionally, it offers compatibility with substrates like metal and wood, and its cure method involves radiation.

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MODAFLOW® 9200

MODAFLOW® 9200 is an APEO-free, tin-free, and VOC-free clearcoat technology suitable for various markets, including automotive and transportation, paints and coatings, as well as printing and packaging. It finds applications in automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, vehicle refinish, wood coatings and finishes, coil coatings, industrial coatings, metal coatings, packaging coatings, and printing inks such as flexography, gravure, inkjet, lithographic, and screen printing. This radiation-curable coating is compatible with metal and wood substrates, presenting a clear appearance and utilizing radiation cure as its cure method.

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MODAFLOW® RESIN

MODAFLOW® RESIN is an acrylic flow modifier specifically formulated without the addition of silicone. It finds application in non-aqueous industrial coatings and powder coatings, where its primary functions include enhancing flow and leveling, reducing issues like pinholes, fisheyes, craters, and orange peel. This product contributes to improved substrate wetting and helps maintain or enhance substrate adhesion. Additionally, MODAFLOW® RESIN serves as a defoaming agent, aids in air release, and facilitates pigment dispersion. It is employed in various coating applications such as top coats, powder coatings, radiation-curable coatings, clearcoats, screen printing inks, inkjet inks, varnishes, flexography inks, solventborne coatings, gravure inks, and lithographic inks. Notably, it adheres to labeling claims of being VOC-free, APEO-free, and Tin-free.

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EBECRYL® 350

EBECRYL® 350, developed by CASE Ingredients, is a versatile radiation-curable liquid designed for the automotive and transportation, industrial, and paints and coatings markets. With labeling claims including bisphenol A-free, low-carbon footprint (PCF), solvent-free, and VOC-free, it meets stringent environmental standards. This cloudy liquid offers a range of application methods, such as curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller coating, and slot-die. Compatible with various substrates, including metal, paper, plastics, and wood, EBECRYL® 350 provides a clear and durable finish, making it suitable for automotive OEM coatings, wood finishes, and various specialty coatings.

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EBECRYL® 7100

EBECRYL® 7100, crafted by CASE Ingredients, is a radiation-curable coating characterized by its bisphenol A-free composition and a low carbon footprint (PCF), ensuring it remains solvent-free and VOC-free. Tailored for the automotive and transportation paints and coatings, as well as the printing and packaging markets, this clear liquid finds its application in automotive OEM coatings, wood finishes, industrial coatings, and specialized printing inks like flexography and inkjet. Compatible with substrates such as paper, plastics, and wood, it can be applied using methods like curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller, and slot-die.

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EBECRYL® 160

EBECRYL® 160, a reactive diluent, is a staple in ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) energy-curable coatings and inks. This versatile compound imparts crosslinking to coatings and inks, maintaining flexibility and toughness. Among common triacrylate diluents in energy-curable formulations, EBECRYL® 160 leads in reactivity and viscosity reduction of oligomers. Compatible with a broad spectrum of acrylated resins used in UV/EB curing applications, EBECRYL® 160's attributes, including hardness, abrasion resistance, and high gloss, contribute to its popularity in overprint varnishes, inks, coatings, and electronic applications like photoresists.

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ADDITOL® VXW 6394

ADDITOL® VXW 6394 is a versatile formulation that serves as a dispersant and wetting agent. Tailored for a range of applications, including screen printing ink, inkjet ink, waterborne coating, flexography ink, gravel ink, and primer, it proudly claims to be APEO-free and tin-free. Notable features include high gloss, high pigment loading, low reactivity, and wet-on-Wet properties. With applications spanning paints and coatings, especially automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish, ADDITOL® VXW 6394 stands as a comprehensive choice, ensuring optimal performance across various printing and coating formulations.

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EBECRYL® P115

EBECRYL® P115 is a clear liquid tailored for diverse applications in paints, coatings, and printing sectors. Designed for building and construction coatings, wood finishes, and industrial applications, it also serves in packaging coatings and printing inks like flexography, inkjet, offset, and lithographic printing. This radiation-curable clearcoat is compatible with substrates such as paper, plastics, and wood, allowing application methods like curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller, and slot-die.

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CERETAN® ME 0825 WD

CERETAN® ME 0825 WD is a spherical, micronized, surface-modified Polyethylene wax and have uses in Paints and coatings and Printing Inks. This product have very good scratch- and abrasion resistance properties.CERETAN ® micronized waxes are predominantly produced using our highly advanced spraying technology leading to spherical particles. The spherical shape and the particles’ even surface help the dispersing process, reduce wax usage as well as dust formation. We guarantee D99 values to minimize oversized particles in your formulation.

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CERETAN® ME 0825

CERETAN® ME 0825 is a spherical, micronized non polar Polyethylene wax and have applications as Paints and coatings, e.g. powder-, can-, car-, industrial-, building-, furniture- and floor coatings, and as Printing inks e.g. gravure-, overprint-, screen-, flexo-, heatset-, sheetfed- and coldset inks.CERETAN ® micronized waxes are predominantly produced using our highly advanced spraying technology leading to spherical particles. The spherical shape and the particles’ even surface help the dispersing process, reduce wax usage as well as dust formation. We guarantee D99 values to minimize oversized particles in your formulation.

IGM Resins

Omnilane OC1005

Omnilane OC 1005 cycloaliphatic epoxide is miscible with a wide range of organic solvents, including acetone, ethanol, and benzene. It’s low viscosity and good fluidity make it suitable for use in bulk manufacturing. The long term stability at ambient temperature is very good. It will react in the presence of acid anhydride curing agents at higher temperature. Omnilane OC 1005 when cured is suitable for use at high temperatures between 200 - 250°C for long periods.

Sasol

Sasol Butyl Glygol Acetate

Butyl glycol acetate of 98% mass purity. Important use in the coatings industry. Other applications are inks (flexographic, gravure and screen printing), dyes to print, color leather and textiles. Also used in furniture polishes and wood stains. For documents specific to a region, please contact Sasol using the 'Request Document' button.

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MODAFLOW® AQ 3025

MODAFLOW® AQ 3025 is an APEO-free, tin-free, and VOC-free clearcoat technology designed for automotive and transportation, paints and coatings, as well as printing and packaging markets. This waterborne coating is applied in various sectors such as automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, vehicle refinish, decorative paints, wood coatings and finishes, coil coatings, industrial coatings, metal coatings, packaging coatings, and diverse printing inks like flexography, gravure, inkjet, lithographic, and screen printing. Utilizing radiation cure, it is compatible with metal and wood substrates and offers a clear appearance.

Polyols and Polymers

POLYTONE® K94

POLYTONE™ K-94 is practically acidless, unsaponifiable Ketone Formaldehyde Resin which is very light in color, has excellent light resistance and show but very slight tendency to solvent retention. Addition of this resin in general improves gloss, hardness, filling, adhesive strength and durability

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Omnirad 500

Omnirad 500 is a highly effective liquid photoinitiator, used for UV-polymerisation of suitable resins. The low viscosity allows lower of the viscosity of the total formulation. Well suited for water-based formulation.

Patcham FZC

Pat-Add AF 34

PAT-ADD AF 34 is liquid defoamer for use in waterborne coatings like varnishes, wood-coatings, industrial paints, aqueous inks and pigment dispersions.PAT-ADD AF 34 is oil and VOC-free and based on a polysiloxane hydrophobic polymer compound.PAT-ADD AF 34 is versatile in application, so efficient in various waterborne systems such as dispersion paints, industrial systems, inks and adhesives. It is effective fordefoaming and anti-foaming purposes during manufacturing and application and reduces risk of micro-foaming.

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Omnipol BP

Omnipol BP is a difunctional benzophenone photoinitiator specifically designed for use in inks and coatings requiring low migration and low volatility. It is particularly suited to use in combination with amine synergists and non-pigmented coatings as an alternative to benzophenone.

Sasol

SASOLWAX SPRAY 30

Sasolwax Spray 30 is a economical, fine micronized wax powder with good rub resistance and excellent slip and gloss performance.

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SASOLWAX SPRAY 105

Sasolwax Spray 105 is a high melting, high performance, micronized wax with excellent rub resistance, slip performance and good gloss.

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SASOLWAX SPRAY 30-G

Sasolwax Spray 30-G is an economical micronized wax powder with good rub resistance and excellent slip performance.

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EBECRYL® 5850

EBECRYL® 5850 stands out as a high-performing, medium-viscosity bio-based diacrylate. Coatings and inks formulated with EBECRYL® 5850, cured through ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) energy, demonstrate exceptional reactivity along with impressive hardness and scratch resistance. This versatile product finds applications in radiation-curable coatings, inkjet inks, varnishes, and flexography inks. Noteworthy features include high gloss, faster cycle time, and low-temperature curing. Claims labels such as bio-based, bisphenol-A-free, and low carbon footprint (PCF).

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EBECRYL® 3701

EBECRYL® 3701, a product of CASE Ingredients, is a clear liquid designed for radiation-curable coatings across automotive, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging sectors. Emphasizing environmental responsibility, it carries labeling claims like low carbon footprint (PCF), solvent-free, and VOC-free. Tailored applications encompass automotive OEM coatings, wood finishes, industrial coatings, and diverse printing applications such as flexography, gravure, lithographic, and screen printing. With versatile application methods like curtain coating, dip coating, and gravure coating, it caters to substrates like plastics and wood.

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EBECRYL® 820

EBECRYL® 820 is a low-viscosity polyester acrylate oligomer known for its exceptional pigment wetting properties, making it an ideal choice as a pigment grinding resin. This resin is designed for use in various applications, including inkjet ink, radiation-curable coatings, flexography ink, and coatings in wood, furniture, and industrial settings. EBECRYL® 820 exhibits a fast cure response when formulated with other oligomers and cured through ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) methods. It is available in liquid form.

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CERETAN® MX 9820

CERETAN® MX 9820 is a spherical, micronized Polyolefin wax. This product have applications in Printing inks, especially for gravure- and flexo inks, Paints and coatings, especially for powder-, furniture-, parquet- and industrial coatings and Masterbatch.CERETAN ® micronized waxes are predominantly produced using our highly advanced spraying technology leading to spherical particles. The spherical shape and the particles’ even surface help the dispersing process, reduce wax usage as well as dust formation. We guarantee D99 values to minimize oversized particles in your formulation.

Lawter

FLEX-REZ™ 1074CS

Co-solvent soluble polyamide resin 100% Solids

IGM Resins

Omnirad ITX

Omnirad ITX is a highly effective type II photoinitiator used, in combination with tertiary amine synergists to, initiate radical polymerization of unsaturated oligomers e.g. acrylates, after exposure to UV light. It can be used in combination with mono or multi functional monomers as reactive diluents.

Sasol

SASOLWAX SPRAY 105-G

Sasolwax Spray 105-G is a high melting, high performance, micronized wax with excellent rub resistance and slip performance.

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Texicryl® 13-809

Texicryl® 13-809 is a styrene acrylic emulsion polymer designed for high gloss, water-based overprint varnishes and heat resistant inks. This styrene acrylic binder has been designed to provide superb clarity, water resistance, heat resistance, gloss etc. It can be used as deblocking modifier.

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ADDITOL® VXW 6396

ADDITOL® VXW 6396 is a multifaceted solution that excels as a flow promoter, leveling agent, and flow modifier in a variety of applications. Tailored for clearcoat, screen printing ink, inkjet ink, waterborne coating, varnishes, flexography ink, and gravel ink, it proudly claims to be NMP-free, APEO-free, and tin-free. Standout features include reduced overspray, improved edge coverage, improved long wave reduction, low film thickness, improved short wave reduction, reduced surface preparation, and wet-on-wet properties. With applications spanning paints and coatings, especially automotive OEM coatings, marine coatings, and vehicle refinish.

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EBECRYL® 81

EBECRYL® 81 is a radiation-curable coating designed for various applications in the paint and coatings industry. This clear liquid product, which is bisphenol-a-free, low-carbon footprint, solvent-free, and voc-free, finds its place in building and construction paints, wood finishes, industrial coatings, and furniture coatings. It's also utilized in the printing and packaging sectors for packaging coatings, overprint varnishes, and various printing inks like flexography and inkjet ink. With application methods including curtain coating, dip coating, gravure coating, roller, slot-die, and spray, it is primarily compatible with wood substrates.

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EBECRYL® 331

EBECRYL® 331 is a wetting and dispersing agent designed for use in both solvent-free and solvent-containing UV systems. Functioning as a low molecular weight additive, it actively deflocculates and stabilizes pigments through electrical charging at the pigment surface. The high wetting power of EBECRYL® 331 enables the formulation of coatings and inks with elevated gloss and improved color strength. Additionally, it effectively prevents the settling of pigments and extenders, contributing to good leveling properties in the final product. This dispersant and wetting agent belong to the chemical family of bentonite and is applied in various end uses such as radiation-curable coatings, screen printing inks, inkjet inks, flexography inks, and gravure inks. It is labeled as VOC-free and Bisphenol A-free.

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EBECRYL® 3639

EBECRYL® 3639 is a unique epoxy acrylate known for its good flexibility and exceptionally high reactivity. It is particularly recommended for formulating radiation-curable coatings and inks that require a combination of excellent flexibility, high reactivity, and outstanding scratch and chemical resistance. End uses for EBECRYL® 3639 include gravure ink, radiation-curable coatings, varnishes, flexography ink, and screen printing ink. This product features labeling claims of low carbon footprint (PCF), solvent-free, and VOC-free.

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EBECRYL® 1360

EBECRYL® 1360 is a cloudy liquid radiation-curable coating designed for various applications. Notably, it offers faster cycle times, extended pot life, and energy-efficient features. Tailored for automotive and transportation, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging sectors, it excels in automotive OEM coatings, industrial coatings, and specialty coatings, among others. The product is applied using methods like curtain, dip, and gravure coating on compatible surfaces like wood, offering a clear finish with varnish capabilities.

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CERETAN® MM 8920

CERETAN® MM 8920 is a spherical, micronized modified Montan wax.This product have excellent rub and scratch resistance matting ideal surface properties wax density approx. 1,00 g/cm³ analog to water and oil, ideal for low surfactant formulations excellent adhesion on porous, uneven, flexible and soft substrates Less hydrophobic than other micronized waxes For hydrophilic systems / pigments Application are high quality paints and coatings e.g. powder, can, automotive, industrial, furniture and parquet coatings as well as UV- curing systems High quality printing inks e.g. overprint-, screen-, flexo-, offset and intaglio inks

IGM Resins

Omnirad 4PBZ

Omnirad 4PBZ is an effective Type II photoinitiator used to initiate radical polymerization of unsaturated oligomers e.g. acrylates after exposure to UV light.