Brands in Printing & Packaging

Scent-a-Flex™ is a patented microencapsulated ink or varnish that releases a fragrance when touched. The scent can be generic (i.e., strawberry or chocolate) or specific (i.e., Smucker’s Strawberry or Hershey’s chocolate).

Soy-Flex™ water-based inks are the beginning of a greener and cleaner tomorrow in the flexographic printing industry.

Freshpak is a low odor series developed specifically for indirect food contact folding carton applications. This system is formulated following the eupia exclusion list, guideline on printing inks, and gmp for packaging inks. Freshpak inks are vegetable based and formulated without mineral oil. Trillions of cartons have been successfully produced with freshpak inks.

LNP™ STAT-KON™ Compounds may be used for applications requiring a combination of powder coating and structural effects, offering design flexibility and meeting safety regulations. These applications include, for example, door handles, safety door push bars and brackets for sunshade systems.

Stahl Picassian® acrylic and polyurethane resins and advanced crosslinkers offer the highest performance you need when you’re looking for high-tech and most sustainable solutions. Our unique portfolio is the consequence of more than 50 years of in-house experience in the latest polymer technology. This enables us to offer a full range of polyurethanes, hybrid polymers, acrylics and crosslinkers for coating and ink formulators that meet the highest performance requirements. We design each product with a specific use in mind and for a wide range of substrates, including wood, plastic, metal, concrete, plastics, flexible packaging and textiles. The Picassian® range underlines our commitment to responsible chemistry as the range is designed to have a minimum impact on the environment.

DISPAL is the trademark for Sasol's high-purity, highly dispersible boehmite powders and sols/dispersions manufactured in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.These boehmites, which are nano-sized in the dispersed phase, exhibit a unique combination of purity, consistency and dispersibility that make them excellent materials for use in colloidal applications.The Sasol range of dispersible boehmites has traditionally been used in applications such as sol-gel ceramics, catalysis, refractory materials, rheology control and surface frictionizing.Other applications include surface coating as well as paint detackification, polymeradditives and functional fillers.This portfolio is complemented by additional products trademarked under the name DISPERAL, which are produced by Sasol in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

Due to its excellent thermal and mechanical properties, this semi-crystalline material belongs to the polymer group of high-performance plastics (HPM).

Clinton is a range of industrial corn starches manufactured by ADM. It consists of unmodified, acid-modified, or oxidized corn starches that can be used in chemical production, paper manufacturing, and thermal conversion processes. These corn starches can be used as a binder, film former, oil absorber, rheology modifier, stabilizer, or texturizer in various applications.

KODAK ESTAR are flexible, dual-shield, high clarity and highly conductive polyester films for consumer and industrial applications stretching far beyond photography.

ALFOL® is a blend of high purity petrochemical-based linear primary alcohols. They are physically and chemically equivalent to corresponding oleochemical based alcohols derived from such sources as coconut oil or palm oil.

Graxy Graphene Epoxy resin provides an easy way to produce high-performance graphene-zinc epoxy primers, which aim to replace the zinc-rich anti-corrosion primers.

Alamine® products are used as salification agents of pH regulators for agrochemical applications. Other applications of Alamine® include use as extraction reagents for recovery of rare earth metals, molybdenum, vanadium, and uranium.

EcoTech heatset inks are formulated from sustainable, non-petroleum based, bio-renewable ingredients with significantly lower levels of of VOCs than conventional heatset inks. They provide excellent dot reproduction and are compatible with a wide range of fountain solutions. They also resist emulsification and misting at higher press speeds. The NAPIM BRC Label System has certified EcoTech to carry a BRC 50 rating, the highest rating for heatset inks. EcoTech has also earned the ASA Soy Seal.

VersaFlex PW-1 is a specially formulated, low solids, single component primer designed for steel and metal. Its low viscosity contributes to ease of application and adheres well for top coating with VersaFlex polyurea products. PW-1 primer may be used with all VersaFlex rapid curing polyurea sealants and spray coating systems. It is designed for use in both interior and exterior priming situations. PW-1 is ideal for priming metal surfaces to help temporarily hold back flash rust.