Products in Automotive OEM Coatings: Radiation Curable Ink

Efka® SL 3210 is a slip and leveling agent, a very effective additive to increase substrate wetting, slip, surface smoothness, and gloss. It has good compatibility with a broad range of printing ink systems and is relatively insensitive to pin-holing, even at high dosage. The chemical nature is organically modified polysiloxane.

Efka® PX 4731 is a versatile product, acts as a dispersant and defoamer in applications like radiation curable ink, solventborne ink, and coil coating. With features such as high color strength, high gloss, and viscosity stability, it finds application in automotive OEM coatings, consumer goods, including coil coatings, furniture coatings, industrial coatings, and industrial maintenance coatings. This liquid additive enhances the overall performance of formulations.

Efka® PX 4780 is a liquid formulation designed to function as an emulsifier and dispersant. This versatile solution caters to diverse markets, including automotive and transportation, consumer goods, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging. In its liquid form, Efka® PX 4780 ensures easy and efficient application.

Efka® FA 4611 is a solvent-free wetting and dispersing agent with acidic groups, excellently suited for solvent-borne and solvent-free coatings and printing inks. Is in a clear, slightly yellowish liquid form, Efka® FA 4611 demonstrates broad compatibility in a wide range of resin systems.

Efka® PX 4753 is a liquid formulation designed to function as an emulsifier and dispersant, specifically tailored for epoxies (EP) and acrylics. This versatile solution boasts tin-free labeling claims, aligning with environmentally conscious practices. Efka® PX 4753, in its liquid form, ensures easy and efficient application. Noteworthy features include high pigment loading and high gloss, enhancing the overall performance of formulations.

Efka® PX 4787 is a liquid formulation serving as a versatile emulsifier and dispersant. Tailored to meet the needs of diverse markets, including automotive and transportation, consumer goods, paints and coatings, and printing and packaging, Efka® PX 4787 ensures ease of application in its liquid form.

Efka® PX 4733 is an advanced polymeric dispersant with a core-shell structure. It is a 100% active, liquid dispersant with high pigment loading at low mill base viscosity. Particularly effective in UV-curable and mild-solvent ink-jet systems, it is suitable for use in UV-curable ink systems, including flexographic, lithographic, and screen inks.

HDK® N20 is a synthetic, hydrophilic, amorphous silica produced through flame hydrolysis. It is a standard product widely used in various industrial applications. This white colloidal powder offers high purity and serves multiple purposes. One of the primary applications of HDK® N20 is as a thickening and thixotropic agent in organic systems such as unsaturated polyesters, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetics. Additionally, it functions as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers.

SYNTHALAT A 141 HS is an acrylic resin cross-linked with polyisocyanate with a high solids content. Used in combination with aliphatic polyisocyanates for air- and stove-drying two-component coatings for industrial coatings with high flexiblility, adhesion, and weathering resistance. It has applications in off-road commercial vehicle and recreational vehicle coatings, industrial coatings, automotive OEM coatings, and commercial transportation.

DCL 7019 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 is a high-performance pigment developed for use in industrial coatings, automotive refinishing, and coil coatings. This reddish-violet shade is also suitable for plastic and ink applications, and is a close match to Clariant Red E5B. It is used in various high-end paint and plastic applications where excellent fastness properties are required, and is also FDA-approved.

DCL 8300P Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:3 is a beta-shaded phthalocyanine blue pigment that is characterized by its easy dispersibility. This pigment is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297). It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of applications.

DCL A3RN Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings and ink applications.

DCL 3777 Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 (blue shade) is a bright, blue-shaded phthalocyanine with excellent overall properties. The product is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and recommended for various applications in inks, coatings, and plastics. It can be easily dispersed in plastics, coatings, and water-based flexo inks.

DCL 1070 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very brilliant, opaque, strong, bright yellow shade of naphthol red pigment. It exhibits very good lightfastness, chemical resistance and flow properties. This makes it a highly reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL 2283 Opaque Yellow, PY.83 is a medium-shaded diarylide yellow offering good opacity, lightfastness, excellent flow properties, and tinting strength. It is recommended to be used in inkjet and UV inks as well as automotive, aerospace, industrial, and powder coating applications.

DCL 2139 Isoindoline Yellow, PY.139 is a reddish shade yellow pigment with excellent opacity and lightfastness in deep shades. It is recommended for general industrial coatings where good rheology and opacity are required and can also be used in combination with inorganics as a replacement for chrome yellow medium, as well as in automotive refinishes and high-quality printing ink applications such as inkjet and UV inks.

DCL A3RJ Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a strong red shade and highly saturated blue pigment that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL A3R Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. DCC Blue A3R is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings, plastics, and ink applications.

DCL 5454 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:4 is a transparent green-shade blue pigment that is non-crystallizing and stable to high processing temperatures in the presence of aromatic solvents. It is also non-flocculating in mineral oil/vegetable oil, and solvent-based systems. This pigment is recommended for high-grade industrial, agricultural equipment, automotive refinish and OEM, oven-drying coatings, and powder coatings, and is generally used in nitrocellulose and polyamide inks.

DCL 5577 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:3 is a greenish blue shade of phthalocyanine blue with excellent color strength. 5577 is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of coating and ink applications.

DCL 3017-A Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 is a strong, medium-shade phthalocyanine green pigment that is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297). It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 7354 DPP Red, PR.254 is a yellow-shaded DPP that offers excellent opacity, high color saturation, weather resistance, heat stability, acid, alkali, and solvent resistance. It is recommended for high-end coatings and high-end plastics applications, and is FDA compliant for indirect food contact plastic applications.

DCL 1222 Quinacridone Magenta, PR.122 (Yellow shade), is a high-performance pigment that retains all the typical properties of quinacridone pigments, while offering a more yellowish and brighter masstone and a noticeably yellower, brighter, and stronger tint compared to the 1229 grade.

DCL 1233 Carbazole Violet, PV.23 is a high-performance pigment with a bluish-violet color and high tint strength. It exhibits excellent fastness to light and weathering in most applications and is only slightly affected by reductions with titanium dioxide.

Pergopak® M6 is a matting agent used in the paint and varnish industries. It has a low impact on rheology and improved scratch and abrasion resistance, along with improved adhesion and elasticity. On the other hand, Pergopak® M6 provides excellent weather resistance and gloss retention.

AFCONA 3280 is a special modified polysiloxane that is soluble in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, esters and ketones, but insoluble in water. It offers slip, defoaming, and improvement of surface characteristics without hurting intercoat adhesion. Additionally, it offers better hot water resistance than other polyether modified polysiloxanes.

Pergopak® M3 is a matting agent used in the paint and varnish industries. It has a low impact on rheology and improved scratch and abrasion resistance, along with improved adhesion and elasticity. On the other hand, Pergopak® M3 provides excellent weather resistance and gloss retention.

Pergopak® M5 is a matting agent used in the paint and varnish industries. It has a low impact on rheology and improved scratch and abrasion resistance, along with improved adhesion and elasticity. On the other hand, Pergopak® M5 provides excellent weather resistance and gloss retention.

Pergopak® M4 is a matting agent used in the paint and varnish industries. It has a low impact on rheology and improved scratch and abrasion resistance, along with improved adhesion and elasticity. On the other hand, Pergopak® M4 provides excellent weather resistance and gloss retention.

FluoroSLIP® 533 is a blend of hydrophilic synthetic wax and PTFE where the synthetic wax shows a uniform melting range peaking at 97°C.

TexMATTE 6005 is a cross-linked polymethyl methacrylate product.

Andisil® MS 32 fluid is a trimethylsiloxy-terminated mercaptopropyl methyl dimethyl polysiloxane copolymer used to improve the adhesion to metal and fiber surfaces along with better corrosion inhibiting properties in auto-care products or formulations compared to conventional silicone fluids. The Andisil® MS 32 fluid has been made with a 20:1 ratio of dimethylsiloxy to mercaptopropyl methylsiloxy groups that are randomly pendant along the polymer backbone. The product can also be used as a release agent for rubber and plastic articles. It has utility as an additive in UV and EB curing inks and coatings.

FluoroSLIP® 225 is a blend of low molecular weight synthetic wax and PTFE.

x-bond® U 9069 is a bifunctional silane binder. It is a transparent, inorganic-organic high solid curing material. Exhibits scratch- and abrasion resistance with highest UV- and chemical stability. Applications in high-solid coatings, lacquers and solvent containing varnish formulations. Suited for formulation of spray, dip and brush-on paints as well as for fast curing coatings in roller application. Recommended for use in automotive coatings, clear coats, pigmented paints and coatings for plastic, wood or metal.

Versal® ORANGE HLD is Benzimidazolone pigment. Used in flexografic, offset, letter inks and water based paints.

Permanent Red BH-5RK is Pigment for Inks and Plastics and Coating.