Products in Automotive OEM Coatings: Flexography 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 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® H15 is a synthetic, hydrophobic, amorphous silica produced via flame hydrolysis. It is a white colloidal powder of high purity. HDK® H15 is commonly utilized as a thickening and thixotropic agent in coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cosmetics, and other applications. Additionally, it serves as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers. Moreover, HDK® H15 functions as a free flow additive in the production of technical powders.

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.

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 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 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 5154 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:4 is a beta-type, non-crystallizing, non-flocculating green-shade phthalocyanine blue, recommended for various coatings and printing ink applications. It is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and is recommended for use in various industrial paint applications, such as air-dry and baking alkyds, as well as nitrocellulose and polyamide inks.

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 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 A2RX Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a highly saturated, red-shaded blue that offers excellent tinctorial and fastness properties. It is highly transparent and suitable for opaque and effect shades, and especially recommended for high-quality automotive coatings, laminates, specialty coatings, and inks.

DCL 1319 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E3B type) is an opaque, yellow-shaded quinacridone with excellent fastness properties. It is slightly yellower and more opaque than our 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet 19, and is widely used for high-grade industrial and automotive coatings as well as water- and solvent-based inks.

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 2538 Quinophthalone Yellow, PY.138 is an opaque, green shade yellow with low viscosity in liquid systems and excellent light and weather fastness. It is greener than 2338 and exhibits high hiding power and good dispersibility. 2538 is FDA-approved (21 CFR Part 178.3297).

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 A2RU Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a high-performance green shade yellow for use in high-end coatings applications. Its superb weather fastness and chemical resistance make it ideal for automotive OEM, refinish, and fleet applications. Additionally, its enhanced rheology and low foam enable high mill base loadings in both aqueous and solvent-borne systems. For non-automotive applications, it is also excellent for use in architectural concrete coatings and high-end industrial coatings.

DCL 8916 Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, PY.42 is a high-performance transparent yellow iron oxide offering high color strength, weather resistance, and UV protection properties. 8916 is recommended for PVC plastics, automotive, aerospace, industrial, powder, and wood coatings, as well as solvent flexo inks.

DCL 1319 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E3B-70 type), is a high-quality pigment known for its outstanding fastness, heat stability, and resistance properties. This opaque, yellow-shaded quinacridone is slightly more opaque and yellower than the 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet 19 grade.

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 7254 DPP Red, PR.254 (BO type) is a medium red shade DPP pigment that offers excellent masstone weather fastness, heat stability, acid, alkali and solvent resistance. It is recommended for high-end coatings and high-end plastics applications, especially exterior uses where excellent fastness properties are required. Moreover, this pigment is FDA-approved.

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 2111 Isoindolinone Yellow, PY.110 is a semi-opaque, red shade yellow pigment with excellent lightfastness and heat stability. It is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of coating, plastic, ink and rubber 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 2110 Isoindolinone Yellow, PY.110 is a transparent, red shade yellow pigment with excellent lightfastness and good heat stability. 2110 Isoindolinone Yellow, PY.110 is slightly more transparent and redder than 2111. This product is also approved by the FDA under section 178.3297.

DCL 1354 DPP Red, PR.254 (2030 type) is a very opaque, bright medium shade red pigment, coloristically yellower and cleaner than the 1254 grade. 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 plastics, inks, rubber 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 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 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 3136 Phthalocyanine Green, PG.36 is a strong, yellow-shaded, fully brominated phthalocyanine green pigment of excellent value, tinting strength, and color purity. 3136 has excellent overall properties. It is recommended to be used in a wide range of plastic, ink, and coating 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 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.

DCL 2151 Benzimidazolone Yellow, PY.151 is a green-shaded yellow pigment with excellent light and weather fastness, especially in deep shades. 2151 has high opacity and good flow properties in all types of coatings. It has good overall resistance properties.

DCL 5051 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:1 is an alpha crystal form of a red-shaded phthalocyanine blue that is rendered solvent stable. 5051 is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297), and is recommended for applications such as general industrial paints, various coatings, printing inks, plastics, rubber, floor coverings, and textile printing.

DCL 1073-A DPP Orange, PO.73 is a medium shade opaque orange pigment with very good light and chemical resistance. This pigment is mainly used in the following applications: Plastics such as PVC, PP, PS, PE and PET. Automotive/Aerospace, powder and industrial coatings. Solvent flexo inks Rubber products

DCL 1836 Azo Orange, PO.36 is an opaque grade of PO.36 that exhibits a reddish-shaded orange color with excellent light and weather fastness characteristics. 1836 provides high opacity and good flow properties in a variety of plastics, coatings, and inks.

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.