Products in Flexography: High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

DCL 1149 Perylene Red, PR.149 is a transparent, blue-shade red pigment with excellent heat stability and overall properties. Specifically manufactured to meet a filter value specification of less than 2.0 bar/gram, it is recommended for use in solvent-based industrial and powder coatings, solvent-based printing inks, and plastic applications such as flexible and rigid PVC, PE, PP, PS, ABS, and other engineering resins processed at high temperatures. It can also be used to color nylon and other synthetic fibers.

DCL 2217 Diarylide Yellow, PY.17 is a strong, transparent green shade of Diarylide Yellow that offers excellent value for use in various printing ink applications, such as water-based, nitrocellulose-based, and polyamide-based inks and metal deco printing, as well as in some plastics applications, including polyolefins, printing on PVC film, and polyurethane foams, and in some air-dry industrial coatings and textile printing.

DCL AG120A Shiny Satin, 5 - 25 m is a silver-white transulcent pearlescent pigment with a satin finish. This product is composed of a mixture of titanium and mica that appears as a silver white powder. It is FDA-approved (Section 178-3297).

DCL 2583 Diarylide Yellow, PY.83 is a very strong, bright, and transparent red shade of diarylide yellow with good lightfastness and bleed properties. It also exhibits good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 1166 Disazo Scarlet, PR.166 is a transparent, yellow-shaded red with excellent heat stability and very good fastness properties. It is recommended for auto refinishes, solvent industrial coatings, and powder coating applications. It is also recommended for all ink and plastic applications.

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 1144 Disazo Red, PR.144 is a medium to slightly blue-shade red pigment with high purity, tinting strength, and excellent heat stability. It is primarily used in the coloration of plastics such as PVC, ABS, polystyrene, polyolefins, and polyester spin dyeing, and is also used in some specialty coatings and inks, though it can cause warpage in HDPE.

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 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.

DCL 1419 Quinacridone Violet, PV.19 is a bright, blue-shaded quinacridone with a similar shade to thioindigo red, and it has excellent overall properties. This pigment is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and is recommended for use in inks, high-grade industrial paints, implement enamels, agricultural equipment, and powder coating applications.

DCL AG173 Silk, 10 - 60 m is a silver-white transulcent pearlescent pigment with a brilliant finish. This product is a mixture of titanium and mica that appears as a silver white powder. It is FDA-approved (Section 178-3297).