Consumables - General

Antimicrobial coatings can help printers meet the demand for clean, germ-free environments — but the benefits mustn’t be oversold.

Effective Sept. 1, INX International has announced a price increase on all solvent inks and coatings in North America.

SilvaKure was developed and patented as an added protective property for FORTIFI UV-curable and water-based functional coatings.

The Attiro Cleaning Module reduces the workload for most users to three or four full cleaning interventions per year.

Energy Verve replaces the post-bake oven with a pre-heat module requiring a lower temperature and cutting energy use by up to 50%.

In order to secure the needed components for the production of solvent-based inks and coatings, Sun Chemical has increased prices.

Integration of Kodak SONORA X process free plates and ACHIEVE platesetter has improved Oregon Lithoprint’s productivity.

The center is a fully-equipped lab featuring integrated prepress and pressroom solutions to demonstrate numerous offset applications.

Sun Chemical has sold its North American Inks Flexographic Plates Division to PlateCrafters, a flexographic trade shop.

drupa 2020 attendees will see Heidelberg’s new generation of Speedmaster presses, and new fully automated “plate to unit” logistics.

After a short period of testing to evaluate the plate’s performance, the company recognized the plates’ quality and speed-to-market.

The last couple of times we discussed how paper and then finishing can enhance your direct mail ROI, now let’s look at coatings.