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Sun Chemical Introduces New Ink Solutions
for Screen and Digital Printers at SGIA 2007
Orlando, Florida
- October 24, 2007 -- Ink
solutions that help screen and digital printers run more efficiently
and improve quality are on display at Sun Chemical’s booth at SGIA 2007.
Sun Chemical’s product portfolio of inks,
coatings, and equipment found at SGIA booth 922 include the only
formable UV hard coat system on the market for Hi-tech automotive
parts, a new UV ink system for transparent windows that eliminates the
need for protective masking, a new UV inkjet printer for narrow web and
label applications, and digital bulk-feed systems for a variety of
wide-format presses.
In keeping with its emphasis on sustainable
solutions, Sun Chemical’s SGIA presence has been transformed into a
customer-friendly environment designed to renew and restore visitors’
energy and business outlook, and reinforce the theme of sustainability.
“Our customers are operating in highly
competitive markets. Sun Chemical is focusing its innovation on
delivering new solutions for screen and digital printers that help them
eliminate steps in the process and avoid waste,” said Greg Lawson,
Group President, Sun Chemical. “Our solutions help customers turn jobs
around quicker while providing the highest level of quality output.”
New UV Hard Coat System for Formable and Non-Formable Hi-Tech Automotive Parts
Screen printers attending SGIA will be introduced to a new ink system
solution that holds up better to the high heat and immense pressure
used in manufacturing formable plastic parts. At SGIA, Sun Chemical
will launch the MTG™ UV hard coat system for use in making formable and
non-formable automotive, appliance, cell phone, and medical parts. The
MTG-FORMTM is the first and only formable UV hard coat system available
on the market.
New UV Ink System for Hi-Tech/Automotive Industries Eliminates the Cost of Protective Masking
Screen printers will also get their first look at UV Trans™, a new UV
ink system that gives screen printers the ability to print on
transparent windows. Geared toward the Hi-tech and automotive
industries, UV Trans has outstanding scuff resistance and protects the
windows after printing, eliminating the need for protective masking and
saving manufacturers money.
UV Inkjet Printer for Narrow-Web Labels Prints Short Runs Fast
SGIA visitors will be able to learn about SolarJet™, Sun Chemical’s
latest generation UV inkjet printer recently launched at LabelExpo in
Brussels in September. Designed specifically to benefit the growing
short-run, narrow-web labels market, SolarJet offers an innovative
solution for printers and converters to produce shorter print runs
quickly, cost effectively and without sacrificing quality.
Manufactured in association with Imaging
Technology International (iTi) of Colorado, SolarJet offers printers an
economically viable solution for print runs of 10,000 labels or fewer,
freeing up their flexo presses for the higher-volume jobs. It also has
the added benefit of being able to print variable data, such as text
and barcodes, which is particularly beneficial in Europe, where
versioning is common for multiple languages.
New Cost Saving Bulk Feed Ink Systems for Continuous Inkjet Printing
Streamline™ S-Tech, SCP and SCP Plus, Sun Chemical’s new
digital bulk ink feed systems for wide format Mimaki JV3 solvent ink
printers, Seiko Color Painter 64/100 printers, HP 9000/1000 printers,
and the Océ 6060/6100 printers, is an easy-to-use, cost-saving system
for continuous printing applications. Mimaki JV3 printers are used by
approximately 8,000 commercial printing operations in Europe. Another
2,000 printers in Europe use either the Seiko Color Painter, HP
9000/1000 or Océ 6060/6100.
S-Tech is an ancillary system that gives
printers the freedom to adopt Sun Chemical's range of Streamline
solvent digital inks, realizing the cost savings of using a
value-for-money bulk ink product. The system can be fitted and
installed by a press operator with no modifications to either the
hardware or software in the press. S-Tech uses a sensor to ensure a
constant level of ink delivery, carefully controlling the ink reservoir
levels to give consistent ink pressure on the print heads.
About Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical, the world's largest
producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of
materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and
other industrial markets. With annual sales over $3 billion, Sun
Chemical has over 11,000 employees supporting customers around the
world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such established
names as Coates, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, and US Ink.
Sun Chemical
Corporation in the U.S. and Sun Chemical Limited in England are
subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical
has headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Slough, England;
and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web
site at www.sunchemical.com. |