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Sustainability is the new Green….and will continue to gain influence in the global marketplace. A major movement is underway, which include efforts by environmentalists, government agencies, manufacturers, consumers and others, to improve Sustainability worldwide. The Coatings marketplace, consisting of raw material manufacturers, equipment supplie

Water-based, radiation curable dispersions are well known in the UV/EB industry for decades. Particularly in the last few years this product group has experienced substantial growth outpacing that of traditional radiation curable raw materials. Target markets are those, where their beneficial properties such as absence of sensitizing monomers, no n

Polycarboate diol (PCD, Asahi Kasei) and dimethylol propanoic acid (DMPA, Across) were dried and degassed at 80◦C under vacuum for 6h. Extra pure grade of polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS, Mn=550, Sigma Aldrich) was used as received. Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI, Bayer Material Science) and triethylamine (TEA, Samchun Pure Chemical) were dried over 4 A

The use of UV and EB curing inks is growing in the European Graphic Arts market. Not only do they give excellent print quality but they are also solvent free, a huge benefit in this environmentally driven world. One particular application where UV and EB curing inks continue to develop is in the prestigious food packaging market. In order to sustai

During resent years the improvement of scratch resistance of UV is an actual topic. High quality parquet coatings but also automative topcoats should be scratch resistant even under heavy strains.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the western hemisphere ans is caused by partial or total occlusion of a coronary artery. The treatment of this disease is typically an aorto-coronary bypass operation. It is evident that in the last decade, the number of aorto-coronary bypass operation.

Radiation curing is a welt established and highly efficient method for crosslinking of coatings, printing inks 1 The photoinitiator , the key component in such systems is responsible for lightabsorption and generation of reactive species like radicals and/or cations. The photochemicalgeneration of radicals can be divided in four major groups:1. Pho

 The aim of this paper is to inform you about the information exchange process on the best available techniques (BAT) on surface treatment using organic solvents, and in particular on the application of UV/EB-curing products. This information exchange process, that is coordinated at the European IPPC Bureau located in Seville is, and has been