rte news issue 1 july 2014

Juli 2014, Issue No. 1

Announcing

RTE Conference & Exhibition 2015

RTE Food Packaging Seminar 2014

Reporting

Food Safety

Innovations in UV-cured digital print

News from the Industry

Update

Update on REACH

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Calendar of Events Q3-Q4 2014September 201423 RTE General Assembly 2014 Stuttgart, Germany24 RTE Food Packaging Seminar 2014 Stuttgart, Germany29 – 30 Novel biocide technology conference Düsseldorf, Germany

October 201414 – 15 Architectural coatings conference Düsseldorf, Germany22 – 25 Paintistanbul 2014 Istanbul, Turkey

November 20145 Novel concepts for waterborne coatings European Coatings Supplier

Webcast11 – 12 European Coatings Seminars Amsterdam, the Netherlands

December 20148 – 9 Biobased materials for industrial coatings conference Düsseldorf, Germany

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Online advertising on RTE website The RadTech Europe website (www.radtech-europe.com) is the go-to source for the European UV and EB industry. On average, the site attracts 5,000 pageviews on average divided over 1,400 visitor sessions on average per month. In the months surrounding the RadTech Europe Conference & Exhibition or other leading projects, the RTE site attracted nearly 2,500 visitors per month. A lot of this traffic is generated by registered visitors, potential RTE members that remain updated on RTE’s activities through regular newsflashes. Your company’s digital advertising reaches all those directly involved in, associated with, and even just interested in, the UV/EB Technology.

NEW: Business Case With the new and improved RTE website launched in October 2011, RTE offers a whole new way of advertising. If you are a RTE member and you are interested in more exposure for your company’s latest developments/products, make use of the Business Case on our website! You get a full page on the RTE website, together with short summary which will be featured prominently on the home page and related industry pages, giving you maximum exposure on the relevant parts of the website. Ask the Secretariat for more information.

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I welcome you to another edition of our electronic magazine and would like to give you a short overview of all the things that have been happening over the last couple of months. This year is a non conference year for RadTech Europe, but this does not mean that the RTE conference is not on our minds. The committees have already put a lot of thought and work in the upcoming conference. The wish to change the nature of the conference with a more modernized new format has led to some significant changes that can be read about in this RTE News edition and more to follow shortly, so make sure to save the date and location in your agenda and keep an eye on our website. I am also looking forward to see what results the other initiatives of RadTech Europe will bring, like the RTE Food Packaging Seminar, which will be held this year in Stuttgart, Germany on 24 September 2014. The programme has just been published and is being finalized but already promises to be a very interesting event with updates and reviews on the current market developments from several point of views. Our members are also invited to the General Assembly which is taking place the day before the seminar, on 23 September. Nowadays, our members have more ways to be visible than ever before. We urge you to use the possibilities we offer. For one, our Innovation Awards provide a great way to gain new business leads and recognition for the hard work of your company as covered in this issue. The website is becoming more and more a centre of attention, so be sure to complete your company profile. It only takes 5 minutes, and as the profile is cross-linked to any news or articles from your company, the more you contribute, the more traffic it generates! More advertisement

possibilities are offered to RTE members (e.g. a banner in the e-newsletter RadFlash or an advert in the RTE News). Make sure to ask for them at [email protected] . Finally, I would again like to thank all committee members for their extra efforts and of course, our members. RadTech Europe is your association, for the promotion of your industry. So step forward with your ideas and suggestions, and we will provide the platform to push radiation curing to greater heights. If you have any ideas or suggestions, or wish to participate in one of our Working Groups or Committees, please do not hesitate to contact me or the Secretariat.

Yours sincerely,

David HelsbyPresident of RadTech Europe

Word of the PresidentContentsCalendar of events 2

Advertisement Prices 2

Word of the President 3

RTE Conference & Exhibition 2015 4

Article: Modern Buildings Need Not to Look

Like Clones 4

Article: Food Safety and UV-Cured Printing Inks 5

RTE events: Food seminar & General Assembly 6

HSE Update 7

RTNA Update 10

Industry News 12

Colophon 14

How to become a member of RadTech Europe?Visit us at www.radtech-europe.com for more information and to download the registration form 2013 or contact the RadTech Europe Secretariat at [email protected]

New company membersCCL Label Manfred Lederwasch End-userGergonne SAS Michel Gergonne End-userMerck Millipore Jim Shiels End-userSchattdecor AG Ralf Peschel End-user

RadTech Europe welcomes all new members!

New members of RadTech Europe in Q1 2014


Modern Buildings Need Not to Look Like Clones

An innovative synthesis of UV-cured digital print and industrial surface coatings transforms façades into modern art

The sleek and often complex profiles of modern buildings offer limited decorative possibilities, both on exterior facades and in interiors. Today, however, there is a practical way to overcome the ‘sameness’ of today’s architecture: patented Numericoat® technology from professional coating innovators and image management company Visio-Technic.

Innovation in architectural decorVisio-Technic Numericoat is an innovative synthesis of digital print and industrial surface coatings, and it delivers an advanced professional solution for the creation of customised, durable, architectural graphics, signs, displays, images, and colours on a variety of today’s building construction materials. ‘Starting with a standard plain substrate – metal, glass, or composite’, explains Visio-Technic’s Commercial and Marketing Director, Martin Saunier-Plumaz, ‘our in-house production team take a digitally-generated image of the customer’s choice, and capture it on the substrate within Numericoat’s two special layers of spray-applied thermo-hardening primers. The Numericoat base layer provides the anchorage for the flatbed inkjet-printed image, and the top overlamination coat gives it perfect protection. Not only is it fire- and UV-resistant, it also has anti-graffiti functionality.’

Guaranteed durability‘Perhaps most important of all for the construction industry, Numericoat panels come with a ten-year durability guarantee – true confirmation that this is genuinely a

highly-durable solution’, says Mr. Saunier-Plumaz.

Versatile image productionThe versatility of the flatbed inkjet’s movable printhead makes it practical to print on to very large panels – up to 6.5 metres long and 2 metres wide – using UV-cured acrylic inks to deliver a high-definition four-colour CMYK printed image.

The proven benefits of UV inksUV inks deliver benefits at various levels, as Mr. Saunier-Plumaz explains. ‘They dry very quickly at ambient pressure – in seconds, rather than the 30 minutes it takes at 200ºC for traditional solvent-based inks, lowering the production costs. UV inks also offer good flexibility and good adhesion to the substrate. That makes shipping the panels easier, and makes it possible for our clients to cut and bend (if necessary) the coated panels at the application site. And of course UV inks’ environmental credentials are excellent – low odour, no solvents, reduced energy usage. That’s important.’

RadTech Europe Innovation AwardIn fact, Numericoat’s creative use of UV inks gained Visio-Technic the prestigious Innovation Award in the 2013 RadTech Europe Awards, presented biennially by the European Association for UV/EB Curing Technology.

A global commercial reality‘Numericoat is not an experimental technique’, says Mr. Saunier-Plumaz. ‘We worked on its development at Visio-

Technic for many years, and commercialised it eight years ago. Since then, the system has proved itself in an enormous variety of applications, from corporate company headquarters to theme parks, sports arenas, factories, and outdoor and indoor frescos.’

Quality, suitability, and durability -- certifiedFormally partnered since 2011 by steel giant ArcelorMittal, who now market Numericoat products under their Viso

UV and EB radiation curing are today well known processing technologies in many industrial segments such as wood and metal product finishing, packaging, and automotive components, as well as in graphic imaging applications.

David Helsby, President of RadTech Europe, says that this wide acceptance is ‘testimony to the robust nature of the cure that can be achieved, as well as the elimination of VOC emissions, significant reductions in energy consumption, and of course time- and cost-savings.’ In printing and graphic arts applications, he adds, ‘UV curing’s faster on-press turn-around coupled with excellent ink adhesion to the print substrate are high-profile field of continuing innovation today, with traditional high-energy lamps beginning to be replaced with “cold” UV LED lamp arrays on leading-edge high-speed printing presses. Visio-Technic’s Innovation Award for Numericoat highlights another new step on the ladder for radiation curing.’

brand, across their global network, Numericoat is Qualicoat licensed for homogeneity with aluminium varnishes and coatings, and certified to the ISO9001 quality standard and to the EOTA ETAG 002 agreement for adhesive exterior window systems. It is RATP M1 fire-resistant.

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There is much to be said in favour of radiation-curing inks, as world-leading manufacturers of packaging print equipment – and their users -- have already discovered. Because UV inks (and their EB partners, less used in the context of packaging print) cure faster, work throughput is much more positive than with traditional print drying tunnels. Just as importantly, UV inks deliver high-quality, crisp, graphics (partly a by-product of their speedy cure, which reduces the ‘dot gain’ flow tendency of liquid inks). Perhaps most important of all, they achieve all this without emitting any VOCs, making them an environmentally-friendly alternative to solvent-based inks. RadTech Europe is the industry association focused on the use of radiation curing in a number of manufacturing arenas, and it is proactive in promoting and managing the technology’s future in the field of packaging print.

Learning lessonsUV inks are comparative newcomers to the world of packaging print, and – as with all new technologies – there have been lessons to learn. Early on in their history, UV inks used to print the exterior of packaging for baby milk and breakfast cereals evidenced migration of a key curing chemical, ITX, through the packaging into the food itself.

Packaging barrier performanceIt is a notable fact of relevance that, although some of today’s advanced packaging structures may effectively act as a barrier against migration, only two materials – glass and metal -- are regarded as absolute barriers. The permeation of possible contaminants through the packaging substrate, including ink migration, is therefore often possible. An additional factor in relation to ink contamination is the possibility of ink ‘set-off’. This involves the transfer of ink from the printed side of packaging -- when it is stacked for construction or, in the case of printed labels, for automatic application -- to its underside (ie the surface which will make contact with the pack contents). Issues like this, along with questions reflecting wider discussions relating to BPA in human contact – are at

Food Safety and UV-Cured Printing InksRadTech Europe is a key information provider for brand owners and retailers by David Helsby, President of RadTech Europe

the heart of RadTech Europe’s consumer safety agenda with UV inks.

RadTech Europe has engaged with the entire packaging print supply chain, from the suppliers of ink components to the end-user brand owners and retailers, and continues to do. A highly-focused pan-European food packaging seminar is planned for the second half of 2014, as part of the association’s proactive ongoing formal and informal communications programme.

Regulatory initiativesAs a result of the original migration issues, Nestlé instituted its own company-specific food packaging production standards; and these events have also been the driver for a raft of regulatory initiatives across Europe on the use of inks in food packaging – initiatives that reflect the importance of the issue to all involved in the packaging print supply chain. RadTech Europe and other leading technical associations, including the European printing inks association EuPIA and the European chemical industry council CEFIC, are all actively addressing these concerns in concert with the EU authorities and in line with REACH requirements.

Although there is still no specific EU legislation concerning printing inks in food packaging applications, good manufacturing practice for all materials intended to come into contact with food – including inks – are covered by the Commission Regulation 2023/2006 and Directive 2007/42/EC, which relates to printed packaging from regenerated cellulose film, which must NOT come into contact with food.

Additionally, the Swiss Ordinance on materials and articles in contact with food – often used as an industry standard -- continues to refine a list of permissible substances as knowledge grows; and, although printing ink components are not specifically listed, any listed components are subject to specific migration limits or maximum content levels. Germany is also in the development stage of its own Ordinance in this respect. RadTech Europe members are part of these teams, contributing their expertise to help establish the highest-possible migration

limits, and, with EuPIA, have been instrumental in developing REACH dossiers and in compiling migration data for submission under both the Swiss and upcoming German Ordinances.

Ink innovationEuPIA has developed its own guidelines for the printing industry on the selection of raw material constituents of food packaging inks, which are today the established standard. There is a standard Statement of Composition which EuPIA members will provide to the food printing and packaging chain to confirm that the inks supplied are fit for purpose; and printers are encouraged to conduct their own practical migration tests as appropriate for the types of packaging print they undertake, as a ‘fail safe’ mechanism. The industry continues to innovate, too, with inks demonstrating lower migration levels associated with radiation curing.

RadTech Europe’s President, David Helsby, comments: ‘RadTech Europe’s prime goal is straightforward: to ensure that brand owners can safely use radiation-curable inks in food packaging applications, without endangering the consumer, and enjoy the attendant benefits. Radiation curing has a long and successful history in providing optimal outcomes in many other aspects of manufacturing, including flooring, automotive and electronic components, household appliances, metal cans, and rigid plastics. Food packaging print need not be an exception.’

Further information on RadTech Europe’s ongoing work in the printing inks arena is available via the association’s website, www.radtech-europe.com.


RadTech Europe upcoming eventsRadTech Europe announces Food Packaging seminar UV-Printing for Food Packaging

RadTech Europe (RTE) announces an international food seminar on ‘UV-Printing for Food Packaging’ that will be held on 24 September 2014 at the Wöllhalf Konferenz-und Bankettcenter in Stuttgart Airport. The seminar will be held in English and is welcoming both RadTech Europe members and non-members.

This seminar will focus on all aspects of UV/EB and UV-LED for food packaging: the technological developments in UV, EB and UV inkjet, the regulatory requirements, the vision of brand-owners and real-life examples of converters applying the technology for their food packaging products.

To this end, RadTech Europe has gathered a group of industry experts in materials, inks, printing, equipment and packaging, and regulatory affairs. Find out how your company can safely benefit from the fast-curing, high-quality and low-VOC food packaging printing offered by UV/EB and UV-LED.

Preliminary programme

08.45 – 09.15 Reception and registration09.15 – 09.30 Welcome & Short introduction to the program. by Mr. Jeroen Diepgrond, RadTech Europe / BASF

Session A: Introduction to the technology

09.30 – 10.00 Chemistry – Representative to be confirmed, Allnex A comprehensive overview will be given in applied

chemistries in printing and packaging materials. Focus will be on state of the art radiation curing systems. Trends for new development will be highlighted.

10.00 – 10.30 Radiation curing for food packaging market overview – Dominic Cakebread, PIRA

Insights into the market of UV/EB and UV LED products for food packaging

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break11.00 – 11.30 Brand owner perspective – Dr. Stephen Klump,

Nestlé A view of a major brand owner on the position of

Radcure in printing and packaging and the future outlook in the packaging industry in respect to safety and sustainability. This will also include an explanation of the legal regulations in relation to the brand owner specifications.

Session B: Legislation & testing: status; opportunities and threats

11.30 – 12.00 Migration and testing – Eurofins – Dr. Andreas Grabitz

This presentation will include the latest information on analytical methods and modelling for migration in food packaging.

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch 13.30 – 14.00 German and Swiss Ordinance – Dr. Anna Gergely,

Steptoe&Johnson A short overview of the Swiss and German

Ordinance will be given, including the practical data requirements and developments in the legislation.

Session C: Application technology

14.00 – 14:30 Safe use of radiation cured inks and varnishes – EuPIA – to be confirmed

Viewpoint of the printing ink industry on the usage of radiation cured product in the various applications.

14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break15.00 – 15.30 Inkjet for packaging in the future –

Marc Graindourze, Agfa15.30 – 16.00 View from the packaging industry on safe use of

radiation curing – to be confirmed 16.00 – 16.30 New developments in EB technology for food

packaging – PCT John Salkeld, PCT Engineered Systems

A review of the technology and its advantages in the use for food packaging applications

16.30 – 17.00 Case study on safe usage of UV cured varnishes on food packaging – to be confirmed

A real life example on safe usages of UV cured varnishes in food packaging benefits and limitations. The vision of a leading converter on radcure versus other technologies.

17.00 Conclusion and opening the opportunity for networking and discussion

Small snack and drink to ease the networking activities with the participants and speakers

RadTech Europe General Assembly – 23 SeptemberRadTech Europe members are cordially invited to the RTE General Assembly, which will be held on Tuesday 23 September 2014 from 14.00 – 16.00 hrs in Stuttgart (in conjunction with the Food Packaging Seminar 2014). Members will receive an invitation by e-mail. In the morning, the Management and Marketing committee will meet, as well as the

working groups if needed. Participation is free of charge, but registration is needed. This can be done via the RTE website. The General Assembly will be held at the Pullman Stuttgart Fontana hotel, which is near the airport (15 minutes by taxi).

Metal coating seminarRadTech Europe’s metal coating working group is currently considering a Metal Coating seminar in Q1 2015, as a follow

up to the events in Zelzate and IJmuiden. We would like to ask you for any input regarding potential topics and case studies for this event.

Presentation at Polish Flexography AssociationRadTech Europe provided an update on food contact legislation and radiation curing technology at the UV/LED and EB seminar of the Polish flexography association.

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Health, Safety and Environment update

REACHPhotoinitiator common interest group identifying REACH registration strategyThe members of the photoinitiator common interest are currently making an inventory of registration intentions under REACH in order to identify the need for coordinating these efforts by forming a consortium. Should your company be planning to register photoinitiators under REACH for the 2018 deadline and be interested in cooperation, please contact the Secretariat.

Candidate List updated with four new SVHCsThe European Chemicals Agency has added cadmium chloride, a phthalate and two boron substances to the Candidate List, which now contains 155 substances. Candidate List for authorisation

Review the classification and labelling of your mixtures!From 1 June 2015, the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation will be the only legislation to apply to the classification and labelling of both substances and mixtures. CLP requires companies to classify, label and package their hazardous chemicals appropriately before placing them on the market. More information can be found here.

Results from the third REACH enforcement projectREACH-EN-FORCE-3 is the third enforcement project under REACH. It focuses on checking the registration obligations of manufacturers, importers and only representatives in cooperation with customs authorities. The first operational phase of the project lasted between February and August 2013 with inspectors checking 528 companies and verifying 3 065 substances. More information on the findings can be found here.

Ninth Stakeholders’ Day – conference material availableECHA welcomed over 200 participants from nearly 40 countries for the ninth Stakeholder’s Day on 21 May and a further 1 455 followed online. You can find the presentations and a video recording of the day on the ECHA event page, which typically contain useful updates on both REACH and the Biocidal Product Regulation.

Presentations | Watch the recording |EU Commission to draft rules on REACH data sharing The European Commission is hoping to present a draft proposal for an “implementing act” on datasharing and costs under REACH at the next Caracal meeting, on 10-11 July. The goal of the proposal will be to help SMEs cope with compliance under REACH and will focus on strong rules for the so-called substance information exchange for a which, until now, showed a wide variation in mode of operation.

ECHA targets substance identity – letters sent to companies with shortcomings in their registrations ECHA has conducted its first IT-based screening on required information elements for the substance identity of all REACH registrations. This week, nearly 450 registrants whose dossiers were picked up by the screening have received a letter from ECHA. RadTech Europe members who have registered substances under REACH are recommended to to check their REACH-IT mailbox.

ECHA adopts substance evaluation plan for 2014 - 2016The Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2014-2016 is available on ECHA website. The update contains 120 substances that will be reviewed by 21 Member States under the substance evaluation process of REACH. CoRAP now includes 53 newly selected substances and 67 substances from the update published last year.

Press release | CoRAP 2014-2016 First substance evaluation decisions publishedFirst ECHA decisions on substance evaluation are now available on ECHA’s website. These are the decisions on 14 substances taken by ECHA based on evaluations carried out by Member States. Registrants are requested to submit further information on hazards and/or exposure.

News alertBiocides Stakeholders’ Day – 24 September 2014ECHA will organise its second Biocides Stakeholders’ Day conference on Wednesday 24 September in ECHA’s conference centre in Helsinki.

food safetyWork on Swiss & German Ordinance Dossiers for photoinitiators by RadTech members progressingBASF, IGM and RAHN are currently undertaking work on a joint initiative together with EuPIA to prepare food contact dossiers for a number of commodity photoinitiators such as EPD, 369 and TPO-L. In these dossiers, toxicity data as well as real-life migration data will be presented to the Swiss authorities to achieve a listing on the Swiss positive list and attain the highest acceptable migration limits. In addition, the data is to be presented to the German authorities.EuPIA members have provided migration data and any other information relating to their areas of expertise to allow the authorities to determine the highest levels of acceptable migration. Clearly, it is in the best interests of the industry to cooperate on all of these issues in order to maintain an innovative and customer safety focused industry. All RadTech Europe members and other companies are invited to join this initiative – should your company be interested, please contact the RadTech Europe secretariat for more details.

For an up-to-date overview of the project and the involved companies, please see the RadTech Europe website.

EC published EDC roadmapFollowing prolonged pressure from Member States, the EU Commission has finally launched the oft-delayed Roadmap for defining criteria to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The documents lays out methods for categorising these substances and ways to approach regulatory decision making.

CEFIC has lauded to the launch of the European Commision’s EDC roadmap as a step in the right direction, noting that this welcomes all stakeholders to contribute to this topic. In particular, the fact that the roadmap considers various policy options is welcomed.

Update on EC food contact working programmeA 5th substance amendment to the EU Plastics Directive EC 10/2011 will be presented to the Standing Committee on July 1, 2014. the Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG Sanco) will draft a regulation to resolve the regulatory overlap between the Biocidal Product Regulation


and the Food Contact Material framework regulation EC 1935/2004 and the food additive regulation EC 1333/2008.DG Sanco confirmed that amongst others, biocidal regulation and recycling remain a priority, while new migration guidelines will be delayed.

Dutch government publishes updated food contact legislationThe Dutch government has published its updated legislation on food contact materials. For the full text (Dutch only), please see this link.

OTHER

Radtech Europe involved in update of BREF STSThe BREF STS, best available techniques (BAT) reference document on Surface Treatment Using Organic Solvents will be updated. The kick-off meeting of the EU Commission for the update will start in December 2014.The original BREF STS covered a total 275 environmental techniques for 18 different industries, including radiation curing in many instances as a way to lower VOC emissions. The upcoming update to the document offers an opportunity to update/expand these chapters and early involvement in the process seems important.

Patents

PRINTING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ON PAPER AND BOARD. March 2014, MX2013044568(A), Richert Michelle, Bolle Thomas, Fleury Roland, BASF SEA method and an apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image on a paper substrate are provided, the method comprising the steps of: A) applying a curable composition to at least a portion of the frontside of the paper substrate; B) contacting at least a portion of the curable composition with surface relief microstructure, especially optically variable image forming means; C) curing the composition by using at least one UV lamp (1, 2, 3) which is arranged on the backside of the paper substrate; D) optionally depositing a layer of a transparent high refractive index material and/or a metallic layer on at least a portion of the cured composition, wherein the lamp (1, 2, 3) having emission peak(s) in the UV-A and near VIS range and the curable composition comprises at least a photoinitiator which absorbs in the UV-A region and preferably in the near VIS range. A paper product obtainable uses the method and an

apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure on a paper substrate. Surface relief microstructures, such as holograms may be replicated rapidly and with accuracy on a paper substrate by using the method and the apparatus.

SHIELDING DEVICE, SEALANT CURING MACHINE, AND SEALANT CURING METHODJune 2014, WO2012CN87178 20121221, Zhu Meina, Shenzhen China Star optoelectA shielding device (1), a sealant curing machine having the shielding device (1), and a sealant curing method. The shielding device (1) comprises a shielding plate (10) and an electromagnetic adsorption unit (11). The shielding plate (10) comprises a shielding pattern (101) and a light transmission area (103). The electromagnetic adsorption unit (11) is used for adsorbing the shielding plate (10). Through electromagnetic adsorption performed by the electromagnetic adsorption unit (11) on the shielding plate (10), the requirements of the adsorption for flatness and cleanliness of the surface of the shielding plate (10) are low, the production cost and the maintenance cost of a sealant UV curing machine are reduced, and the shielding plate (10) can be more firmly adsorbed.

UV-curing hot melt adhesive Containing low Content of oligomersFebruary 2014, WO2012CN79190 20120726, KINZELMANN HANS-GEORG; FRANKEN UWE; ZHAO HONG-XIA; CAO YANGA reactive hot melt adhesive comprising a blend of a (meth)acrylate polymer, a polyurethane polymer containing (meth)acrylate groups and a polyurethane prepolymer containing NCO- groups wherein the content of low molecular (meth)acrylate urethanes is less than 1 % of the adhesive. The adhesive provides a fast and improved green strength during application.The invention relates to a not melt adhesive oomposition Comprising reactive polyurethane prepolymers, (metn)acrylate polymers and polyurethane polymers Containing unsaturated double bonds. The polymeric composition shall incorporate only small amounts of urethane based acrylic oligomers.W02001/012691 discloses polyurethane prepolymers which shall contain PU prepolymers which are reacted as mixture of OH-containing acrylic polymers isocyanates polyols and OH-containing acrylic monomers during the manufacturing process. So such mixture will include thereafter also acrylic-isocyanate oligomeric reaction products.WO 2003/055929 discloses reaction

products of polyol components with high molecular weight polyisocyanates. The high molecular weight polyisocyanates are discussed as having only a low content or monomeric diisocyanates.WO 2006/015659 discloses polymeric binders comprising mixtures of UV-curing polymers, oligomers and fillers or pigments as nano scale products. As UV-curing polymer a list of possible compounds are disclosed. Non reactive polyacrylates are not disclosed.Humidity curing IDU-adhesives are generally known. They need a relatively long time to cure, so the substrates to be bonded have to be fixed during this period. ln case of hot melt adhesives, the cooling of the melt provides a first bonding force, so that no long fixing process is required. lt is known that the application process of hot melts is depending from the viscosity that means high molecular weight polymers solidify easier and provide an improved green strength. ln contrast to this advantage the melt viscosity is high, so for an improved application elevated temperatures are required. This high temperature may destruct the substrate. Additionally low molecular weight monomeric substances may evaporate and will require additional measures for Workers health sustainment.

Preparation method for UV light and thermal bi-curable resin February 2014, TW20120129566 20120815 , DONG CHONG-MIN; CHEN QING-ZHONG; SU YU-JIE, UNIV Tamkang Disclosed is a preparation method for a UV light and thermal bi-curable resin, which includes: mixing of epoxy resin and acrylic acid, a first heating stage, a second heating stage and formation of UV light and thermal bi-curable resin. The epoxy resin is mixed with the acrylic acid by a ratio of the epoxy group to the acid group in the acrylic acid ranging from 0.25 to 1.00; and then a UV light and thermal bi-curable resin is obtained after carrying out two heating stages of 60[deg.C]~100[deg.C] and 100[deg.C]~120[deg.C] for 1~4 hours. The UV light and thermal bi-curable resin at least contains an epoxy acrylate resin having carbon-carbon double bonds and epoxy groups, and has a dual property of UV light curing and thermal curing, thereby capable of improving the problems of traditional technique.

Method for preparing coated substrate for use in e.g. printing industry, involves coating face of substrate, irradiating coated surface with UV-radiation and activating photo-initiator and curing of coating agent to form coating May 2014, DE201210110475, PEIL

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MICHAEL; HOFMANN MARKO; ARNOLD THOMAS; RÜTH CHRISTIAN, Hereaus Noblelight GmbH The method involves providing a substrate (21) that is curable by UV-radiation and a coating agent containing photo-initiator that is activated. The coating face of the substrate is coated and the coated surface is irradiated with UV-radiation. The photo-initiator and curing of the coating agent are activated to form the coating. A radiation unit (6,29) containing UV-A radiation-emitting semiconductor radiation source and UV-C radiation emitting low-pressure amalgam lamp or UV-C radiation emitting diode is used for irradiating the coating surface. An independent claim is included for an irradiation device.

Photo-curing of thermoplastic coatings January 2014, EP2679254, NIELSEN BO RUD ; HOEJ CARSTEN; MADSEN NIELS JOERGEN; TRIEL EGON, ColoplastThe present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a medical device element by means of extrusion or injection moulding and to medical devices comprising such extruded or injection moulded medical device elements. The medical device elements (e.g. tubes, wires, lines, stents, catheters, guides, endodontic instruments, needles, trocars for e.g. laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic accessories, surgical instruments, guide wires) are characterized by a prefabricated shaped article or a thermoplastic substrate polymer having thereon a layer of a covalently cross-linked coating composition of a thermoplastic matrix polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. The method involves a coating composition comprising a thermoplastic matrix polymer, a hydrophilic polymer, and one or more photo-initiator(s), e.g. covalently linked to molecules of the thermoplastic matrix polymer and/or to molecules of the hydrophilic polymer. The coating composition is irradiated with UV or visible light so as to covalently cross-link said coating composition.

METHOD FOR FABRICATING SMALL-SCALE, CURVED, POLYMERIC STRUCTURES April 2014, US2014097560, CHANG TING-YA; CHENG CHAO-MIN, Nat Univ TsinghuaA method is proposed for fabricating small-scale, curved, polymeric structures. Firstly, desired patterns are created from droplets of photocurable PDMS after using ink or wax to create the desired patterns on a flexible material such as papers or plastic films. The photocurable PDMS droplets are then activated by UV light to form a small-scale polymeric

mold. Next, polymeric curved structures can be obtained at millimeter scale by casting and curing thermocurable PDMS on the mold.

Enhancement in UV curing efficiency using oxygen-doped purge for ultra low-k dielectric film January 2014, TW201401371 (A), CHHABRA MAHENDRA; HENDRICKSON SCOTT A; BALUJA SANJEEV; KIYOHARA TSUTOM; ROCHA-ALVAREZ JUAN CARLOS; DEMOS ALEXANDROS T, Applied Materials Inc.Embodiments of the invention provide methods for curing an ultra low-k dielectric film within a UV processing chamber. In one embodiment, the method includes depositing an ultra low-k dielectric layer on a substrate in a deposition chamber, and subjecting the deposited ultra low-k dielectric layer to a UV curing processes in a UV processing chamber. The method includes stabilizing the UV processing chamber by flowing an oxygen gas and a purge gas into the UV processing chamber at a flow ratio of about 1: 50000 to about 1: 100. While flowing the oxygen-doped purge gas, the substrate is exposed to UV radiation to cure the deposited ultra low-k dielectric layer. The inventive oxygen-doped purge curing process provides an alternate pathway to build silicon-oxygen network of the ultra low-k dielectric material, thereby accelerating cross-linking efficiency without significantly affecting the film properties of the deposited ultra low-k dielectric material.

SURFACE CONTROL ADDITIVE FOR RADIATION CURING SYSTEM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOFFebruary 2014, WO2014029046 (A1), WANG ZHIJUN, WANG ZHIJUNA surface control additive for a radiation curing system, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The surface control additive has a following constitutional formula (I), A = (II), m being an integer from 0 to 400, n being an integer from 1 to 500, x being an integer from 0 to 800, p being an integer from 0 to 600, q being an integer from 1 to 800, R4 and R5 being H or CH3, and R6 being H or a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group containing 1-18 carbon elements or an acyl group containing 2-5 carbon elements. The surface control additive is applied to radiation curing (UV/EB) dopes and inks, enables the coatings to maintain non-adhesive and smooth for a long time, and minimizes transferable precipitates from a cured film. In addition, by using different combinations of EO and PO, the surface control additive of the present invention

can adapt to a free selection from high-polarity aquosity to a low- polarity aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent system.

STAGGERED ULTRA-VIOLET CURING SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR INKJET PRINTING October 2013, US2013286060, DUFFIELD JOHN PETEREnhanced printing systems, structures, and processes provide enhanced pinning of light sensitive inks before curing, such as to avoid artifacts, e.g. between colors, and/or between regions of different color densities. One or more pinning lamps are controlled or otherwise configured to deliver pinning energy over an interval, e.g. over a period of time or over a percentage of completion, to a pinning threshold level, which may be stored and/or determined. In some exemplary embodiments, the pinning energy is increased linearly over an interval. Other exemplary embodiments provide a stepped or staggered increase in applied pinning energy. An additional level of pinning may preferably be provided after pinning and before curing, at an energy level over the first pinning threshold, and below the curing threshold. The enhanced printing systems, structures, and processes reduce and/or eliminate moderate or large transitions of UV light energy, which may otherwise cause image artifacts.

PIPES FOR PIPELINES HAVING INTERNAL COATING AND METHOD FOR APPLYING THE COATING January 2014, WO20140061181(A1), LEGROS PHILIPPE; STONE VINCENT WILLIAM MARCEL; DIAZ GONZALES EVA, Onderzoekscentrum voor aanwending van StaalThe present invention relates to a pipe for a pipeline installation, which pipe comprises a UV-cured coating on the inner surface of said pipe, said coating having been obtained by UV-curing a coating composition comprising at least the following components : * one or more oligomers, being photocurable (meth)acrylate resins, * one or more (meth)acrylate monomers, * one or more adhesion promoters, * one or more photopolymerization initiators, and to method for applying a liquid coating composition to the interior surface of a pipe, and for curing the coating, and to such a liquid coating composition.

RADIATION CURABLE SECONDARY COATING FOR OPTICAL FIBERMay 2014, US2014126867(A1), CATTRON WENDELL WAYNE; SCHMID STEVEN R; MURPHY EDWARD J ; ZIMMERMAN JOHN M; TORTORELLO ANTHONY JOSEPH, DSM IP Assets BV


A wet-on-dry process for coating a glass optical fiber with a Radiation Curable Secondary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable primary coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying radiation to effect curing of said radiation curable primary coating composition; (d) applying a Radiation Curable Secondary Coating to the radiation curable primary coating; and (e) applying radiation to effect curing of said Radiation Curable Secondary Coating. Also, a wet-on-wet process for coating a glass optical fiber with a Radiation Curable Secondary Coating, comprising (a) operating a glass drawing tower to produce a glass optical fiber; (b) applying a radiation curable primary coating composition onto the surface of the optical fiber; (c) applying a Radiation Curable Secondary Coating to the radiation curable primary coating; and (d) applying radiation to effectcuring of the radiation curable primary coating and the Radiation Curable Secondary Coating.

RADIATION CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND RAPID THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING PROCESS USING THE SAME February 2014, US2014035202 (A1), SOUTHWELL JOHN; REGISTER BRETT A; SARMAH SATYENDRA KUMAR; STEEMAN PAULUS ANTONIUS MARIA; KEESTRA BEERT JACOBUS; DRIESSEN MARCUS MATHEUS, DSM IP Assets BVThe invention relates to a liquid radiation curable resin capable of curing into a solid upon irradiation comprising: (A) from about 0 to about 12 wt % of a cycloaliphatic epoxide having a linking ester group; (B) from about 30 to about 65 wt % of one or more epoxy functional components other than A; (C) from about 10 to about 30 wt % of one or more oxetanes; (D) from, about 1 to about 10 wt % of one or more polyols; (E) from about 2 to about 20 wt % of one or more radically curable (meth)acrylate components; (F) from about 2 to about 12 wt % of one or more impact modifiers; (G) from about 0.1 to about 8 wt % of one or more free radical photoinitiators; and (H) from about 0.1 to about 8 wt % of one or more cationic photoinitiators; wherein the liquid radiation curable resin has a viscosity at 30 DEG C. of from about 600 cps to about 1300 cps.

RECYCLING OF RADIATION CURED PRINTED MATTER March 2014, WO2014032936(A1), DE MONDT ROEL; LOCCUFIER JOHAN; VAN AERT HUBERTUS, Agfa Graphics NVA free radical curable liquid having a specific weight after curing measured at 25 DEG C of less than 1.00 g/cm3 including:

a) one or more photoinitiators; b) one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers; and c) hollow particles and/or a free radical crosslinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutadiene, polymethylpentene, poly(ethylene-vinylacetate), poly(ethylene-ethyl acrylate) and poly(styrene-butadiene)

News from RadTech North America

RadTech 2014 Receives High Marks from AttendeesBy David Savastano

Now that RadTech 2014 is over, it is an opportunity to assess how attendees felt about the conference. In a previous story, exhibitors and organizers alike said they were pleased with the presentations and the attendance at their booths.

In speaking with attendees who did not exhibit, the feeling was that RadTech 2014 offered opportunities for meeting with suppliers and learning about new technologies. The location in Rosemont, IL, rather than downtown Chicago, also proved to be a draw from local ink manufacturers. “I haven’t been here in a few years, but the show has been fantastic,” said Dr. Juanita Parris, global director of technology at Sun Chemical. “It’s good to see a number of our suppliers here in my hometown, and Rosemont is a nice easy location for us, “ said Doug Anderson, vice president of product development at Central Ink Corporation.

Technical Sessions Provide Insights into New TechnologiesBy Bridget Klebaur and David Savastano

and copolymers thereof; wherein at least the free radical crosslinkable polymer or at least one of the one or more free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers includes one or more hydrolyzable groups which upon hydrolyzation form an acid group or salt thereof; and wherein the free radical curable liquid contains no more than 10 wt% of organic solvent.

“I came here to meet with people and review what’s new,” said Masood Solaimini, vice president of UV/EB at Ink Systems.

“It’s good to see all the suppliers in such a convenient location, and it is also good to see some new technology,” said Dan DeLegge, vice president of Inksolutions. These thoughts confirm the feedback that RadTech North America, the conference’s organizer, reported.

“We had more people that in 2012, and we did not hear one negative comment,” said Mickey Fortune of RadTech North America. “It was amazing to see the attendance in the sessions. The UV LED session was standing room only, with more than 250 people in attendance. People were genuinely excited. There were a lot more formulators and consumers at RadTech 2014 than in the past, and a lot of our board members said this was the best conference we have ever held.”

On this page relevant news from RTNA is posted.

In May, RTNA held their yearly congress, RadTech 2014. Compared to the 2012 show, this edition attracted higher numbers across the board including more exhibitors, more conference attendees, and more potential and current users walking the show floor and in the

conference sessions. Don Duncan with Wikoff Color Corp and current President of RadTech said “Attendance was up and we had a super-high level of buzz among the attendees. From A to Z, this was one of our best RadTech conferences ever! The packed rooms for many of our speakers and the busy floor show are clear indicators that people came to work and that they found lots of value in coming.”

RadTech 2014 featured presentations on an array of topics of interest to the field of energy curing, with LED, Printing and Packaging and 3D and Additive Printing drawing standing room only audiences.

LED FormulationUV LED has become an important topic for the energy curing industry, and RadTech 2014 devoted a variety of sessions to this field. The session on LED Formulation offered looks at new technologies.

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Dr. Mike Idacavage, PL Industries, presented “UV-LED Photoinitiators – The Right Tool for the Job.” Idacavage discussed challenges in UV-LED curing, which are mainly surface curing and yellowing.

“The bulk of my presentation is explaining comparative systems; medium pressured systems and LED systems,” he said. “We have found based on our developing work that when it comes to LED, it’s photoinitiators that are key.”

Idacavage also elaborated on the challenges in UV-LED curing.“There are two primary challenges. You have surface cure questions and challenges when you’re trying to cure using unique LED lights, and also yellowing,” he explained. “For surface cure, UVC promotes surface cure, while the UVA promotes depth cure.”

In yellowing UVA tends to yellow significantly, which becomes a problem. The biggest problem as the industry is moving to LED has been in the photoinitiator range.

Overall, Idacavage explained that while there is still work to be done, they have come a long way in LED formulations.

“We are a lot better than we were a few years ago but there’s still work to be done,” he said.

Thomas Mawby, Flint Group, presented on ‘Pushing the Limits of LED Curing and Looking Forward to a Bright Future.”

Mawby’s presentation focused on developing the technology of LED. He also discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using LED curing.

“Some of the advantages of using LED lighting is no IR radiation; it’s a very cool technology, you don’t have the heat that is associated with a traditional UV lamp,” Mawby explained. “They also don’t have to have extraction; they are more compact so we don’t have the issue of extracting. They have low voltage, which is simpler and safer. It also has instant on/off. LED lamps have a consistent output, once it starts it has the same output for its whole lifetime.

“There is no UVC generators in the LEDs that were talking about, therefore there is no ozone created,” Mawby added. “They also don’t contain any heavy metals like mercury, which is good because we don’t want them in the environment. LEDs are also more efficient in their use of electricity.”

Mawby discussed a few drawbacks with LEDs as well.

“With increasing the number of LEDs, the problem is you start packing them to get higher wattage, and it will generate more and more heat so there will be some kind of cool mechanism associated with it,” he said.

Mawby explained some commercial usages for LEDs, which are inkjet, printer circuit boards, adhesives with print circuit board, clear coatings, laminating adhesives, 3D curing, narrow web flexo, and UV inks and coatings.

The conventional ink printer may want to use UV LED ink curing for the graphic arts market, because they may have limited space for exhaust, so they can put these more compact LED type lamps in, which allows them to compete in the UV market.

Additive Manufacturing/3D PrintingAdditive Manufacturing/3D Printing is a topic of interest for many industries, and energy curing has a role to play in this rapidly expanding field. Kangtai Ren of DSM Functional Materials discussed the history of the technology in his presentation on “Three Decades of UV Technology Innovation – Stereolithography.”

“There are many advantages over subtractive manufacturing,” Ren said. “Cutting away materials is wasteful, and it is intensive in terms of time and cost. You also can’t make some components.

“Stereolithography builds shapes well using light to selectively solidify photocurable resins,” Ren added. “It is getting faster and more accurate.”

In “The Benefits of UV Curable Materials in Additive Manufacturing,” Jonathan Shaw of Allnex USA Inc. said that UV is ideal for additive manufacturing.

“Energy curable formulations are well suited for additive manufacturing due to the sped of cure,” Shaw said.

Printing & PackagingPrinting and packaging are important markets for UV and EB curing. In the Formulating for Printing & Packaging, leading suppliers offered their insights into the field.

In his talk on “Novel Dual Function Photoinitiators for Low Migration and Low Odor Packaging Applications,” Eugene V. Sitzmann of BASF Corporation discussed issues for indirect food packaging related to UV curing, and reported that BASF is offering its LEX (Low Extractable) resins, which are low migration and low odor.

Ros Waldo of Allnex discussed bio-based systems that offer good scratch, abrasion and stain resistance for hardcoats and OPVs.

“Bio-based oligomers are an interesting performer for various applications,” Waldo noted.

Mark Kaeylen of Allnex discussed “Self-Curing Acrylate Resin for UV Consumer Product Printing and Coating Applications.”

“Our self-curing acrylate binder makes it possible to formulate inks and coatings without the addition of photoinitiators,” Keylen noted.

Robert Kensicki of Sartomer covered formable properties in energy curable inks, particularly flexo inks for shrink sleeves in his presentation on “Developing Formable Properties in Energy Curable Flexo Inks.”

“Customers want a label-less look,” Kensicki said. “UV cured ink technology for shrink sleeves offers latitude as formulators can select from a broad range of monomers and oligomers.”

In the special session on Printing + Packaging: Sustainability & Sensitive Applications, Nestle and BASF offered their insights.

In his talk on “Food Contact Burden - Challenge, Chance or Collapse for Radiation Curing?” Paul Share of BASF Corporation discussed the opportunities in the field.

“Food compliance is a chance and a challenge at the same time,” Share said.

In “Food Packaging Safety and Risk Management,” Robert Bowling, of Nestle USA covered the challenges of food packaging. Bowling noted that Nestle spends $8 billion a year on packaging, and when a substance is found to have migrated into the food – ITX, for example – it costs the company hundreds of millions of dollars plus a lot of bad publicity, which further damages its brands.

“There is a lot of risk in the food world, but it can be managed,” Bowling said. “Customers don’t want things that should not be in their food.”

The next RadTech North America congress will be in 2016 and the next uv.eb WEST and uv.eb EAST events are taking place in 2015. Details on both of those events will be released in the next month or two on http://www.radtech.org.


News from the Industry

New Bomar™ Oligomers Guide Streamlines Product SelectionImproved Guide Offers Easy-To-Use Product Information

17 June - Dymax Oligomers & Coatings announces a new, enhanced Bomar™ Oligomers Selector Guide, which provides useful product information and simplifies the product selection process. The guide provides detailed information on the compa-ny’s products and unique value proposition – The Dymax Edge. It’s intended to help manufacturers choose the appropriate oligomer and compatible dispensing and curing equipment for their specific application. The guide can be downloaded at www.dymax-oc.com.

By providing extensive technical data on the compa-ny’s leading UV-cure oligomers, the new Bomar™ selector guide makes oligomer selection easier than ever. Detailed reference charts and tables include special features of each Bomar™ oligomer as well as their properties, such as viscosity and hardness. Also described in this guide are the additional types of light-curable products available from Dymax, as well as compatible dispensing and light-curing sys-tems. Dymax O&C Application Engineers are availa-ble to help match the oligomers and coatings with the appropriate equipment to simplifying the process while optimizing both performance and cost savings.

For more information: www.dymax-oc.com

Printed leather, sewn paperIST METZ prints folder with innovative leather struc-ture

17 June 2014 - IST METZ GmbH has not only made a name for itself as a manufacturer of UV units, but a company that is constantly coming up with new and innovative printed products that highlight the potential of UV technology and leave a lasting im-pression. The latest coup is a paper folder with leather structure and seam.

Artificial leather made from paper: the sample folder from IST METZ is an attractive way to hand out fly-ers, brochures and print samples to customers. The folder was printed on the company‘s own press us-ing the UV sheet-fed offset printing process and giv-en a high-quality soft-touch, matt and gloss finish. The structure of the surface, which imitates leather, is what immediately catches the eye and is also in-

teresting to touch. Inline embossing has been used here, which has been achieved with an embossing plate from Kocher + Beck GmbH + Co. Rotationsstanztechnik KG in the printing unit. The embossment is so delicate and realistic that it doesn‘t even show on the reverse side of the card. To date, it is the only printed product to use this struc-ture at such a high standard of quality.Innovative measures have also been taken to further process the folder, developed and implemented in collaboration with a long-standing partner of IST METZ, print finisher Berger. The inner section has been tucked in and not glued, allowing the folder to be pulled out. The folder is also closed using just one tuck-in flap. A business card can be inserted above the closing and the folder thus given a personal touch. The overall look is completed with a delicate seam on the front. This has been carefully sewn on using a standard sewing machine.The combination of high-quality varnishing effects, special embossing and innovative finishing has re-sulted in an attractive artificial leather folder that can be used time and again thanks to its discreet design and sturdy material.Only last year, IST METZ proved just how innovative and prize-worthy its printed products really are. The UV manufacturer was presented with three awards for its UV DAYS packaging. The multifunctional packaging for salt comprises a metal tin, the outer packaging made of cardboard and a transparent pa-per at the bottom of the box. This can be pulled up, transforming the package into a table light. Customers can download an app that explains this transformation using 3D animation.

Biodegradable & stable in use – now also food contact approved

12 June - Perstorp is the world leader in the supply and technological development of 3-polycaprolac-tones (PCL) under the Capa™ brand name. Bioplastics is a core focus area for Perstorp and an important part of Perstorp’s vision for a more sustain-able future, and its commitment to a greener envi-ronment. Capa™ thermoplastics are an excellent choice for bioplastic formulations especially since they are now also food contact approved in Europe. In terms of biopolymers for bioplastics, Capa™ cap-rolactones is a tried and tested technology imparting precise and advantageous performance properties, which support both renewable and disposable bio-plastic product development. Being both biodegrad-

able and at the same time stable in processing and end use properties means, Capa™ caprolactones can be customized to satisfy the often competing de-mands of long-life, reusable and disposable bioplas-tics without any compromise. Capa™ for bioplastics offers real flexibility and the best of both worlds.

From stable to table Capa™ for bioplastics (Capa™ 6500D) is now food contact approved in Europe and supports the development of many bioplastic prod-ucts that end up on our tables. These products in-clude shopping bags, drinking bottles, disposable & reusable cutlery and plates, and food packaging. “Packaging is a huge market segment with an excel-lent potential for bioplastics. The increasing demand for packaging made from renewable and biodegrad-able material goes hand in hand with the products we offer and the solutions that we can provide in this segment”, says Linda Zellner, Project Manager Bioplastics. Biopolymers with Capa™ is a winning formula Biopolymers represent an exciting opportunity to significantly reduce the environmental impact of many fossil based polyethylene and polystyrene products by replacing them with bioplastic ones. However biopolymers are notoriously sensitive to processing temperatures, which can weaken the pol-ymer structure, change the color, and even burn them. The mechanical properties of bioplastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), starch-based plastics and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), also suffer from brit-tleness, stiffness and moisture sensitivity. Capa™ caprolactones’s many advantages make it suitable for PLA, PHAs and starch blends in both durable appli-cations, to improve mechanical properties, and in disposable or one-time use packaging applications where fast biodegradation is sought. External tests have been performed according to the biodegrada-tion standard EN13432 to certify the compostability of Capa™. “Caprolactone polymers are widely rec-ognized for their excellent biodegradability and compatibility with a wide range of polymers. Adding and blending in Capa™ with PLA, starches and PHAs overcomes many of the processing problems, and dramatically improves the mechanical proper-ties too“, Linda adds. Capa™ for Bioplastics really is a winning formula because it provides fast biodegra-dation, and acts as a stable mechanical property en-hancer in formulations and applications.More information: www.perstorp.com/bioplastics

ALTANA more than doubles production capacity for BYK additives in the U.S.

• Expansion of Wallingford, Connecticut facility emphasizes commitment to local customers and North American business

• Investment is single largest made by ALTANA out-side of Germany

• Globally harmonized manufacturing increases worldwide supply chain security

5 June – The specialty chemicals group ALTANA an-

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nounced today the grand opening of its BYK USA Inc. expanded facility in Wallingford, Connecticut. With this state of the art plant, BYK more than dou-bles production capacity in the U.S. and increases worldwide supply chain security for its additives. The expansion project represents a $50 Million in-vestment from ALTANA, the largest single invest-ment the Group has made outside of Germany. “Today marks a very important moment in ALTANA’s growth strategy,” said Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, CEO, ALTANA AG. “With this expanded facility we will accelerate our growth in North America.”

Currently, ALTANA operates eight subsidiaries, 18 production facilities and 19 laboratories in the U.S. With more than 1,000 employees here, the compa-ny generated sales of around € 290 million, or 16 percent of its entire global business in 2013.

“This expansion enables us to efficiently service our

U.S. customers with an enhanced portfolio of BYK additives manufactured in a facility built to the high-est standards of safety”, said Dirk Plas, President, BYK USA Inc. “We are fully committed to investing in our customers’ future and to growing our busi-ness.”

More information: www.byk.com

Streamline Your Smart Connected Device Assembly Process with UV-Curable Materials

27 May - From conformal coatings to encapsulants to edgebond materials and display lamination,

Dymax Corporation provides innovative, solvent-free, UV light-curing technology solutions for smart connected device assembly. The company offers many cost-reducing solutions that turn prob-lems like shadowed areas, cure confirmation, and production throughput into non-issues. The newly released selector guide, Materials for Smart Connected Device Assembly, provides product recommendations by application area, from the printed circuit board level to camera modules, mi-cro speakers, and other components. Technical da-ta such as material viscosity, shore hardness, and modulus of elasticity are included, as well as infor-mation on dispensing and light-curing equipment.

More information: www.dymax.com

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Save the date: RadTech Europe Conference and Exhibition 2015

RadTech Europe (RTE) announces that the next RadTech Europe Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Clarion Hotel in Prague from 13 to 15 October 2015. This informative three-day event will offer:

• Cutting edge presentations covering all aspects of radiation curing technology from breakthroughs in chemistry to the latest regulatory developments.

• Unrivalled networking opportunities

– A new conference set-up provides easy access to leading industry players and end-users .

• A dedicated end-user day that will provide answers to all your questions regarding the practical use of radiation curing. This session will also provide information on the latest applications - from (3D) printing and packaging to electronics and automotive.

event will take place in a conference hotel to allow for better networking opportunities.

Our goal is to continue the level of excellence in terms of technical content of previous RadTech Europe Conferences, whilst offering enhanced, resource-efficient visibility and networking opportunities for sponsors, attendees and the radiation curing industry. By integrating the Association’s Secretariat, PR and Conference organization, RadTech Europe will have a cost-effective, flexible and highly responsive team at its disposal to take the RadTech Europe Conference into its next 25 years.

For more information and regular updates about the Conference, visit www.radtech-europe.com.

Booth registration will open this Autumn. Conference registration will be open beginning of 2015.

• A completely revamped exhibition, including the latest product introductions for UV/EB and UV-LED

Following the evaluation of the last Conference and a round of tenders, the Management Committee has decided to task the RadTech Secretariat (operated by Lejeune Association Management) with the organization of the next edition of our Conference, bringing the event in-house. While many of the familiar features of the Conference and Exhibition will return, the

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RadTech News Issue 1, July 2014RadTech News (e-zine) is published 2 times a year exclusively for members of RadTech Europe. In 2014, the hard copy yearbook will be published in December/January as an overview/report of the 2014 activities for all involved in the UV/EB radiation curing industry. RadTech Europe is the European Association for the promotion of UV/EB curing technology for inks, coatings and adhesives.

Edited and published by RadTech EuropeLejeune Association ManagementMark MacaréElke VerbaarschotP.O. Box 85612 NL-2508 CHThe Hague, The NetherlandsTel.: +31 (0)70 3123920Fax: +31 (0)70 3636348Email: [email protected]: www.radtech-europe.com

Management CommitteePresident: David Helsby, RadLab/ RAHN Vice-President Matteo Vasconi, Allnex Treasurer: Philippe Thepot, Sartomer Europe Barbara Fenzi, Lamberti SpA Carl Nunney, BASF Nick Ivory, Sun Chemical Urs Läuppi, COMET AG Arnd Riekenbrauck, IST METZ GmbH Dawn Skinner, Heraeus Noblelight Fusion UV Inc.

Chair Marketing Committee Audrey deWulff, AllnexChair HSE Committee: Mark Macaré (interim Chair)Chair Metal Coatings Group: VacancyChair EB Project Group: Urs Läuppi, COMET AGChair Graphic Arts Working Group: Jeroen Diepgrond, BASF

RTE Conference Dawn Skinner, Heraeus Noblelight Fusion UV Inc

Association management for RadTech EuropeMark Macaré, Secretary GeneralElke Verbaarschot, Senior Management AssistantCora Van der Lek, Financial Support

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RadTech Europe News issue has been compiled with utmost care, RadTech Europe declines any responsibility for possible incompleteness of any information published in this issue.

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