EB's Bright Future

Numbers show that the usage of EB inks and equipment are on the rise. Now suppliers are working to get them in the spotlight.

"POINTING TO THE significant operations and 'enabling' benefits of the process, suppliers of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technology are bullish on near-term growth prospects," says the RadTech biennial survey North American Market Update. "Survey respondents, including over 80 industry suppliers and end users, project market growth of six to nine percent each year over the next three years ... and report growth of UV- and EB-formulated product usage up over eight percent during the two-year period 2000 and 2001, to just over 77,000 metric tons."