ACTEGA Radcure

LINCOLNTON, N.C.—ACTEGA Coatings and Sealants, a division of Altana, is combining the operations of two of its divisions, ACTEGA WIT and ACTEGA Radcure.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Harper GraphicSolutions™ team had a full house at Rochester Institute of Technology on Wednesday, April 15 to usher in the 2009 Harper Flexographic Solutions Tour™.

Round up of the latest offerings in UV inks and coatings for enhancing durability and high-end graphics.

Specialty inks are just that—special. They can perform a multitude of functions for a package or its contents—from protection to jazzing it up, providing enhanced value in form, function, or both. In discussing this topic with Bob Lorenz, vice president of business development for Sun Chemical, what comes across loud and clear is the excitement that this category can generate, even when looking at the specialty inks that are more functional in nature. Sun Chemical offers a full gamut of specialty inks that can meet virtually any need. One can just imagine a brand manager sitting across from Lorenz as he runs down

Package printers still put metallic inks to work more often than other specialty formulations, but printing with custom-blended colors is even more commonplace. By Kate Tomlinson, Assistant Editor TWO YEARS AGO, packagePRINTING's annual ink usage survey asked tag and label, flexible packaging, and folding carton converters to identify their top specialty inks choices. The response was overwhelmingly in favor of metallic inks—83 percent of respondents had put metallics to work during 1998. pP's 2001 survey revisited this topic to find not much has changed. Due to some new options in specialty ink, usage percentages are spread over a wider spectrum, but metallics are still