IN THE
NEWS
avery dennison says a €17m upgrade at its plant in schwelm, Germany, including a new
New coatings lab
reinforces Sun
Chemical’s
commitment
coater, is giving graphics customers across europe access to more than 7,600 product
sun chemical has reinforced its
variations.
commitment to the graphic arts and
New coater increases offerings at Avery Dennison
the new coater offers large production flexibility with two coating methods and 10
packaging markets by opening a new
coatings lab in its carlstadt, new
different solvent-based adhesives.
shaun hobson, senior business director, Graphic solutions, at avery dennison Materials
Group europe, said that the investment reflected the company’s strong ongoing
Jersey r&d facility.
the 11,000 sq ft investment
commitment to the graphics segment: “our customers want the widest possible choice of
features state-of-the-art equipment
application options. this very powerful new resource runs in seven-day operation and
and analytical support for studying
broadens our offering further, ensuring exceptional service.
migration, adhesion, permeability and
“the schwelm investment is one more example of how we are continuing to drive
other performance-related coating
phenomena.
forward graphics innovation and service improvements.”
Teknos accesses new markets with Dutch Drywood Coatings
teknos is to acquire dutch drywood coatings, which develops, produces and sells waterbased coatings for wooden substrates.
drywood has a leading market position in the industrial wood coatings market in
holland and has also established a strong position in the industrial wood market in the uK
and in the architectural coatings market in norway. it had net sales of around €9m in 2015
and it has 33 employees.
the acquisition creates access to a new market area for teknos and it will further
strengthen teknos’ position in the european industrial wood coating market.
“teknos’ vision is to be the leading supplier of technically advanced coating solutions
close to customers. through the drywood acquisition teknos gains access to the coating
markets in holland, an extensive dealer network in norway and a product assortment that
complements our current range,” said teknos Group ceo paula salastie.
seM microscopy, atomic force
microscopy, ir surface mapping,
sophisticated surface energy
measurement and many other
techniques are used extensively
to advance the fundamental
understanding of key coatings
performance attributes.
a variety of equipment has been
added to the new lab, including gas
transmission rate analysers, glass
bottle testing instrumentation and
coatings spraying equipment to
develop new and improved water,
solvent, and energy curable primers,
inks, and coatings.
The A to Z of Coatings
a lab laminator will be added in
the second edition of Coatings from A-Z is now available from ec library either in print or
2017 to help study the interaction
as an eBook. the guide is aimed at both newcomers to the industry as well as readers with
between ink, substrate, primers,
a technical background and is a clear and compact source of coatings-related terms and
overprint varnishes and laminating
keywords. www.tinyurl.com/coatings-a-z
adhesives.
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