The Pigments Business of Clariant to participate in Ink Show
27 Sep '10
4 min read
Clariant has extensively studied the retort fastness of its pigments. Our recommended products include pigments from the Permanent, Novoperm, Hostaperm and PV Fast ranges.
(C) Chlorine Free Pigments: Due to environmental issues, chlorine free packaging is required. This leads to the ink manufacturers and print houses to use chlorine free inks for the packaging; hence the need for chlorine free pigments to be used in the finished inks. Clariant offers a selection of chlorine free pigments from its established ranges such as Hansa, Novoperm, Hostaperm and Permanent.
(D) Silk Screen Inks: These inks are popular as the screen printing process is suitable for various substrates and different shapes. The process allows printing of posters, bottles, plastics, films, traffic signs, electrical circuits, textiles, etc.
The process requires pigments with specific properties such as good light fastness and weather fastness, desired flow property and compliance with certain regulatory requirements (e.g. heavy metals). Clariant has a wide color selection that can be especially recommended in its pigment range; in particular from its Hansa, Permanent, Novoperm and Hostaperm.
(E) Non Impact Printing: Clariant provides a complete color solution for inkjet inks. These are trendsetter pigments and dyes for inkjet inks for SOHO and Wide Format. The pigments and charge control agents are suitable for electro-photographic toners. These are patented products with focus on environmental care.
(F) UV Curing Inks: UV curing inks have become one of the fastest growing segments in the graphic industry. The major benefits offered by UV technology are faster run speeds resulting in improved productivity, quick start-up resulting in less waste, quick turnaround and conversion due to instant curing of the ink film, environmentally safe technology without the use of VOCs and better print quality (i.e. gloss).
We have thoroughly tested our pigments with and without stabilizers in order to be able to offer solutions with the most suitable performance.