PRESS RELEASE
Contact(s):
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| Craig Morgan
Sun Chemical
Phone: 800-793-0022
craig.morgan@na.sunchem.com |
Christopher Morrissey
Sun Chemical
Phone: 708-236-3533
chris.morrissey@na.sunchem.com |
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Kohl & Madden's New ETCHLesstm Inks
Offer Faster Setting, Drying Times and Sharper Printing
Fort Lee, NJ
- November 01, 2002 -- Kohl & Madden Printing Ink Corporation, a well known ink manufacturer supplying high quality inks to the sheetfed and commercial markets, has completed extensive press testing of a series of new sheetfed offset inks called ETCHLess inks. These new inks print with water only; no fountain solution etch or alcohol substitutes are needed.
The ETCHLess ink series is based on a new, patented technology that offers the printer faster setting and drying times, resulting in quicker work and turn - while maintaining extremely sharp printing due to minimal dot gain.
A proprietary selection of resins and oils enhances the transfer of ETCHLess inks and provides exceptional trapping efficiency. They also provide faster plate clean-up, resulting in quicker make ready and reduced waste.
ETCHLess inks will stay open in the fountain for 24 hours, and the dried ink film will accept water and/or UV coating, foil stamping and lamination.
"This patented technology represents a major step forward in simplifying the offset printing process. It offers value to printers by limiting chemistries in the pressroom with no loss of print quality," said Craig Morgan, Kohl & Madden's Director of Marketing.
ETCHLess inks are available in standard process colors, and as a Pantone® color blending system. A new brochure describing and demonstrating Kohl & Madden's ETCHLess ink is available from your local K&M sales representative, who will also be happy to arrange a press trial in your facility.
Manufacturing quality printing inks since 1906, Kohl & Madden operates more than 30 manufacturing locations throughout the United States. The company is based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Kohl & Madden is part of Sun Chemical Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of high quality printing inks. Please visit the K&M web site at www.kohlmadden.com.
About Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales of more than $3 billion, Sun Chemical has over 12,500 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such well-known names as Vivitek, Coates Lorilleux, Gibbon, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, Swale, Usher-Walker and US Ink. In addition, Sun Chemical has many joint ventures, with the largest being its $1.5 billion Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) joint venture with Eastman Kodak. KPG is a world leader in prepress products, services and equipment.
Sun Chemical Corporation in the United States of America and Sun Chemical Limited in England are subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical has headquarters in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Watford, England; and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.sunchemical.com.
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