Dear Sir or Madam, Lehrte, March 2008

High value coatings are popular. They gain attention and bring out the main points. And this is not all. By means of stable technical properties coatings protect the quality of your printing product. They facilitate the processing and provide more efficiency in the printing hall.

 

In our Terra News, again you will find several ideas and proposals for your printing product. Innovative UV varnishes, convincing waterbased coatings and impressive effects - every requirement is considered.

 

Let us surprise you!

Jörg Eck

General Manager


 

In this issue:
  Matt UV varnish out of the ink duct
  Waterbased high gloss coatings
  Gold and silver coatings
  UV Matt varnish

Matt UV varnish out of the ink duct

You would like to finish your printing product with a UV varnish, but you do not have a corresponding coating unit? No problem with the UV Matt Varnish 377. This highly viscous matt varnish can be processed with fountain solution out of the ink duct.

 

The UV Matt Varnish 377 is suitable for the application on all substrates. The use with a normal printing plate enables especially fine structures. Characterised by a good scratch and scuff resistance as well as by a high reactivity, this varnish can be easily applied.

 

By the way: The UV Matt Varnish 377 can be over coated with other UV varnishes after sufficient curing – and this inline or offline.  This means for your printing product: impressing matt and gloss effects.

 

Waterbased high gloss - The Power of Gloss

For a long time, there has been the wish to achieve UV gloss values by means of waterbased coatings. With ACTEGA Terra you come very close to this requirement. The TERRAWET High Gloss Coating G 9/666 N2 realises impressive gloss effects even after the first-time application. Having applied it double in two processes, results similar to a UV varnish are possible. The TERRAWET High Gloss Coating G 9/666 N2 is block resistant and especially scratch and scuff resistant. In addition, this coating shows a very good flow out.

 

You are looking for an all-round high gloss coating with good gloss and fast drying? Here, we recommend the TERRAWET High Gloss Coating G 9/285. This coating dries so fast that it is especially suitable for fast running printing machines.

 

Our offer is completed by the highly viscous TERRAWET High Gloss Coating G 9/551. Depending on the substrate, it realises inspiring gloss effects. Available with a viscosity up to 100 seconds, this coating is suitable for stamping and characterised by a good scratch and scuff resistance.

 

Your advantage: Impressive high gloss for every purpose out of the coating unit. Also without the possibility to process UV varnishes.

 

Gold and silver coatings - high value finishing

Valuable, noble, precious – these are only some attributes that are associated with gold and silver. Also in the printing industry, the application of gold and silver is a popular way of finishing high value printing products.

 

With the gold and silver coatings by ACTEGA Terra you provide your printing product with a particular impressive appearance. Characterised by a high brilliance, they are covering and convince by means of a stable flow out behaviour. Gold coatings are available in the standard shades rich gold, pale gold and rich pale gold. Possible are also customer specific shades – depending on your individual requirements.

 

You may order our gold and silver coatings for sheet-fed offset as well as for flexo printing. You use gravure printing and are looking for an alternative to solvent based systems? Here, we also developed the corresponding coating. All coatings are applied out of the coating unit.

 

By the way: For the application before printing we recommend our versions that do not split in the inline printing process. These gold and silver coatings have a fast drying and are printable inline with conventional printing inks. Please contact us for your personal product recommendation.

 

UV Matt Varnish – We love impressive optics

What do you think of when you hear UV varnish? High gloss on folding cartons, labels or commercial prints? This is surely the usual way, but not the only possibility.

 

With the TERRAGLOSS UV Matt Varnish G 8/177 L NVK you go a step further. This coating is created completely matt. Its dull matt surface provides your printing product with a particular noble character. The very good scratch and scuff resistance as well as its good reactivity make the TERRAGLOSS UV Matt Varnish G 8/177 L NVK a safe product for your printing process. Your advantage: Stable technical properties out of the coating unit and a high value finishing at the same time.

 

By the way: The TERRAGLOSS UV Matt Varnish G 8/177 L NVK can be a good alternative to foil lamination. Whether inline or offline, you are flexible in its application.

 


ACTEGA Terra GmbH
Industriestrasse 12
31275 Lehrte
Germany

Tel +49 51 32 50 09-0
Fax +49 51 32 50 09-110
office.actega.terra@altana.com
www.actega.com/terra

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