Unitrol 9500

Unitrol 9500 Product From RBP Chemical Technology, Inc.: RBP Chemical Technology has announced the immediate availability of Unitrol 9500, a new fountain solution designed specifically for heatset web presses. The new product runs optimally on a wide variety of heatset web equipment, but is particularly effective on presses using Duotrol or similar dampening systems. New RBP Unitrol 9500 is a single-step solution, specially formulated to control ink feedback and piling caused by newer paper stocks.

RBP Unitrol 9500 incorporates a state-of-the-art wetting system which provides excellent surface tension control that reduces water settings for improved ink/water balance. It reduces ink feedback and ink buildup in dampening and recirculation systems. Clean-ups and restarts are faster and easier when using the new fountain solution. RBP Unitrol 9500 also minimizes attack on newer paper stocks, reducing calcium buildup on rollers and blankets, resulting in longer plate life.

Discussing new Unitrol 9500, RBP Director of Sales and Marketing Dan Romani said: "RBP Unitrol 9500 fountain solution is the newest member of the Unitrol line, and the latest in a long series of innovative pressroom chemical products which improve productivity and provide superior print performance."; Expand for more details on this Product

Liquid Gold 960 MA Product From RBP Chemical Technology, Inc.: RBP Chemical Technology has introduced a new mild acid fountain solution concentrate formulated for coldset and UV printing on web presses. The product, Liquid Gold 960 MA, is designed specifically for coldset UV printing, but works equally effectively with conventional inks. The concentrate produces a proprietary formulation which effectively desensitizes non-image areas and provides superior ink and water control for both UV and conventional printing.

Liquid Gold Newspaper Fountain Solution Products Product From RBP Chemical Technology, Inc.: RBP Chemical Technology—a worldwide manufacturer of surface chemistry products for the printing and electronics industries—has extended the Liquid Gold brand to its entire line of newspaper fountain solution products.

Arrowstar 8041 inks Product From Flint Group: In its continuing quest to bring solutions to the pressroom, Flint Group has launched top-quality, earth-friendly inks and a new low-dosing, one-step fountain solution.

Arrowstar 8041 inks contain less than 3% VOCs—among the lowest VOC levels available today. The ink series earned a bio-renewable content (BRC) index of 70 from the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) and are EcoLogo-certified to “Printing Inks CCD-040”. These low-tack inks keep dot gain to a minimum, are ideal for perfecting, and are compliant to ISO as well as IDEAlliance’s GRACoL 7 standards.

:Antura fount AFS1 Product From Agfa Graphics: Agfa's new :Antura fountain solution additive, :Antura fount AFS1, can be used with Agfa's chemistry-free digital plates, yielding high quality print with better treatment of the environment.

:Antura Founts allow printers with sheetfed presses to make environmentally-friendly printing easy, without installing costly, new equipment. Simply adding the Fogra-approved fountain solution :Antura into the printing process, combined with chemistry-free platemaking with ThermoFuse-based plates, results in safer, more environmentally-friendly, alcohol-free printing.

Endurance Printing Plates Product From xpedx, Inc.: xpedx announces the expansion of its Endurance brand to include printing plates. Endurance Printing Plates will be offered as part of the broad portfolio of xpedx printing papers, media, equipment, and other consumables available through more than 75 distribution centers across the country.

nyloprint NExT for Letterpress Product From Flint Group: Flint Group’s innovative exposure technology, nyloflex NExT, has been globally established for flexographic printing and offers a variety of advantages to the user. It shows outstanding results in the reproduction of flexo printing plates and significantly improved printing quality. For flexible packaging, it enables an excellent ink transfer, particularly in solids. In corrugated printing, a considerable reduction in fluting can be observed. nyloflex NExT technology provides high reproduction quality and long-term stability. Moreover, all the advantages of Flat Top Dots and surface screening can be utilised.

UV Soft Touch Coating Product From ACTEGA Kelstar: ACTEGA Kelstar is excited to announce the introduction of its newest product to its specialty coatings portfolio – UV Soft Touch

UV Soft Touch

As a market leader in innovation of specialty coatings and chemicals, ACTEGA Kelstar has developed a highly sought-after coating that is certain to bring not only pressrooms, but brand owners to their feet.

Kodak SONORA XP Process Free Plates Product From Eastman Kodak Company: Just months after becoming commercially available, KODAK SONORA XP Process Free Plates are establishing themselves as the new class of process free plates, yielding dramatic environmental and economic benefits for customers without sacrificing quality and output. SONORA XP Plates remove the need for the plate processor, which requires chemicals, water, and energy while generating waste. Over the course of a year, a print operation that has removed its plate processor could save an estimated 4,418 kWh of power and 204,816 liters of water under typical operation conditions. As more printers transition to process free technology, these savings will have significant impact within their operations and the industry as a whole.

UVR Digital Flexo Printing Plate Product From MacDermid, Inc.: MacDermid Printing Solutions announced the commercial introduction of a new digital flexo printing plate designed specifically for use with UV inks, UVR. UVR is swell-resistant in aggressive UV inks and also boasts low dot gain and excellent resolution capabilities.

Subzero LED Lamp Range Product From Integration Technology Ltd.: UK UV technology developer Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) has introduced an LED variant to its heritage SubZero UV lamp range providing class leading high power output for an air-cooled system.

A dedicated curing system for wide format inkjet printers, the new Subzero LED offers ground-breaking performance for air-cooled LED technology combined with the architectural pedigree, features and benefits of the UK-based company’s 2005 launched SubZero UV lamp range.