Consumables-General - Coatings

Mactac announces it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Spinnaker Coating, LLC, representing $130 million of specialty revenue at a price of $40 million. The acquisition is expected to close on Feb. 1, 2022.

X-Rite and Pantone announced that the official spectral color value for PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri is now available in PantoneLIVE.

Clariant unveiled its Decorative Coatings Trends for 2022 – “golden”.

Maxcess has unveiled the new expansion of RotoRepel Rx across Componex and Webex roll products, including WINertia rollers.

Domino Digital Printing Solutions and Paragon Inks have developed a full suite of varnishes specifically for overprinting on Domino’s UV95 and UV90 ink sets for use with their N-series digital inkjet label presses.

Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in North America, effective July 1, 2021.

Michelman has further invested in its printing and packaging business segment by adding two new associates to better anticipate and serve its customers’ needs in the digital printing and flexible packaging markets.

In a recent conversation with Packaging Impressions, Rick Stokes, director of Sun Chemical's Coatings Group, shared the company's latest sustainability initiatives. Additionally, the conversation covered sustainability trends in packaging, and how converters can implement the innovations from Sun Chemical.

ACTEGA has announced the launch of ACTGreen, a range of advanced water-based barrier coatings and next generation thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) dispersions, representing a huge step forward in packaging sustainability.

tesa tape has released 51948 EasySplice FilmLine Black X solution ideal for splicing high-slip films at high speeds for flexographic and rotogravure printers.