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Additives: Unusual Organic-Based Light Blocking Additive for PET Dairy Packaging
Avient’s latest Color Matrix Lactra light blocking additive concentrate meets TiO2 restrictions.
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Quantifying the Appearance of Plastics
Gloss, reflection haze, and transmission haze are three of the most prevalent effects on the appearance of plastics. With the help of multifunctional tools like gloss meters and spectrophotometers manufacturers can measure these visual affects to ensure the integrity of a products appearance from start to end.
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Additives: Eye-Catching Special Effects Colorants for Consumer Goods Packaging
Penn Color’s new penneffex colorants said to spark inspiration in packaging design.
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Additives: UV Stabilizer for Enhanced Darker Colored PVC Profiles
Penn Color’s new UV Enhancer stabilizer formulation said to boost weathering performance of PVC profiles by as much as 60%.
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New to Using Color Concentrates? Follow These Tips to Improve Results
With a focus on highly loaded color concentrates, here is a guide for processors of rigid packaging and building products on how to specify the appropriate colorant for these applications.
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Testing: Data Analysis Software for Color & Appearance Instruments
BYK Gardner’s new version smart-chart 7.1 supports wave-scan 3 and spectro2profiler color and appearance instruments.
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PolyOne Acquires Clariant Color Masterbatches, Renames Company
On the same day of its acquisition of Clariant’s color masterbatches business, PolyOne also announced that going forward, it will be known by the name ‘Avient’.
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Chroma Color Acquires Epolin Chemical
Chroma’s acquisition of Epolin significantly expands its product offerings in targeted growth markets.
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Testing: Vertical Spectrophotometer for Hard-to-Measure Materials and Shapes
Datacolor’s SpectraVision V vertical model measures and digitally communicates the color of “unmeasurables” for expanded applications.
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Foster Corp. Partners with LioChem to Expand Medical Color Masterbatch Capability
LioChem’s Lioplas MD color masterbatches, capability and expertise will allow Foster to offer increased services, larger orders adn expanded expertise in critical color matches for the medical market.
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