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European Coatings Show Preview December 2014 www european coatings show com 11 Focus An economical fluorescent UV weathering test instrument for product screening at lower operating costs Simple touch screen operation and control in several languages Patented irradiance calibration safety access ports Remote Ethernet data acquisition application Recirculating spray water option UVTest Fluorescent UV Device Atlas flagship accelerated weathering instruments offer superior performance innovative features and large capacity Water cooled xenon arc lamps and advanced filter technology deliver the best simulation of natural sunlight Best in class uniformity for irradiance temperature relative humidity and spray Intuitive touch screen controls Custom testing capabilities Ci Series Weather Ometers These premium air cooled accelerated weathering instruments offer an array of options to meet virtually all global weathering and lightfastness testing requirements Designed with state of the art controls On rack radio controlled sensor technology for superior monitoring of light and temperature High water and power efficiency Xenotest Instruments We ve perfected the time machine Atlas can provide you a glimpse into the future of your product s performance Choose Atlas instruments for your laboratory and let the future become more clear For more information on Atlas instruments visit www atlas mts com A need for non hazardous materials Printing inks suppliers have to meet growing demands of the industry Price pressure rising raw material costs digitisation legislation there are nu merous hurdles facing the printing inks industry Dr Ingo Powilleit of Keim Additec Surface comments on current challenges and trends What challenges are fac ing the printing inks industry at the moment Dr Ingo Powilleit The global ink industry is having to cope with ongoing price pressure and rising raw material costs Aside from less expensive pigments which make up the lion s share of costs more and more additives are being evaluated for their ability to improve the competitiveness of ink systems A second challenge is the rise of dig itisation and e commerce especially for commercial printing e g publication gra vure or web offset What are the latest trends in raw materials for printing inks Powilleit Greater pursuit of transparency for packaging printers and converters has triggered a need for non hazardous materials that are fully compliant with the list of approved food contact materials There is a clear preference for low migration substances with a molecular weight distribution of over 1000 amu This will become increasingly important for additives like waxes disper sants and organo silicone compounds e g for defoam ers and slip additives as well as for surface coatings of organic pigments What are the current legislative challenges facing printing inks suppliers Powilleit The changing framework underpinning EHS principles especially after the Globally Harmonized Sys tem of Classification became law in many regions GHS triggered and will cause a lot of changes in product stewardship not only for Eu ropean companies but for all global suppliers and ink mak ers Every supplier is legally required to respond to client questionnaires and that will increase the administrative outlay and decrease the num ber of approved products in an ink maker s toolbox xz Dr Ingo Powilleit Keim Additec Surface