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Collins Ink Acquires the UV Curable Inkjet and Optical Disc Coating Business of Hexion Specialty Chemicals
Collins
Ink Corporation has acquired the UV Curable Inkjet and Optical disc
coating business of Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Hexion’s UV
curables group produces UV inkjet and optical disc coatings targeted at
the graphic arts and industrial market. The acquisition includes
intellectual property, laboratory and manufacturing assets as well as
key personnel associated with Hexion’s UV curables inkjet business.”The
platform UV technologies developed by Hexion are an excellent fit to
our present business,” said Mike Barrett, vice president sales &
marketing of Collins Inks. “Collins plans to become the leader in UV
inkjet technology and will improve, expand and aggressively promote the
platforms in the graphic arts and industrial market.”
Collins
Ink is in its 19th year of formulating, manufacturing and selling
inkjet inks. Collins operates out of an 83,000 square foot,
state-of-the-art, technical development and manufacturing site in
Cincinnati, OH. Collins Ink is a provider of inkjet ink fluids for
thermal, continuous, and DOD inkjet printers. Most of Collins’ success
has come from supplying inks for Kodak and HP printer technologies,
where it has supply agreements in place with both.