Sun Chemicals Launches Biobased UV Coating

Sun Chemical has launched SunCure^® 44HC150 – a glossy stampable UV-curing coating, manufactured with 25% bio-renewable carbon content and with 12% post-consumer recycled materials. The coating has received excellent feedback following trials with existing customers and is available throughout Europe from 15^th March 2021 The launch marks a breakthrough for Sun Chemical’s energy curing line as it is the first of many such products to be rolled out featuring significant levels of bio-sourced and recycled material content.

Commenting on the new development, Mark Walkling, Product Manager, Energy Curing Packaging Products and Narrow Web Labels Europe at Sun Chemical says: “Sustainability is always at the forefront of the Sun Chemical brand in all areas of product development and our processes. One of our current key objectives is to increase the sustainability credentials of our energy-curing product line. A range of similar products will follow, including products with compostability and/or deinking certifications, as well as products that aid recycling processes both for printed paper and for printed film.

Sun Chemical is a member of the DIC Group which has recently closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE). The purchase will broaden Sun Chemical’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments, including those for electronic displays, cosmetics, coatings, inks, plastics and specialty applications, by creating a world-class pigments supplier that offers customers an even wider range of versatile solutions.