Products in Printing & Inks: Waterborne Ink

Sudacolor™ Orange 211D is a reddish-orange pigment, that offers exceptional acid and alkali resistance, heat stability, and rheological properties. Sudacolor™ Orange 211D is ideal for vibrant and stable coloring in various applications where these features are crucial.

HDK® H15 is a synthetic, hydrophobic, amorphous silica produced via flame hydrolysis. It is a white colloidal powder of high purity. HDK® H15 is commonly utilized as a thickening and thixotropic agent in coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cosmetics, and other applications. Additionally, it serves as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers. Moreover, HDK® H15 functions as a free flow additive in the production of technical powders.

HDK® N20 is a synthetic, hydrophilic, amorphous silica produced through flame hydrolysis. It is a standard product widely used in various industrial applications. This white colloidal powder offers high purity and serves multiple purposes. One of the primary applications of HDK® N20 is as a thickening and thixotropic agent in organic systems such as unsaturated polyesters, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetics. Additionally, it functions as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers.

HDK® H30 is a synthetic, hydrophobic, amorphous silica produced via flame hydrolysis. It is a white colloidal powder of high purity. HDK® H30 finds application as a thickening and thixotropic agent in various industries including coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cosmetics, and others. Additionally, it is utilized as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, specifically silicone-elastomers. Moreover, HDK® H30 acts as a free flow additive in the production of powder coatings.

SPACTIVE® GA 1020 is a dispersion of high molecular weight polysiloxanes in polyalkylene glycol. This defoamer compound has the best price-performance ratio. Its preferred fields of application include: Printing inks: gravure printing inks and flexographic printing inks Overprint varnishes (OPV): high gloss or semi-gloss Let-down

DeCAL 4287 is a low molecular weight carboxylated acrylic copolymer that can carry very high levels of pigment and provide maximum color development properties at these loadings. It is the same polymer as DeCAL 4286 but is supplied as the monoethanolamine salt for use in formulations where slower drying or better resolubility is required.

DeCAL 4288 is a low molecular weight carboxylated acrylic copolymer that can carry very high levels of pigment, providing maximum color development properties at these loadings. To obtain the full benefits, it's essential to use the highest possible pigment binder ratios and the highest possible pigment loading of DeCAL 4288. It's common to prepare a neutralized solution using either ammonia or monoethanolamine in formulations where slower drying or better resolubility is required.

DeCAL 4202 is an acrylic binder ideally suited for use in water-based flexographic inks for paper and corrugated board. It possesses excellent machine stability and resolubility, viscosity/pH stability, favorable viscosity/dilution curves, and excellent pigment wetting characteristics. It is supplied in its neutralized varnish form.

DeCAL 4286 is a low molecular weight carboxylated acrylic copolymer with the capacity to carry very high levels of pigment and to provide maximum color development properties at these loadings. To obtain the full benefits of DeCAL 4286, it is essential to use the highest possible pigment binder ratios and the highest possible pigment loading.

DeCAL 4201 is an acrylic binder ideally suited for use in water-based flexographic inks. The product exists as an alkali-soluble carboxylated copolymer emulsion but can also be supplied in its neutralized varnish form as DeCAL 4202. Inks prepared using DeCAL 4201 possess excellent machine stability/resolubility, viscosity/pH stability, favorable viscosity/dilution curves, and excellent pigment wetting characteristics.

DCL 7019 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 is a high-performance pigment developed for use in industrial coatings, automotive refinishing, and coil coatings. This reddish-violet shade is also suitable for plastic and ink applications, and is a close match to Clariant Red E5B. It is used in various high-end paint and plastic applications where excellent fastness properties are required, and is also FDA-approved.

DCL 2203 Hansa Yellow, PY.3 is a very green shade of lightfast Hansa Yellow. This pigment is specifically recommended to be used in water flexo inks, decorative and industrial coatings. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable choice for a range of applications.

DCL 1274 Hansa Yellow, PY.74 is a medium-shade Hansa Yellow with good lightfastness and opacity. It has various applications, including decorative and industrial coatings, as well as water flexo, solvent flexo, and UV inks. It features good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability.

DCL 1319 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E3B-70 type), is a high-quality pigment known for its outstanding fastness, heat stability, and resistance properties. This opaque, yellow-shaded quinacridone is slightly more opaque and yellower than the 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet 19 grade.

DCL 2355 Opaque Yellow, PY.155 is an opaque, strong, green-shaded yellow pigment with good rheology and lightfastness properties. This pigment is mainly recommended to be used in water flexo, solvent flexo and UV inks, as well as industrial coatings.

DCL 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E5B type) is a bright, yellow shade quinacridone with excellent overall properties. This pigment is FDA approved (Section 178.3297) and finds major applications in the following: Plastics such as PVC, PP, PS, PE and PET. Automotive/aerospace, decorative, powder and industrial coatings. Solvent flexo, water flexo, inkJet, UV and offset inks

DCL 1812 Naphthol Red, PR.112 is a deep shade red naphthol with very good lightfastness even in medium shades. 1812 is somewhat sensitive to blooming at very low concentrations. It also exhibits good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL 2413 Diarylide Yellow, PY.13 is an AAMX medium-shade diarylide yellow offering good opacity and tinting strength compared to other diarylide pigments. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 032-185 Toluidine Red, PR.3 (Yellowest) is an opaque, yellow shade of toluidine red, offering very good lightfastness in masstone shades. It is the yellowest shade toluidine red by DCL. It is mainly used in water flexo inks, decorative and industrial coatings.

DCL 2201 Hansa Yellow, PY.1 is a medium-shaded, semi-transparent yellow pigment with good weather fastness in full shades. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of coating and ink applications.

DCL 2312 Diarylide Yellow, PY.12 is a medium-shade diarylide yellow offering excellent tinting strength and value. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of coatings, inks, and rubber applications.

DCL 3777 Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 (blue shade) is a bright, blue-shaded phthalocyanine with excellent overall properties. The product is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and recommended for various applications in inks, coatings, and plastics. It can be easily dispersed in plastics, coatings, and water-based flexo inks.

DCL 2870 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a blue-shaded red pigment for use where good overall fastness properties are required. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, including lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of paint, plastic, and ink applications.

DCL 1634 Pyrazolone Orange, PO.34, is a bright, strong, redder-shaded transparent type Azo Orange with fair lightfastness. With good overall resistance properties, this product is widely used in various applications, such as plastics like PVC and PC, industrial and powder coatings, and water-flexo and solvent-flexo inks, among others.

DCL 1070 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very brilliant, opaque, strong, bright yellow shade of naphthol red pigment. It exhibits very good lightfastness, chemical resistance and flow properties. This makes it a highly reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL 2217 Diarylide Yellow, PY.17 is a strong, transparent green shade of Diarylide Yellow that offers excellent value for use in various printing ink applications, such as water-based, nitrocellulose-based, and polyamide-based inks and metal deco printing, as well as in some plastics applications, including polyolefins, printing on PVC film, and polyurethane foams, and in some air-dry industrial coatings and textile printing.

DCL 1146 Naphthol Red, PR.146 is a blue-shaded, semi-transparent naphthol red with good overall fastness properties. This pigment is a possible alternative to pigment red 57:1 types where an improvement in fastness properties is needed. It is mainly used in various types of coatings, inks, and papers.

DCL 1242L Disazo Scarlet, PR.242 is a yellowish shade, red pigment with excellent fastness properties. It shows excellent resistance against ethanol and water. It is mainly applicable in Plastics such as PVC, PE, PP, PS and fiber. Automotive/aerospace, industrial and powder coatings. Solvent flexo and water flexo inks etc.

DCL 1319 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E3B type) is an opaque, yellow-shaded quinacridone with excellent fastness properties. It is slightly yellower and more opaque than our 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet 19, and is widely used for high-grade industrial and automotive coatings as well as water- and solvent-based inks.

DCL 1482 2B Red, PR.48:2 is a calcium precipitated bright blue shade of 2B red with good properties. With exceptional resistance properties, this product is widely used in various applications, especially in water flexo inks and UV inks.

DCL 06-905 DNA Orange, PO.5 is a bright, semi-opaque orange pigment with good lightfastness. It is used in some applications to replace molybdate oranges. However, due to its poor solvent stability in some solvents, it is not recommended for baking systems. It is recommended for trade-sale paints, air-dry industrial coatings, water, solvent, and UV based printing inks.

DCL 1274-D Hansa Yellow, PY.74 is a medium shade hansa yellow with good lightfastness and opacity, suitable for decorative and industrial coatings, water flexo, solvent flexo, and UV inks. It features good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of applications.

DCL 2194 Benzimidazolone Yellow, PY.194 is a bright, green-shaded yellow with very good light and weather fastness, especially in deep shades. This product has relatively high opacity, good flow properties, good overall resistance properties, and good bleed characteristics. It is mainly used in plastics, high-end coatings, and inks.

DCL CARMINE B Naphthol Red, PR.5 is a bright blue-shaded red pigment used primarily in offset and water based inks. It also finds use in decorative and industrial paints. It also exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability.

DCL 5613 Blue GS, PB.15:3 is a beta-form phthalocyanine blue pigment. It is a stir-in dispersible product that can be used without the need for expensive grinding equipment. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, including lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL 2114 Diarylide Yellow, PY.14 is a semi-opaque AAOT diarylide yellow offering excellent value and having good overall resistance properties. It is specifically recommended to be used in water flexo inks, industrial coatings, and plastics such as PVC, PE, PP, etc.