8 NOVEMBER, 2021OPINIONWith the increased focus on sustainable solutions in recent years, we see a growing demand for more sustainable building blocks and water based systems, as opposed to solvent based. UV curing is a resource efficient technology developed some decades ago. By combining the benefits of the fast curing, high quality UV curing with technology for water based systems; it is possible to get the better of two sustainable worlds. Increased technical focus on sustainable developmentThe unprecedented development of the pandemic during 2020, drastically changing the way we live and do business, have also had an effect on the focus on sustainable offerings within the chemical industry. New commitments are made on top political levels on several continents, businesses are forced to review their strategies and sustainability commitments are scrutinized down to the details. And it is in the details solutions can be found to how technologies can help fulfil the needs for people and businesses in a sustainable way. How technologies can be used and combined in new ways, for example the combination of UV technology and water based systems.Environmental push of UV curing technology UV curing technology was developed already in the 1960s using chemicals with unsaturations to WATERBORNE UV COATINGS­ COMBINING SUPERIORPRODUCT QUALITY WITHMINIMAL ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTDavid EngbergBy David Engberg, Business Development Manager, Resins and Coatings, Perstorp Group
< Page 7 | Page 9 >