ICA Group launches My Gloss
topcoats for furniture finishing
ICA Group’s My Gloss system was
launched to serve the stringent demands of the furniture market, which
requires aesthetically pleasing, high
gloss finishes with low environmental
impact.
On the heels of its recent launch of the My
Lab system, designed to meet the needs of
designers and architects for all-new color
combinations, ICA Group has unveiled
the My Gloss system. Conceived to fulfill
the increasingly stringent requirements of
the furniture sector, which are based on
the need to achieve high-quality gloss
coatings using cycles that have low levels
of environmental impact, this new system
is ahead of the curve in terms of the color
trends in the world of design, the company said. The final lacquered gloss effects
of the My Gloss system can be obtained
both with colored base coats and with
transparent gloss topcoats, and even directly with pigmented gloss topcoats.
Specifically, the My Gloss system is composed of versatile products for the preparation of the base surface such as primers,
fillers and UV intermediates with 100 percent solid residue. Alongside these, there
are water-based epoxy base coats. In terms
of finishes, there is a choice of bi-component water-based gloss coatings or water-based UV gloss coatings, all available in
pigmented and transparent versions. In
addition, ICA says the My Gloss system
enables customers to carry out mixed cycles, using solvent-based, styrene-free base
coats and bi-component water-based top
coats. ICA says its My Gloss cycles by ICA
make it possible to reduce VOCs released
into the atmosphere during application by
more than 90 percent.
Specialty Coating Systems
introduces SCS Parylene C-UVF(TM) conformal coating
Specialty Coating Systems has introduced
a new technology, SCS Parylene C-UVF(TM), a coating that fluoresces under
a specific spectrum of UV light, enabling
customers to identify and verify that their
components are protected with SCS Parylene. Traditional Parylene coatings are
ultra-thin and optically clear, making identification of coated components difficult,
the company said. SCS Parylene C-UVF
coatings are formed when a special compound is incorporated into the deposition
process. The resultant coating is still ultra-thin, optically clear and maintains the
same electrical, mechanical and physical
properties of SCS Parylene C, but it fluoresces under UV light, a characteristic that
companies in the military, defense and
aerospace industries rely on to ensure their
components are protected with Parylene.
Diamond Vogel offers a
premium industrial powder
coating with Agion
antimicrobial protection
Sciessent, creator of naturally occurring
silver-based antimicrobial brand Agion
has partnered with Diamond Vogel, a
manufacturer of industrial coatings, to
offer the Peridium Powder Coatings line.
The new Peridium line brings the quality
and durability that industrial customers
have found synonymous with the Vogel
name, with the added benefit of Agion antimicrobial product protection. Agion
technology inhibits the growth and propagation of bacteria on the surface of a
product, adding an important layer of
product protection to equipment and furnishings coated with the new Peridium
powder coating line. Diamond Vogel
makes coatings specifically formulated to
Diamond Vogel’s new Peridium Powder
Coatings.
