Safe-to-Touch in the press
Safe-to-Touch in the press
A new British-developed and manufactured coating could revolutionise the production of antimicrobial printed products. BioSeal has been developed by scientists at infection control R&D specialist Chemical Intelligence. The firm has agreed an exclusive deal with Shackell Edwards, part of the Druckfarben group, for its use in coatings for the printing industry.
Geoff Neal Litho found inline aqueous coatings offer a low-cost way of adding value. Leafing through an in-flight airline magazine at 35,000 feet is something many of us might do to pass the time during a plane journey. But what perhaps most of us don’t consider is how many pairs of hands a product like this will pass through, and the potential for spreading bacteria.
Antimicrobial additive producer Chemical Intelligence has announced several key brand and printer partnerships, including with Tesco and the Co-op Group, and a leading banknote printer.
We are going to use a Bioseal when requested on brochures on coated stocks this will kill 99.99 Germs, this means your products will safe enough to be used around people with weak Immune Systems.
The subject of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) has at no point over the last several decades been far from newspaper headlines. Nor has it been far from the infection-fighting-promises of politicians.
Independent manufacturer and supplier of coatings and pressroom consumables Ultrachem has launched Safe-to-Touch-Print emulsion coatings.