PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2016

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 77 PET planet Insider Vol. 17 No. 10/16 www.petpla.net Effect pigments and additives for the food and cosmetics packaging markets Colour: from idea to production Masterbatches, pigment mixtures, liquid dyes and colour- ing pastes: the precise and quick translation of a colour idea into a production-ready colouring and additive system is the core competence of Karl Finke GmbH of Wuppertal, Ger- many. The company will be presenting a range of colourings with a focus on innovative effect pigments and new addi- tives for irreversible laser marking. The company’s recently- announced collaboration with dosing technology specialist Movacolor will, they claim, set new standards for Finke’s Fibasol liquid colourings. Finke Hall 7.1 Booth A08 cal properties of the material, they are claimed to be the right choice for transparent applications. Blow moulding equipment Finke recently upgraded its techni- cal centre in Wuppertal, Germany with new equipment for PET blow mould- ing, which is intended to speed up the development of design concepts for PET dyeing. The new equipment is intended to make the transition from concept to production-ready colouring and additive systems even faster. “Comprehensive advice and sup- port for our customers from design stage to end product is very important to us”, says managing director Felix Finke. “With PET becoming more and more important in the packaging market, the new PET bottle moulding system was the logical next step in the development of our technical centre.” Finke keeps the complete new formula production and development process in vision. Colourists and tech- nicians work with customers’ original material. Individual production condi- tions are simulated in Finke’s state of the art technical centre, because the right dye or pigment composition depends not only on the polymer and envisaged application but also, to a large extent, on the type of process- ing. OEMs and brand manufacturers will be able to save valuable time, because the dyeing systems are per- fectly adapted to their needs and can be applied in their production pro- cesses immediately. Apart from the new PET blow moulding system, Finke operates several injection moulding systems as well as film and sheet extruders. PE and PP bottles can be produced in mono- and co-extrusion processes. www.finke-colors.eu The aesthetic appeal of plastics products depends on colour and colour effects. Finke’s Fibaplast, Fibafekt or Fibacomp masterbatches enable a wide variety of special effects, such as metallic gleam, pearly shine, rainbow and colour flop, to be realised. Special technical processes allow for lacquered-like finishes or soft-grip surfaces. Even fragrances can be incorporated into the material. Apart from an abundance of aes- thetic effects, Finke masterbatches are supposed to enable a number of functional solutions for the indelible product marking, including invisible safety formulations and additives for irreversible laser marking. Dosing of liquid colourings: new cooperation Perfect dosing of liquid colourings is essential in the injection mould- ing process. In order to help improve performance even further, Finke has entered a collaborative alliance with Movacolor, the dosing technology spe- cialist. The exact coordination of Fib- asol liquid colourants with Movacolor dosing technology results in a ready to use system for plastics producers. Fibasol liquid dyes are pigment mixtures in a liquid binding agent; they can be used in almost all ther- moplastics. In contrast with master- batches, they are not restricted to a particular polymer carrier, which means that the same dye can be used for colouring a variety of plas- tics. These liquid dyes are declared to be temperature resistant, non- fading and physiologically harmless. This means that they are suitable for the colouring of PET, PE or PP food, or for cosmetics packagings. As they do not impair the physical or chemi-