Manufacturing Services
Our passion, technical expertise and broad process capabilities deliver superior results to our customers who choose Hydrite Chemical Co. for their toll processing and contract blending.
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Lucidene™ Inks
Neutral pH
The Lucidene 4000 series polymers lead the market in providing high press performance at a neutral pH. Advantages include excellent dry speed, resolubility and ease of clean-up on press. Inks formulated with the 4000 series offer outstanding transfer with clean printing and excellent viscosity stability. A safer pressroom environment is achieved as high ammonia odors are eliminated.
LUCIDENE 4015 PLUS
High gloss, hard polymer with excellent stability, transfer and resolubility
LUCIDENE 4035 PLUS
Excellent clarity, good water resistance and dry speed with resolubility
LUCIDENE 4045 PLUS
Soft film former with excellent adhesion, transfer and resolubilty
Paper & Paperboard
The broad Lucidene product portfolio offers the ink formulator a robust choice in formulating inks for paper and paperboard packaging applications.
LUCIDENE 370
Fast drying with good holdout for high speed printing
LUCIDENE 395
Hard emulsion with excellent gloss and holdout
LUCIDENE 361
Excellent opacity and hiding power in corrugated inks
LUCIDENE 602
Hard , non-blocking film former with high gloss and rewet
LUCIDENE 608
Crosslinkable with Zn for heat resistance, adhesion to foil
LUCIDENE 615
Improves flexibility with good water and grease resistance
Flexible Films
Hydrite’s lower Tg polymers were designed for the film packaging and lamination ink markets. They offer adhesion and water resistance on substrates such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester and vinyl.
LUCIDENE 243
Fast dry with good grease resistance, adhesion to vinyl and film substrates
LUCIDENE 351
Adhesive lamination inks with fast solvent release and high bond strengths
LUCIDENE 603
Good adhesion, high gloss and water resistance
LUCIDENE 604
Non-skid performance with adhesion and water resistance
LUCIDENE 605NV
Maximum adhesion, ice crinkle resistance with low VOC
Specialty
LUCIDENE 645
Acrylic urethane with high gloss, alkaline and detergent resistance
Colloidals
Hydrite’s colloidal chemistry products offer the formulator new tools in extending economics in corrugated inks.
LUCIDENE 141
NaOH neutralized with fast dry and excellent rewet for news and envelope inks
LUCIDENE 190
Excellent transfer and printability with high dilution profile
LUCIDENE 400
Highly dilutable extender for corrugated inks with good transfer
For sample inquiries and customer service, please call 866.554.2878.
For technical questions, please call 608.839.8137.