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| RTE Awards for Innovation Competition winners announced  RadTech Europe (RTE), the European Association promoting the use of UV/EB technology, recently announced the three 2007 winners of the RTE Awards for Innovation Competition at its biennial RTE Conference & Exhibition held in Vienna 13th-15th November 2007. Open to all companies utilizing UV/EB technology, the RTE Awards for Innovation Competition recognizes and encourages innovative companies which manufacture products using radiation curing technology. Entries that are eligible for the 3d Competition were to have been manufactured between 1st January 2007 and the 20th of August 2007 using UV or EB curable inks, coatings or adhesives, and/or produced in any printing, manufacturing or construction application which used radiation curing technology.In the 'Printing & Packaging'category, CREA Printing Industries (Belgium) was awarded for the development of its Presentation Box PP + 3D Lenticular. CREA's presentation box is biodegradable, makes multiple imageforming possible through 3D effects in one print run and is characterised by its functionality, duration of life and its solidity. In the 'Industrial Coatings & Adhesives'category, DELO Industrial Adhesives was honoured for the development of its OLED Sealants (UV-curing Epoxies). The abbreviation stands for "organic light-emitting diode"and describes a component made of a self-lighting array of semiconducting layers, similar to a classical LED. Three key advantages of DELO's OLED Sealants are: it meets the highest requirements regarding water and oxygen permeability, it has a very good temperature, is humidity resistance and no further heatcuring is necessary because of the fast UV-curing. In the 'Automotive & Specialty' category, Karl Wörwag Lack-und Farbenfabrik GmbG & Co. KG. won the prize for its Thermoformable UV Clearcoat for exterior application in the automotive industry. The 4th Competition will be held during the RTE Conference in 2009. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |