MacDermid continues sales and support of LAVA

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MacDermid, developer and seller of a broad range of photopolymer printing plates and processing equipment for the flexographic package printing market, has responded to the recent press release by DuPont regarding MacDermid’s ability to support its thermally processed printing plates under the trade name LAVA.


MacDermid says that it will continue to sell, support and service its entire thermal product line, including the processing equipment. The company does not anticipate the recent announcement to affect MacDermid’s LAVA customers or MacDermid’s ability and commitment to providing these products to its customers.


In related matters, as part of a 2006 photopolymer plate patent infringement law suit with DuPont, MacDermid has filed a counterclaim in an effort to curtail what MacDermid believes is inappropriate competitive activity by DuPont. In its counterclaim, MacDermid has alleged that DuPont has (i) attempted to inappropriately suppress competition, (ii) attempted monopolization of portions of the flexographic plate market, (iii) engaged in inappropriate restraint of trade, and (iv) used invalid patents to inappropriately suppress competition.


MacDermid hopes that its efforts to protect free competition in portions of the flexographic printing market will benefit the entire market, including MacDermid’s customers. ‘We will not be bullied by DuPont’s inappropriate use of market power and our legal system,’ said Michael Siegmund, president MacDermid Printing Solutions. ‘MacDermid is committed to defending its technology so that it may provide its customers with a full range of plate technologies. This allows our customers to choose which product is best for them.’