New Rycoline coating offers leather-like feel

Sheetfed packaging, commercial and POP printers can now provide their customers with a new coating texture as a cost-effective product offering with Rycoline's Diamond Coat Soft Touch coating, a new special effect coating that imparts a unique rubbery, leather-like feel with a matte appearance to printed and unprinted materials.

In addition to its physical properties, the Soft Touch coating is applied in-line through the aqueous coating tower and does not require secondary or offline treatment as required if using a UV matte coating. This feature improves turnaround time, job costs, and lowers labor and handling costs. Soft Touch is a zero VOC aqueous coating with a viscosity of 18-22 seconds.

’Our customers are looking for innovative solutions that also help to cut down on printing costs,’ said Mark DeSandre, vice president, strategic accounts, Rycoline division, Sun Chemical. ‘The leather-like feel of this Soft Touch coating not only expands what is currently out on the coatings market, it is a perfect example of innovations that Sun Chemical invests in to bring true value and cost savings to customers.’