Sherwood Technology enters licensing agreement with Rad-Cure

Sherwood Technology, the color change specialist, has announced a collaboration with Rad-Cure, the ultra-violet curable coatings, adhesives and specialty inks manufacturer. The agreement sees Rad-Cure marketing a range of inks produced from Sherwood's patented color-change chemistry, DataLase, via a non-exclusive supply license agreement. The agreement will enable the New Jersey based company to make DataLase branded inks available to their global market, as part of a total printing and marking solution to a wide range of market sectors including pharmaceutical and food and beverage applications, labels, flexible packaging, paper and board packaging.
Rad-Cure serves diverse markets with its range of printing inks including labeling, glass decorating, graphic arts, automotive, telecommunications and high performance industrial coatings, making it a perfect partner for Sherwood Technology. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will add significant value through a combination of Sherwood's expertise in laser responsive color change chemistry and Rad-Cure's experience ofmanufacturing inks, coatings and adhesives.
"This agreement will enable us to combine the DataLase chemistry with our specialized ink manufacturing technology and global infrastructure to offer a total marking solution to our wide range of clients", comments Jim Wittig, vice president of Rad-Cure.
"With Rad-Cure's commitment to customer satisfaction and success, plus its expertise in the inks market, the company is ideally placed to bring DataLase to a wider market," comments Trevor Wilson, Commercial Director of Sherwood.
DataLase combines chemistry, substrate conversion and laser energy, using very low power laser light for the high speed printing of images. DataLase is a precise, non-contact alternative to traditional printing methods, providing an infinite array of solutions, for example virtual labelling, anti-counterfeiting and graphics. It is completely flexible and is equally suitable for metal decoration, flexible packaging, paper, board and plastics.