ACTEGA Launches Dual Cure Soft Touch Coating for Laminate Tubes
ACTEGA, manufacturer of specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the print and packaging industry, announced the launch of, GALACRYL 89.501.14, reportedly the world’s first “soft touch” effect decorative coating for laminate tubes. The company says that its new water-based dual cure solution “solves the previous issues of long-term scratch, abrasion and stain resistance associated with soft touch effects on laminate tubes and provides manufacturers of laminate and extruded tubes with a brand-new revenue stream to diversify their business.”
The soft touch effect coating has previously been used successfully on different flexible packaging, however the company says that attempts to create an effect coating that provided both the soft texture and optimal technical production properties for laminate tubes have previously been unsuccessful. ACTEGA says it has overcome this challenge by combining an environmentally friendly, water-based dual cure varnish coating, achieving the long-term durability required of this effect on laminate tubes.