About Eastman Graphic Arts - Europe

Company Description

Recognized as the industry leader for technological innovations, Lawter® Graphic Arts Technologies is celebrating its 63rd year of service to the printing ink industry. The 1999 merger of Lawter International with Eastman Chemical Company strengthened its position as a global supplier to the printing ink industry.

Taking another step in identifying the company throughout the global marketplace, Lawter International became Eastman Resins, Inc. in July, 2002. The Lawter brand, symbolizing product innovation and leadership, continues to represent the product line. Eastman Resins remains dedicated to innovating new products to meet the ever-changing needs of the graphic arts market.

Markets Served

Research & Development and sales teams work very intimately with ink chemists, purchasing agents, and managers of ink companies from around the globe in every conceivable discipline related to the printing ink industry.

Technologies

Eastman Resins specializes in the manufacture of printing ink vehicles for web fed and sheetfed applications. Areas of expertise include rosin based, hydrocarbon and polyamide resins for past and liquid inks; micronized waxes and wax compounds; solid and liquid acrylic resins and sulfo-polyesters for waterbased flexographic and gravure ink systems, and specialty additives for paste, liquid and UV curable ink systems.

Technical Services

With more than 350 years of combined R&D experience, Lawter Graphic Arts Technologies provides a steady stream of new and exciting products to keep pace with the ever-growing demands placed on the printing ink industry.

Facilities

Since 1995, the company has invested more than $150 million for new facilities and modernization for the printing ink industry. The goal of these facilities, located at Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin; Kallo, Belgium; and NanPing, China, is to provide product innovation and on-time delivery of high-quality raw materials for the global ink market.

Major Products

• Flex-Rez® Resins – A full range of polyamide resins designed to meet and exceed he liquid ink formulator’s requirements.

• Hydro-Rez® Resins – Acrylic resins, solid, solution, and emulsion polymers for water-based gravure and flexographic inks and overprint varnishes.

• Eastek® Resins – Sulfopolyester resins, dispersions and emulsions for water-based flexo and gravure inks and overprint varnishes.

• Krumbhaar® Resins – Rosin esters and specialty resins to meet a wide range of industry application needs.

• Ultra-Rez® Resins – Phenolic modified rosin esters to allow maximum formulation flexibility.

• Alpha-Rez® Resins – Modified and hybrid hydrocarbon resins that allow maximum performance at reasonable economics.

Reader enquiries

Eastman Chemical Company
Fascinatio Boulevard 602-614
2909 VA Capelle a/d IJssel

Netherlands

+31 10 240 23 17

odette@​eastman.com