DeCopier Introduces New De-inking Chemical DCT-4 That Will Enable Mills to Use Secondary Fibers Containing UV-Cured Prints.Business Editors LAWRENCE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001 DeCopier Technologies, Inc., a developer of award-winning advanced de-inking chemical products for pulp and paper mill markets worldwide, is proud to announce their newest line of advanced de-inking chemical formulation that targets recyclable secondary fibers containing UV-cured inks. The DCT-4 is the one and only commercially available product for removal of UV-cured inks. The product will be ready for commercial sale in May 2001. UV-cured inks which are quickly replacing conventional graphic inks by commercial printers for printing glossy marketing collateral Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales, is the collection of media used to support the sales of a product or service. These sales aids are intended to make the sales effort easier and more effective. for food packaging boxes, are routinely getting rejected by pulp and de-inking mills due to the lack of a technically feasible de-inking solution to remove them from paper fibers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent survey by Business Communication Group, by year 2010, nearly 80 percent of the commercially printed material will contain some form of UV-cured prints, thus posing a threat to the quantity of high-quality recyclable secondary fibers available for pulp and paper making. According to Ralph Cutter, Technical Director at Erving Paper Mills, Inc., paper mills routinely reject the feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing containing UV-cured inks because of the lack of a commercially available de-inking formulation. "With DCT-4, we can now recapture recapture n. in income tax, the requirement that the taxpayer pay the amount of tax savings from past years due to accelerated depreciation or deferred capital gains upon sale of property. (See: income tax) RECAPTURE, war. the high-quality, low-cost secondary fibers that have UV-inks on them," said Mr. Cutter. With DCT-4, pulp and paper mills can now have access to the wider range of low-cost, high-quality secondary fibers. The potential for significant savings to the paper mill including utilizing lower cost feedstock typically accounts for 35% of the mills' operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . DCT-4 de-inks UV/EB containing prints of all qualities. The chemical formulation can be added with de-inking chemicals as a cocktail and does not react with other de-inking chemicals and has no additive effects additive effect n. An effect in which two substances or actions used in combination produce a total effect the same as the sum of the individual effects. on the process effluents. "Previously unacceptable secondary fiber such as UV-cured inks, which were destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the landfill, can now be recovered and utilized efficiently in the paper making process. Thus reducing the burden on the environment and the limited municipal landfill resource," says Charles C. Wemyss, President of DeCopier Technologies, Inc. About DeCopier Technologies: Headquartered in Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts on the Merrimack River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,043. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. , DeCopier is the developer of a patented breakthrough de-inking chemical formulation and technology for the terminal recycled paper, packaging, and document security industries worldwide. Currently, the Company is working with USA and Mexican pulp and paper mills to test-market the products. For more information, please contact the company at 978-691-1110 or visit the website: www.decopier.com. |
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