Special effect solutions for the graphic arts industry - Eckart
Special effect solutions for the graphic arts industry - Eckart
Special effect solutions for the graphic arts industry - Eckart
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<strong>Special</strong> <strong>effect</strong> <strong>solutions</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> <strong>industry</strong>
ECKART is a member of ALTANA<br />
Business activities<br />
ALTANA is a specialty chemicals company focusing on surface protection and refinement in <strong>the</strong> broadest sense. Its product<br />
range encompasses additives, <strong>effect</strong> pigments, special coatings, sealants and casting compounds, impregnating resins, as well<br />
as measuring and testing instruments. Our products are used in <strong>the</strong> manufacture of paints and coatings that are employed<br />
in a wide spectrum of applications. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, our products are used in packaging materials, electrical and electronic<br />
components, plastics and cosmetics.<br />
Business divisions and product portfolio<br />
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· Paint additives<br />
· Plastics additives<br />
· Measuring and<br />
testing instruments<br />
· Coatings<br />
· Graphic <strong>arts</strong><br />
· Cosmetics<br />
· Plastics<br />
· Technical applications<br />
· Primary insulation<br />
· Secondary insulation<br />
· Electronic and engineering<br />
materials<br />
· Converting<br />
specialties<br />
· Graphic <strong>arts</strong>
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ECKART – Innovative leader in special<br />
<strong>effect</strong> <strong>solutions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> <strong>industry</strong><br />
Since 1876 ECKART has used ambition and passion to design and manufacture metallic pigments.<br />
Building on this foundation ECKART is today <strong>the</strong> world‘s leading supplier of metallic and pearlescent pigments as well<br />
as <strong>effect</strong> printing inks.<br />
ECKART products serve many industries such as <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong>, paint & coatings, plastics, cosmetics and functional<br />
applications.<br />
ECKART today, as a proud member of ALTANA AG family, stands continuously <strong>for</strong> what is familiar to our customers:<br />
best expertise in <strong>effect</strong> pigments, top quality and innovation.<br />
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ECKART – A global player<br />
ECKART serves <strong>the</strong> global market<br />
out of regional production sites and sales organisations<br />
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Production/Sales<br />
Distribution centers<br />
Distribution
Production/Sales<br />
· ECKART Germany – Guentersthal (HQ), Wackersdorf<br />
· ECKART Pigments, KY – Pori, Finland<br />
· ECKART Suisse – Vétroz, Switzerland<br />
· ECKART America Corp. – Painesville, Ohio, USA<br />
· ECKART America Corp. – Louisville, Kentucky, USA<br />
· ECKART Zhuhai – Zhuhai, China<br />
Distribution centres<br />
· ECKART UK Ltd.<br />
· ECKART Benelux B.V.<br />
· ECKART France S.A.<br />
· ECKART Italia S.r.l.<br />
· ECKART de Mexico S.R.L. de C.V.<br />
· ECKART Asia Ltd.<br />
· BYK Korea<br />
· BYK Japan<br />
Distribution<br />
· In many o<strong>the</strong>r countries ECKART is represented<br />
by selected distribution partners<br />
· Please find your local contact<br />
on our web side www.eckart.net<br />
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ECKART – Markets and customers<br />
Route to market<br />
ECKART provides impressive <strong>solutions</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> all printing systems<br />
Shiny metallic print media, highlights on packaging <strong>for</strong> high-quality investment goods, reflective or foil-like <strong>effect</strong>s on labels<br />
previously only achieved in <strong>the</strong> <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> <strong>industry</strong> using metalised substrates or transfer foils.<br />
ECKART offers products <strong>for</strong> all major printing techniques such as gravure, flexo, screen, offset, tower coater, dusting and now<br />
also digital.<br />
Our products are available in all chemistries (oil, water, UV-curing, solvent) and are supplied into typical market segments such<br />
as folding carton, flexible packaging <strong>for</strong> film & paper, gift wrap, corrugated board, labels <strong>for</strong> wet glue & self adhesive substrates,<br />
wallpaper, tissue, magazines etc.<br />
Our channel to market is through our ink company partners whose logistics and service support fur<strong>the</strong>r enhances our value<br />
offerings to printers and end-users.<br />
Additionally, upstream marketing activity (e.g. Business development at brand owners and specifiers) is critical <strong>for</strong> us to<br />
understand market requirements and trends as well as to validate our value propositions.<br />
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Designer,<br />
Advertising Agents<br />
OEM<br />
(Presses, Substrates etc.)<br />
End user marketing<br />
Brand owners<br />
Printers<br />
Ink Manufacturers<br />
Sales & supply
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ECKART – Markets and customers<br />
Leading brands<br />
As number one partner <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> printing <strong>industry</strong>, our<br />
experience is based on many years in developing an<br />
outstanding portfolio of ready mixed inks, concentrates,<br />
pellets and powders.<br />
Our brands are recognised as global printing standards:<br />
foil-like liquid<br />
silver inks<br />
pearlescent pigment<br />
inks<br />
brilliant liquid<br />
metallic inks<br />
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high brilliant<br />
offset inks<br />
dispersions <strong>for</strong> foil-like<br />
silver <strong>effect</strong>s<br />
concentrates <strong>for</strong> foil-like<br />
silver <strong>effect</strong>s<br />
pearlescent pigments bronze pigments <strong>for</strong><br />
liquid inks<br />
dispersions <strong>for</strong> high brilliant<br />
silver <strong>effect</strong>s<br />
rainbow <strong>effect</strong><br />
liquid silver inks<br />
high brilliant<br />
liquid silver inks<br />
brilliant offset inks<br />
digital <strong>effect</strong> inks foil-like<br />
liquid gold inks<br />
metal pigment pellets<br />
dispersions/concentrates <strong>for</strong><br />
brilliant metallic <strong>effect</strong>s<br />
bronze pigments <strong>for</strong><br />
offset inks<br />
STANDART ®<br />
bronze and<br />
aluminium pigments
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ECKART – Offering more<br />
Upstream Marketing activities<br />
Our objective is to create value by expanding <strong>the</strong> market<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>effect</strong> pigments and printing inks.<br />
Upstream Marketing was implemented by ECKART <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> many years ago to generate awareness of <strong>the</strong> groups products<br />
by brand owner‘s, packaging influencers / designers and o<strong>the</strong>r supply chain partners.<br />
Interaction with <strong>the</strong>se groups, quickly achieved <strong>the</strong> aim of promoting metallic and o<strong>the</strong>r printed <strong>effect</strong>s at major companies<br />
such as Unilever, P & G, Coca Cola, Colgate / Palmolive, Beiersdorf, Diageo and many more. ECKART has continued to invest<br />
in this important strategic area. The company now has a global team in place working specifically at <strong>the</strong> brand owner / brand<br />
specifier interface.<br />
Additionally, ECKART is focusing on o<strong>the</strong>r strategic partners such as press manufactures, substrate suppliers, plate and<br />
cylinder manufacturers, colour specifiers etc. to better understand market requirements and consequently improve our product<br />
offering.<br />
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ECKART – Offering more<br />
Product design and innovation<br />
Innovation <strong>for</strong> our customers<br />
is <strong>the</strong> key <strong>for</strong> our future success.<br />
ECKART is in motion constantly and we are always looking <strong>for</strong> new and intelligent products. We invest in necessary resources,<br />
competence and technology. ECKART as a member of ALTANA is committed to reinvest 6 percent of its revenue in Product<br />
Development and R&D.<br />
ECKART has dedicated resources <strong>for</strong> pigment R&D and printing ink developments.<br />
Our integrated value chain as well as <strong>the</strong> close cooperation between ECKART Pigment and Ink R&D allows us to be always<br />
an idea ahead and provide <strong>the</strong> market with unique <strong>solutions</strong>.<br />
Entire value chain controlled by ECKART<br />
Primary<br />
Metal<br />
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Atomizing Factory Milling Factory Chemical Factory Ink Factory<br />
Atomizing/<br />
Classifying<br />
Powder<br />
Milling/<br />
Classifying<br />
Pigment<br />
Coating<br />
High-<br />
Tech<br />
Pigment<br />
Mixing/<br />
Formulation<br />
Press-<br />
Ready<br />
Ink
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ECKART – Offering more<br />
Technical Support & Service<br />
ECKART globally supports <strong>the</strong> <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> <strong>industry</strong><br />
with services that are consistently tailored to customer<br />
requirements.<br />
Our modern in-house printing press facilities including a 3 unit gravure / flexo press and a 2 unit offset press enhances our<br />
technical offering. These facilities are also available to our customers and partners.<br />
Regional technical service laboratories in Germany, USA and China help us to support our customers based on founded<br />
knowledge on top of leading-edge technology.<br />
State of <strong>the</strong> art analytical equipment (REM & EDAX, GC-MS, C-Anaylse, AAS, HPLC, IR etc.) supports our service offering and<br />
enables us to provide complete <strong>solutions</strong> <strong>for</strong> specific requirements.<br />
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ECKART – Environment, health & safety<br />
Environmental obligations<br />
and ecological intelligence<br />
The development of products and production processes which are more environ mentally friendly is a key component of<br />
ECKART‘S corporate philosophy – <strong>the</strong> conscientious way we use resources is part of our identity and <strong>for</strong>ms <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>for</strong> our<br />
global technology leadership and we adhere to an environment management system according to DIN ISO 14001. Preserving<br />
natural resources, reducing environmental pollution and an open in<strong>for</strong>mation policy addressing partners and public concerns<br />
contribute to making our actions clearly transparent.<br />
SuperEco<br />
ECKART is committed to developing state-of–<strong>the</strong>-art products <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>graphic</strong> <strong>arts</strong> <strong>industry</strong> that deliver maximum per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
and quality while minimizing potential impact to <strong>the</strong> environment and human health.<br />
Under <strong>the</strong> umbrella of <strong>the</strong> SuperEco designation ECKART brings toge<strong>the</strong>r a range of environmentally improved products,<br />
such as mineral oil reduced / mineral oil free <strong>for</strong>mulations based on more sustainable raw materials to ink systems with<br />
optimised migration <strong>effect</strong> to protect health and safety.<br />
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ECKART GmbH<br />
Guentersthal 4<br />
91235 Hartenstein<br />
Germany<br />
Tel +49 9152 77-0<br />
Fax +49 9152 77-7008<br />
info.eckart@altana.com<br />
www.eckart.net<br />
ECKART America Corporation<br />
830 East Erie Street<br />
Painesville, Ohio 44077<br />
USA<br />
Tel +1 440 954 7600<br />
Fax +1 440 354 6224<br />
Toll-free 800-556 1111<br />
info.eckart.america.oh@altana.com<br />
www.eckart.net<br />
ECKART Asia Ltd.<br />
12/F, Asia Orient Tower<br />
33 Lockhart Road, Wanchai<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Tel +852 2926 2932<br />
Fax +852 2882 5366<br />
info.eckart.asia@altana.com<br />
www.eckart.net<br />
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