When it comes to acrylic resins, the most common and widely used resins tend to be anionic. We’ve discussed in previous articles how anionic and cationic polymers differ in their properties and uses. While both are useful for paint primers and inks, anionic resins are easier to develop since there aren’t many monomers that [...]
Our water-based acrylic polymers are used for a wide variety of applications that span multiple industries. Gellner Industrial’s water-based acrylic polymers are used in many ink solutions, such as Flexographic and Gravure inks. Flexographic inks are primarily used in the process of flexography to print ink on materials such as plastic bags, newspapers, catalogues, food [...]
The world of polymers is wide and varied, with many moving parts. There are hundreds of applications for our water based acrylic polymers in a variety of fields. A polymer, simply put, is a macromolecule comprised of many smaller molecules called monomers. These molecules react among themselves chemically to form long chain or three-dimensional networks. [...]
Acrylic polymer, derived from the monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA), was first developed more than 60 years ago. Since then, formulations have extended the material's performance range, resulting in varying levels of melt flow, impact resistance, colorability, gamma recovery, and other controlled characteristics. General-purpose acrylic grades contain a comonomer, added during the polymerization process, to facilitate [...]
At Gellner Industrial, our team of experts can promote the benefits of water-based inks indefinitely. But it’s not just because we've been making the acrylics that produce them for over a quarter of a century. It’s also not because our products have served countless ink-manufacturing clients over the years. It’s because the advantages of water-based [...]
Did you know that ink was used as far back as 2500 B.C.E.? How about the fact that inks were used in such historical contexts as the Dead Sea Scrolls, William Shakespeare’s plays, and, of course, the first printing presses? Much has changed since each of those uses, particularly the way we communicate, but one [...]
