Immediate Release, PR 99-12
Contacts:
David Snyder, Chair,Govt. Affairs, 301-527-2660
Gary Cohen,Executive Director, 301-664-8408

GREEN TECHNOLOGY SETS

NEW POLLUTION PREVENENTION BENCHMARK

UV PROCESS NAMED "BEST" IN SCREEN PRINTING APPLICATIONS

Bethesda, MD--The nation's most stringent air quality district, the Southern California South Coast Air Quality Management District (or SCAQMD), has once again designated a UV/EB curing technology as a "Best Available Control Technology," or BACT.

BACT is a concept used by environmental regulators to ensure that companies utilize cleaner technologies. UV (ultraviolet), EB (electron beams) and visible light, can instantly "cure" or dry specially formulated inks, coatings, and adhesives. This pollution prevention technology does not generate the air pollution and waste generated by traditional methods, making industrial processes more efficient. UV/EB is used widely to protect, decorate or bond items including fiber optics, CDs/DVDs, credit cards, wood products, beverage cans, food packaging, magazine covers, and medical and automotive parts.

"While this determination is based on certain applications, it can be viewed as a possible benchmark for any screen printing operation," says David Snyder, Chair of RadTech Government Affairs. "In fact, the use of UV in screen printing--as well as in other technologies--is already growing rapidly. It is not just because of the environmental benefits that firms are switching, however" according to Snyder, "but also because of the technology's superior quality, rapid throughput and cost benefits."

"Now, with the addition of UV as a BACT option, end users have a 'pollution prevention' alternative to meet BACT standards," says RadTech President Paul Elias. "From our point of view UV/EB is an option that allows end users to meet regulatory requirements, but is not necessarily a universal solution. At the same time, this unique high tech process has already been implemented in thousands of applications, by improving products and even allowing the development of new ones--we welcome SCAQMD's further recognition."

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