HAT: Hartness-Inks™ Press Conference at Interpack 2008.

WHERE: Messe Duesseldorf, CCD South, Room 15

WHEN: Monday, 28th April 2008, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

INFO: Hartness-Inks, a Hartness International business unit, is pleased to invite you to a press conference at Interpack on Monday, 28th April 2008. Bernard McPheely, CEO of Hartness International, will address the following during the press conference: Uvalear™ : Hartness-Inks’ new proprietary ink technology provides an economic and ecological option for glass package design. The new packaging solution enables manufacturers to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex and competitive global marketplace. Uvaclear ink is designed for printing directly onto glass using high speed screen printing machines producing up to 200 bottles per minute. Cured instantly by ultraviolet light, bottles can be handles immediately after printing for increased production efficiency.

The new ink delivers brightly defined label colors and images without impacting the environment, yet is as durable as Applied Ceramic Labels (ACL), sleeves and paper labels.McPheely will introduce Uvaclear and the major benefits to consumer brand manufacturers, including:

- Greater shelf impact.
-Sustainable properties to help manufacturers’ meet sustainable goals.
-Economic savings due to low energy usage, improved line speeds and reduced ink usage.
-Design on demand capabilities for running short promotional runs and commemorative designs
-Durability to protect and maintain image quality and label integrity.
-Ease of use through a one component ink that can be handled immediately after discharged from printing machine.