By David Savastano, Editor | November 19, 2014 Shamrock Technologies VP of sales remembered as gentleman and friend Jack Gallagher passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. He was 71. Born in Bayonne, NJ, Jack was a graduate of Bayonne High School, and served in the US Navy. In 1964, he joined [...]
By David Savastano, Editor | November 1, 2014 Waxes and additives suppliers are paying close attention to food packaging rules that are impacting ink makers. Waxes and additives play a crucial role for printing inks, from improving runnability on the press to imparting key characteristics to the finished product. Considering the ink industry has seen [...]
By Bill Neuberg, Shamrock Technologies Chairman and Technical Director Research shows PTFE film serves as the nucleation site for the crystallization of wax BY Bill Neuberg Shamrock Technologies Chairman and Technical Director In 1970, it was learned that a PTFE micropowder in combination with wax greatly increased the rub resistance of printing ink. [...]
By Dave Savastano, Editor | November 27, 2013 During the 2013 NPIRI Technical Conference, new honorees Greg Webb of MeadWestvaco, third from left, and Gerald Napiecek of Colorcon, No-Tox Products, second from right, are joined by past honorees, from left, Michael Gerkin of Kustom Group, Jon Graunke of INX International Ink, Dan DeLegge of Inksolutions, [...]
By David Savastano , Editor | May 1, 2013 Chairman and technical director of Shamrock Technologies was honored by the MNYPIA William Neuberg, chairman and technical director of Shamrock Technologies, was honored May 15, 2013 as the Metro New York Printing Ink Association’s (MNYPIA) Man of the Year, at a dinner held at the Iberia [...]
By David Savastano, Ink World Editor | January 25, 2012 Shamrock VP receives NAPIM's TAM Service Award for outstanding service to the industry While pursuing his doctorate in polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst in 1983, Joon Choo went on a series of job interviews, one of which was at [...]
By Joon Choo, Shamrock Technologies Inc. | October 14, 2009 Additives such as waxes have increasingly aided in extending the usefulness of the print or coating Editor’s Note: “Micronised PTFE in Printing Inks – A Technology Review” was presented at the Eurocoat Inkmakers Forum during the 2nd European Congress on Printing Inks, held at Nüremberg, [...]
By David Savastano, Ink World Editor | November 25, 2008 The development of new environmentally friendly technologies is helping suppliers offset higher raw material costs and the economic downturn. For manufacturers of waxes, solvents and additives, 2008 was a mixed year. On the one hand, it was challenging, as the economic downturn combined with higher raw [...]