Applications

Colorants for Resin

NUBIAN® colors and OIL colors were developed for coloring plastics, and because of their high quality, such as strong light and heat resistance they are relied upon throughout the world. These products are highly compatible with resin giving beauty and transparency that are unattainable with pigments. NUBIAN® colors, which are for engineering plastics, and OIL colors, which have wide-ranging usages because of their superior coloring properties. “NIGROSINE,” an organic black dye manufactured using dye synthesis technology, can be used for the coloring of resins, inks and paints.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Phenol	NIGROSINE Base Series
Polyamide	NUBIAN® Color Series
Polycarbonate	OIL Color Series
Polystyrene	OPLAS® Color Series
ABS
Acrylic Resin

Colorants for Coating

VALIFAST® colors are produced utilizing azo-metal complex and dye-salt compound technology. They are top-of-the-line products for SPIRIT colors due to their superior lightfastness, heat resistance and solubility. They are also used in various types of coating materials because of their superior sublimation and bleed resistance.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Film Coating Ink	VALIFAST® Color Series
Gravure Ink

Colorants for Paint

OIL colors, which are oil soluble dyes featuring bright color, are used for coloring paint, gasoline, shoe polish, etc. VALIFAST® colors, which have excellent solubility and impart brilliant color in solvents, are used for wood stain and leather paints applied as the top coating materials.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Wood Stain	OIL Color Series
Leather Products	VALIFAST® Color Series
Solvent Borne Paint
Automotive Refinish Paint

Colorants for Writing

OIL colors and VALIFAST® colors are oil and spirit soluble dyestuffs. WATER colors are water soluble and are available in a wide range of hues.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Oil Based ink for ballpoint pens	OIL Color Series
Water based ink for ballpoint pens	VALIFAST® Color Series
Oil based marker pens	WATER Color Series
Water based marker pens	MICROPIGMO® Series
Gel ink	BONJET® Black Series
Ink for fountain pens
Ink for Whiteboards

Charge Control Agent for Electro-photographic Toners

The BONTRON® series was developed with due attention being paid to the electrical characteristics of dyes. They are used to effectively control the electrification property of toners that are used with electro-photography equipment, such as copying machines and laser beam printers. The products have a significant market share throughout the world and come with a lineup of various products for different usages, such as the N and the P series for a positive charge, and the S, the E and the X series for a negative charge.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Toners for electro-photographic equipment	BONTRON® Series
Powder-form paint

Colorants for Inkjet

BONJET® Series and Micropigmo® Series are pigment dispersions. The NIGROSINE Series, OIL Colors, VALIFAST® Colors are suitable for solvent based inkjet. The WATER Series is suitable for water based inkjet.

Principal Uses	Product Line
Office automation type inkjet printers	BONJET® Black Series
Industrial inkjet printers	MICROPIGMO® Series
	NIGROSINE Base Series
	OIL Color Series
	VALIFAST® Color Series
	WATER Color Series

Laser Transmission Welding

eBind® is the newly developed colorant for Laser Transmission Welding (LTW). A laser beam transmits through the transmission layer and changes into heat at the interface of the transmission and absorbent layer. The heat of the beam works to weld the two layers into one part.

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