Patents (continued)

The UltraKote® System

In 1995, Amalgamated was granted U.S Patent #5,384,160 for a method to apply a waterbase coating composition in a printing process.  The technology was introduced as the Ultra-Kote Coating Processing system.  In 1997 the technology was licensed to S.C. Johnson Wax to form the Claris Division.  The system was recognized by Who's Who in Packaging Printing and is now being marketed in Europe and Japan.

 
The benefits of utilizing the system are numerous and include:

• Providing a temperature controlled coating recirculation system that maintains viscosity at a predetermined and optimized level
 
• Coating weight is consistent throughout the entire run from start to finish, eliminating the need for press-side readjustments in application.

• Consistency in abrasion and gloss levels  
  
• Increased coating mileage       

The Ultra-Kote processing delivery system and its uniquely formulated coating technology IS GUARANTEED to deliver more coating mileage per square inch of image area; a patented feature that cannot be duplicated with today’s coating formulas and application methods.