Ultraviolet (UV) Curing is used to improve the quality of finished products while boosting productivity through substantial savings in energy, time and labor.

UV curing was developed more than 30 years ago and today is one of the most rapidly growing technologies within the coatings, graphic arts, adhesives and related industries.

Finished product manufacturers find that UV curing offers at least three outstanding benefits: environmental advantages, unique physical properties and production efficiencies.

Already the innovator for photo-initiators, now Ciba has developed a new approach for photo-triggered base catalysis. This innovative and patented methodology allows for a cure on demand of coatings obtained via base-catalyzed crosslinking mechanisms.

Based on this novel technology platform previously inaccessible, curing mechanisms allow the design of fully new resin types along with improved coating properties. On top, photolatent bases open up new opportunities
for conventional coating systems.