NovaCoat Strike-Through UV Coating System

Nova Pressroom Products is pleased to announce an industry first from Nova! It's the NovaCoat Strike-Through System: Single-Pass High Contrast Dull Varnish + UV Gloss Coating for Sheetfed Presses. The two innovative products that comprise this strike-through system are:

• Nova SP-595 Dull Varnish
• NovaCoat UV-705 Gloss UV Coating

This system is a combination of conventional dull varnish + UV gloss topcoat for sheetfed presses. This system is specially formulated to run in-line and to achieve maximum gloss contrast. When dry, both glossy and dull areas have outstanding rub resistance. Gloss contrasts of 70 points have been achieved! Because the dull varnish is applied via standard lithography, the most exacting and intricate designs can be achieved. The conventional dull varnish will not damage UV rollers.

• Works with UV or Conventional Ink Units – no need to replace rollers!
• Excellent adhesion without aqueous primer.
• Outstanding gloss contrast and rub resistance.
• Low odor.
• NovaCoat UV-705 can be used as conventional high gloss UV coating.

Contact Chuck Malspeis for more details.

N-444 Wash, N-480UV Wash, and SP-579 Plate Clean & Stor

N-444 – 50% (3.5lbs./gal. VOC) water emulsion blanket and roller wash. It is designed to replace Day/Varn Ecolo-Clean 35 which has recently been discontinued. The Nova N-444 is a similar emulsion wash product that should easily substitute for this. It is available now. The Product Data Sheet and MSDS are available on the web site. Contact Ray Brady if you have questions or need any assistance.

N-480UV Wash – A 10% VOC, Southern California Rule 1171 compliant UV Wash. Compatible with all roller materials, cleans both hybrid & UV inks.

SP-579 Plate Clean & Stor – A multi-purpose emulsion plate cleaner and preserver. It is designed to be compatible with all types of positive and negative plates. SP-579 contains effective ink solvents, desensitizers, and non-blinding gum plate preservatives to be the one all-purpose plate cleaner preservative to meet your needs.

Additional information, product sheets, MSDS’s and technical tips can be viewed on our easy-to-use NOVA website http://www.novapressroom.com/.

To contact Customer Service or a NOVA Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554.

Solvent Prices - Important Update for Our Customers

Last year, the oil price run-up caused significant disruption in the Blanket & Roller Wash market. Prices were increased to end users by an average of 42%. Nova committed to our customers that prices would be reduced as the cost of solvents came down. In the past few months, Nova has reduced its distributor prices three times. Nova was founded to provide high quality pressroom chemicals with great value. Our products still meet that test. If your customers have questions about solvent pricing or are looking for a lower cost alternative, give us a call. We’re here to help.

--Ron Rose, President

Nova Expands into Latin American Market

NOVA Pressroom Products LLC announces the appointment of Mr. Jose Colon, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, as Senior Technical Sales Representative. Mr. Colon joins this technology-based manufacturer of a full line of pressroom products as it expands into the Latin American market.

Mr. Colon brings over 22 years of technical knowledge and experience in graphic arts consumable products including film, chemicals, plates, coatings, inks and press products.

He is widely recognized throughout Central America, the Caribbean and South America as the “go-to guy” to solve a wide range of technical issues.

Ronald J. Rose, President of NOVA stated, “Adding Jose Colon to the NOVA Technical Team has empowered our plans to move into the Latin American marketplace. Jose brings a unique sales and technical background covering all areas of offset printing. He is recognized by dealers and printers in the area as an invaluable resource.”

Founded in February 2007, NOVA Pressroom Products has over 75 years of experience formulating high performance environmentally-compliant products that address problem-solving and regulatory requirement needs of printers throughout North America and Asia.

The corporate office and call center is located in Jacksonville, Florida with a 23,500 square foot manufacturing and research facility in North Jacksonville.

Additional information, product sheets, MSDS’s and technical tips can be viewed on our easy-to-use NOVA website http://www.novapressroom.com/. More new product updates and more information, be sure to visit the NOVA blog http://novapressroom.blogspot.com/. To contact Customer Service or a NOVA Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554.

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For additional information contact Ronald J. Rose toll-free at 866-443-5811 or via email to rrose@novapressroom.com or Jose Colon, Senior Technical Sales Representative at 787-998-0460 or 305-799-6460. SKYPE: jose.colon7 or via email to jcolon@novapressroom.com.

Originally published: March 10, 2009.

Nova Announces N-444 -- Low VOC Blanket and Roller Wash

Nova announces N-444, a 50% (3.5 lbs./gal. VOC) water emulsion blanket and roller wash. This is a low VOC wash for sheetfed and web presses.

A number of you have accounts that were using the Day/Varn Ecolo-Clean 35 which has recently been discontinued. The Nova N-444 is a similar emulsion wash product that should easily substitute for this product. N-444 is available now.

N-444 is a stabilized water / solvent emulsion cleaner for sheetfed and cold set web presses. It has low VOC with 3.50 lbs./gal. VOC and has a high flash point of 145°F. It contains no mineral or vegetable oil and therefore will dry and leave no oily residue. N-444 provides the benefit of a water-miscible wash while having built in low VOC to meet tough permitting requirements.

The product data sheet and MSDS are available on our web site. Contact Ray Brady if you have questions, need samples or want pricing. To contact Customer Service or a Nova Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554 or visit the website at http://www.novapressroom.com/.