In Remembrance of Chuck Malspeis

To all of our friends and associates:

Many of you have heard that our dear friend and colleague, Chuck Malspeis, died from drowning, while snorkeling in Costa Rica on Friday while on his honeymoon. Words cannot express the loss that his wife, Momi, the family, and all of us are feeling.

Chuck was the heart and Soul of Nova. It was his dream to build a successful company with the people he loved and that loved him. The creation of our company was largely due to his vision, passion and inspiration, and his incredibly diligent hours of work to make it all happen.

Chuck was one of the foremost formulators of aqueous coatings in the printing industry and loved working with the distributors, sales people and customers.

Chuck will be missed more than we can express. As he would want, we will all strive very hard to make sure that his dream of Nova will continue and thrive to meet his high expectations.

Chuck graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and has a Masters in Business Administration from University of Cincinnati. He was a diehard Buckeye.

We thank you all for the compassion you have shown and the kind thoughts and prayers.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 25 @ 11AM at the Avondale United Methodist Church, 1651 Talbot Ave. Jacksonville Florida 32205 (904-389-1175)

In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the Avondale United Methodist Church – Roof Raising Fund.

--Ron Rose
--Ray Brady

Ask the Wizard Chuck Malspeis for Help

Yes, you can talk directly to one of the Wizards of Nova, the Wizard Chuck Malspeis. Get the technical help that you need.

Meet Chuck Malspeis, he is a bit of an expert in the field of Aqueous Coatings and UV Coatings for the Graphic Arts printing industry.

Chuck Malspeis has formulated, technically supported and serviced Graphic Arts aqueous and UV coatings for over 20 years.

Chuck heads up the Coating Group at Nova Pressroom Products headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

He is responsible for the NovaCoat Aqueous and UV product line which includes unique new products like Soft Touch Matte Aqueous and Strike-Through UV Coatings.

Chuck understands the coating environment, so if you need help or advice for an inline or offline application, have questions about anilox rollers or UV lamps, you can ask Chuckfor help!

For the past 20 years, Chuck has been assisting printers with the technical rigors of aqueous and UV coating. Whether it has to do with adhesion, dry speed, blocking/offsetting, rub resistance, cure rates or foaming, Chuck has worked with hundreds of printers to find practical solutions to their production challenges.

Have you got a coatings question about:

• Adhesion
• Blocking/Offsetting/Picking
• Cure
• Dry speed
• Foaming
• Gloss
• Recoatability
• Rub resistance

Check out the Wizard of Nova, Chuck Malspeis!

Nova Pressroom Products Enters Aqueous Coating Licensing Agreement With Lubrizol

PRESS RELEASE

Jacksonville, FL, December 21, 2009 – Ronald J. Rose, President of Nova Pressroom Products LLC [Nova] announces an agreement with Lubrizol to license select aqueous coating formulas for the Graphic Arts Industry. “We are very excited to offer printers a seamless transition of their aqueous coatings.” said Mr. Rose. "Lubrizol has excellent technology and a loyal customer base. We have heard from many printers they would prefer not to re-qualify a new coating and risk customer dissatisfaction by switching to another manufacturer’s coating. For coatings being discontinued by Lubrizol, purchasing a Lubrizol-licensed coating from Nova gives them peace of mind."

"We feel the agreement complements our existing Aqueous Coating manufacturing capability. We are mirroring the Lubrizol formulas in every way possible, right down to using the same raw material suppliers used in making the products. Chuck Malspeis, Technical Manager for Nova Coatings is overseeing production and QC to make sure coatings from our Jacksonville, FL facility match Lubrizol’s."

Printers are welcome to call us for pricing, sample qualification or to place orders on performance guarantee.

Nova Pressroom Products is a full line manufacturer of pressroom chemicals including water-based coatings, UV coatings, fountain solutions and press washes.

Contact:

Ronald J. Rose
Nova Pressroom Products LLC
1663 McDuff Ave N
Jacksonville, FL 32254
toll-free: 866.443.5811
fax: 904.292.2665
rrose@novapressroom.com
website: www.novapressroom.com

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.

New Product :: NovaCoat UV-701 -- Nova Digital UV Coating

Nova Pressroom Products announces a new product NovaCoat UV-701, a Digital UV Coating.

NovaCoat UV-701 is used to coat digitally printed (toner based) images either inline or on an offline coater.

Key features are no odor, high gloss and a writable surface.

It is packaged in 5 gallon pails or 55 gallon drums. One gallon customer sample sizes are also available.

To contact Customer Service or a Nova Technical Staff member call 904-292-2554 or visit the website at http://www.novapressroom.com/.