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/.

CPSIA -- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Nova Pressroom Products CPSIA Statement

To Whom It May Concern,

This letter is written to address lead and phthalate compounds content in Nova Pressroom Products as it pertains to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).

Nova has performed a review of the MSDSs and specification sheets for all raw materials used to manufacture Nova products. All materials are compliant with the CPSIA guidelines with regard to the levels of lead and phthalate compounds. The threshold level of compliance for lead in printed materials that fall under the CPSIA regulation is currently 600 ppm, effective February 10, 2009, and subsequently 300 ppm, effective August 14, 2009. There are no Nova products that have a lead content greater than 0.1 ppm; therefore, the use of Nova products during the printing process would not contribute to the failure of a printed material under the proposed CPSIA testing procedures.

In addition, there are no detectable levels of phthalate compounds in any Nova product.

On January 30, 2009, The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) granted a one-year stay of enforcement for testing and certification of children’s products and toys subject to the CPSIA. The stay postpones the requirement for printers to test and certify their products against the new lead and phthalate standards. The new implementation deadline is February 10, 2010.

For more information on the CPSIA, I have included the links below that may be helpful.

http://cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html
http://www.pimn.org/about/CPSIA.htm
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsia.pdf

Ray Brady
VP Technical Services
Nova Pressroom Products

Download a copy of Nova's CPSIA Statement.

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