David Savastano, Editor11.13.20
Kacy Schultz, technical manager paste applications lab, Sun Chemical and the 2020 NAPIM Technical Achievement Award recipient, has been a major force in the company’s energy curing operations.
Being offered a position by Chuck Brady to work in Sun Chemical’s newly established National Energy Curable Lab in 1993 proved to be one of the key highlights that Schultz pointed to in receiving the prestigious award.
“At the time, I had the choice to continue learning solvent and water flexo, but I was excited to join the new growing field of energy curable inks,” she said.
Among her many accomplishments, Schultz formulated hybrid sheetfed inks with the Carlstadt technical team for UV curing applications, developed UV inks that have adhesion properties for printing on many different plastics and point of purchase displays, and developed many UV ink systems for printing on pre-formed plastic containers and tubes.
In addition, Schultz applied color systems and
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