Award-Winning Keyboard Uses MacDermid Autotype Film
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, February 5, 2007 - MacDermid Autotype, a leading manufacturer of advanced films and chemicals for the screen printing industry, is supplying one of Europe's leading keyboard manufacturers with a film that enables its award-winning products to perform under demanding environmental conditions.
MacDermid Autotype's Autotex film allows industrial and computer keypads produced by Germany-based Hoffmann+Krippner to be used in areas with high levels of dust or humidity. The high quality, 0.006-inch structured film, consisting of a polyester base and a flexible, chemically bonded UV-cured coating, was developed to withstand continuous use in harsh operating environments where it resists mechanical stress, chemicals and cleaning agents.
"Autotex is ideally suited for the touch-sensitive lens-shaped key tips that comprise the Hoffmann+Krippner keyboards," explained Neil Bolding, MacDermid Autotype business support manager. "It lends itself perfectly to creating raised, optically clear tips that have excellent mechanical characteristics and provide superior tactile response for applications where large volumes of data are being entered."
In recognition of the new keyboards' features and aesthetic qualities, Hoffman +Krippner recently won a prestigious "red dot" award from Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany-based organizers of the largest worldwide product design competition.
About MacDermid Autotype
MacDermid Autotype is the leading global innovator, designer, developer and manufacturer of specialized coating technology for films used in applications, including: touch and vision systems, membrane switches, Film Insert Molding (FIM) products for the automotive, telecommunications and domestic appliances sector. Utilizing precision coating technology, MacDermid Autotype transforms and enhances the performance of films for many high technology and demanding applications.
In recent years MacDermid Autotype has brought screen printing to new levels of control and repeatability, reinforcing benefits for new applications such as flexible circuit printing, DVD and industrial glass printing. Most recently, it launched hard coated films with antimicrobial protection for cleaner critical surface applications, and diffuser and anti-reflection films for use in flat panel displays.
The company is part of Denver, Colorado-based MacDermid Inc., a leading supplier of offset blanket, flexo plates and Colorspan ink jet printers and supplies.
For more information, visit www.macdermidautotype.com, email pressrelations@macdermidautotype.com, call 847-303-5900, or write to Neil Bolding, MacDermid Autotype Inc., 2050 Hammond Dr., Schaumburg, IL 60173.
