Penn Color Inc. announced the launch of its new Astrad™ portfolio of dispersions. With its broad range of applications – automotive, architectural, and industrial – this portfolio demonstrates Penn Color’s commitment to providing solutions for the ever-evolving coatings industry. 

“As the coating industry has evolved, most new product developments have had to choose between performance or compatibility. Astrad™ overcomes this contradiction, with new systems delivering both superior color performance and wider compatibility, benefiting both the end-products and the manufacturing processes,” says Phil Adams, Business Director, Industrial Coatings.

Astrad™ is the new product portfolio of water-based, solvent-based, and UV dispersions, which includes four different series:

• Astrad-WB is a low-no VOC, APEO free, binder free, water-based pigment dispersion. Astrad-WB offers high pigment loading, tight tolerances of shade and color for exact color reproduction, wide product compatibility.
• Astrad-UV is available in 100% solids in a variety of monomer systems. Astrad-UV is a sustainable solution, offering low energy curing, wide compatibility, and various degrees of functionality to ensure optimal performance.
• Astrad-IS is available as a broadly compatible acrylic resin system, with high pigment loading and optimal rheological properties. Astrad-IS can be used for universal tinting of solvent based industrial coatings.
• Astrad-AUTO is available in a wide variety of single pigment dispersions covering the spectrum of automotive grade colors, with high chroma and crystal-clear transparency. Astrad-AUTO provides the highest level of flexibility for the paint formulators, with both solvent and water-borne dispersions. Astrad-AUTO can be used in both basecoats and mid-coats, for dynamic color effects.

“Our customers are hungry for innovative solutions, so we’re answering the call with both new and existing dispersions,” concludes Adams.