Shin Han Chemical grants tyre ink licence to Rhein Chemie

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mannheim, Germany -- South Korea's Shin Han Chemical Co. Ltd., has granted a licence to Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH for tyre tread marking inks. This allows Rhein Chemie to manufacture and sell these tyre tread marking inks using know-how from Shin Han Chemical in nearly every country around the world. Excepted are only North and South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Macao, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan and Mongolia.

Rhein Chemie markets the tyre tread marking inks under the name Rhenomark® MP. “This is the perfect addition to our solutions for the tyre industry,” said Frank Lueckgen, Executive Vice President of Rhein Chemie's Rubber Division. he added, “We have already worked with Shin Han Chemical to further develop tyre tread marking inks.”

Rhein-Chemie said the inks are water-based and offer good covering power, brilliance, bonding strength and water resistance. The ink also boasts a very short drying time for a water-based product, which means that the production process does not need to be modified.

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Press release from Rhein-Chemie