PHOTOPOLYMER NEWS

• Fuji Photo Film Co. acquires Sericol Group, a manufacturer of screen printing and inkjet inks. January 19, 2005.....Details
• BASF Printing Systems, a manufacturer of printing plates and inks separates from BASF and  forms XSYS Print Solutions after a merger with ANI Printing Inks.  May 2005...................Details
• MacDermid acquires Autotype International, a producer of specialty films for electronics and screen printing with annual sales of about $87 million.  June 14, 2005...................Details
• Rohm and Haas and JSR Corp. settle a patent litigation related to the use of ethyl lactate in photoresists....August 17, 2005.....Details
• 3D Systems plans to move its headquarters from California to South Carolina.  November 3, 2005.................... Details
• Objet Geometries introduces black photopolymer for its jetting rapid prototyping equipment. December 1, 2005......Details
• XSYS Print Solution merges with Flint Ink and forms Flint Group. January 2006..............Details
• DuPont files patent infringement lawsuit against MacDermid on US patents relating to certain thermal flexographic printing plate technology.  May 2, 2006....................Details
• InPhase Technologies receives RadTech Presidential Emerging Application Award for developing high performance holographic recording materials based on a novel class of UV cured photopolymer systems. May 16, 2006...........................Details

• Dow Corning acquires holographic assets from Aprilis.  August 14, 2006...............Details
• MacDermid is acquired by its Chairman Daniel Leever as well as private equity firms Court Square Capital Partners and Weston Presidio.  December 15, 2006...............Details
• 3D Systems introduces a hearing aid manufacturing system based on its new Film Transfer Imaging technology. April 19, 2007.....Details
• 3D Systems and 3M to co-develop rapid manufacturing methodology for the production of accurate, durable models of individual teeth and arches using SLA technology.  September 19, 2007............Details

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