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[March 2007]
TherMark Partners with Atomic Art to Introduce New Four-Colour Laser Decorating Process
Two of industry's laser-marking innovators have forged a partnership to help address the marketplace's need for permanent, four-colour laser decoration of hard surface materials.TherMark Holdings Inc, a leading developer of laser marking technology and materials, along with Atomic Art LLC, an innovator in multi-colour, laser decorating technology, have entered into a strategic alliance to create Permanent Impressions Inc, a distribution company focused on the laser decorating market, which will provide commercial, industrial and residential manufacturers specialising in custom decoration with a breakthrough, full-colour process to permanently mark a wide variety of surfaces. Permanent Impressions will distribute the Atomic Art(TM) laser decorating technology licences and supply the proprietary laser decorating inks developed in conjunction with TherMark. A facility with a gallery and showroom has been opened in Las Vegas to provide training for licensees in the use of this patent-pending technology.
Laser owners can now produce vibrant, permanent colour images on such hard-to-mark surfaces as granite, marble, glass, ceramic, porcelain, travertine and engineered stone. CERAM (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, England), the leading materials development, testing and analysis provider, has already conducted a series of tests to successfully determine the durability of this process technology on porcelain, ceramic and glass. Further studies on additional surfaces are in progress.
"For years, manufacturers have been asking how they can leverage their laser capabilities to permanently mark or decorate hard surfaces," said Joel Assaraf, TherMark's President and Chief Operating Officer. "This partnership allows us to be a large part of a much-needed marketplace solution while expanding the range of use for TherMark's color palette of laser marking materials."
John Cooper, President of Permanent Impressions, added: "Functionality is the element that has been missing in color decorating these surfaces, and, now, the issue is resolved. Chemically and mechanically abrasion-resistant designs and images can be permanently bonded that will meet or exceed the expectations of architects, designers and other building professionals".
Using today's most advanced laser bonding technology, Atomic Art has been successfully reproducing the look and feel of handcrafted art and photos on a variety of hard surfaces and now has multiple U.S. and foreign patent applications pending for the process technology.
www.permanentimpressions.com
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