Shepherd Color to Exhibit at the Middle Eastern Coatings Show
The Shepherd Color Company is proud to be exhibiting at the upcoming Middle Eastern Coatings Show in Dubai, March 29-31, 2010. Shepherd Color specializes in high-performance colorants that enhance the value of coatings systems by imparting maximum colorfastness and resistance to different and extreme environments.Featured at MECS will be our line of Arctic® Infrared Reflective pigments.
Dynamix® is a second-generation “stir-in” product line. And our special effect pigments, the StarLight® product line developed using innovative MicroMirror® technology
Labels: Coatings, Trade Shows
Monday, October 12, 2009
Free online AIA Continuing Education Course
The Shepherd Color Company has renewed its program to continue to offer a free online course with AIA continuing education credit. This course is designed to help architects learn more about color choices for exterior applications and infrared reflectance technology.The course features information about the basic interaction of light, color and heat and well as describing the impact color choice can have on the environment. The course takes about 1 hour to complete for 1LU. Go to www.shepherdcolor.com/lms/ to take the course. The Shepherd Color Company is a manufacture complex inorganic color pigment including Arctic® infrared reflecting pigments that reflect the sun's infrared energy. These pigments allow the formulation of dark-colored systems that minimize heat build-up and meet Energy Star requirements for solar reflectivity.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
More Than Just Black
In 1909, Henry Ford remarked that "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." Now in 2009, Shepherd Color turns that phrase on its head by offering plethora of black pigments, which while sharing the same color, have different properties and applications. From high-heat to cool IR reflecting, from FDA approved or used as a standard for decades in industry, for durability and special applications, Shepherd Color has the black pigment for you.At the heart of Shepherd Color's black pigment offerings are CI Pigment Black 28 products that are the standard for a blue-shade, jet black with high durability and high heat (1500F) properties for use in plastics, coatings, ceramics and enamels. Black 430 is the optimal product for masstone jetness and tint strength for use in all systems. Black 30C965 is the Dynamix® easily-dispersed version for liquid systems that produces the ultimate in tint strength and easy of incorporation.
In Shepherd Color's CI Pigment Black 26 product line, we have the Black 444, Black 10C931 and Black 30C933. Each product is tailored to a specific purpose. Black 444 is the pigment of choice for high-heat (1000F) applications that need a deep, jet masstone and need to meet regulatory requirements for chrome-free formulations. Black 10C931 is the slightly less-jet product than Black 444, but is more economical. Black 30C933 is our Dynamix® easily-dispersed product for use in liquid systems where a high tint-strength, economical black pigment with good weathering is needed.
While to most people they may be the latest thing in the color black, Shepherd Color has been developing and marketing IR black pigments since the 1970s. While our offerings have evolved into products for specific needs, they all share similar absorbance in the visible for aesthetically pleasing, deep colors while reflecting in the IR for cool. A good place to start an IR reflective system is with our blue-shade, jet masstone Black 10P922 for plastics and Black 10C909A for liquid systems. Black 30C940 is our Dynamix® easily-dispersed version that is the ultimate IR Black for its ease of use. All three pigments are key to developing products that require 25% Total Solar Reflectance (TSR) values. If tints and lighter tones are required, Black 376A provides the highest tint strength of the IR blacks, with a lower TSR for its masstone. In addition to the blue-shade blacks, Black 411A provides higher TSR values, high tint strength and the warm tone needed for many building product colors. These black pigments are part of our Arctic® line of cool IR reflective pigments.
If the high temperature stability is needed beyond our other blacks pigments, our Black 10K927 (CI Pigment Black 27) is the way to go. Calcined in a kiln at over 2200F to lock in stability, in properly formulated coatings, ceramics and enamels it provides the ultimate in black pigments when the heat is on.
Of course, any discussion of our Black pigments would be incomplete without our latest offering, Black 20F944. Optimized for the deepest masstone black color and FDA approved for indirect food contact it provides the ultimate black for cookware and food handling applications.
Twelve products, six chemistries and one company that can provide them all. Besides the products listed here, we have venerable old favorites such as Black 1, which has been in continuous production since the 1920s. Please contact us about your specific application. Ford's "any colour... ...so long as it is black" a century ago gives you many more options today when you use Shepherd Color.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Advanced Products
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Shepherd Color Announces FDA Approved Black 20F944
The Shepherd Color Company is pleased to announce the introduction of a new chromium-free, high-temperature, high performance, FDA approved pigment, Black 20F944. The new black is approved for indirect food contact use by the US FDA (Food & Drug Administration). The approval covers the intended use in all polymers, including those used in high temperature cookware, at a maximum loading of 5% by weight. It also meets numerous other regulations such as AP 89.1, AS 2070, EN 71.3, BfR, CONEG, RoHS, WEEE, ELV, TCLP and the Sony List.Jet Black in color, Black 20F944 is made with a non-chromium formulation and is generally used in demanding high-temperature applications where black color and the absence of chromium are required. It has exceptional hiding power and opacity, and excellent tinting strength. It is a strong absorber of UV radiation but not degraded by UV and therefore resistance to weather and light are good. With its high heat stability (> 600°ْC or 1,100°ْF), it can be used in a variety of applications needing exceptional color durability - frying pan coatings, barbeque grills, plastic cookware, oven coatings, automotive applications such as muffler/exhaust coatings, and ceramics.Black 20F944 is a known commercially as a C. I. Pigment Black 26 colorant, also known as a complex inorganic color pigment (CICP), ceramic pigment, or mineral pigment. It and other similar pigments excel at applications where stable color is needed in extreme environments - high UV exposure, high heat systems, and some chemical resistant formulations. Black 20F944 is insoluble in virtually all solvents and resins and will not bleed or migrate. It has good lightfastness, particularly in full tone.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Shepherd Color to Exhibit at the European Coatings Show
The Shepherd Color Company is proud to be co-exhibiting at the upcoming European Coatings Show in Nurnberg, Germany, March 31 –April 2 2009– Hall 7, Stand 426. Shepherd Color specializes in high-performance colorants that enhance the value of coatings systems by imparting maximum colorfastness and resistance to different and extreme environments. At the show, the booth will be shared with Shepherd’s German distributor, Liebau, and Habich Pigments, an Austrian pigment company, which distributes Shepherd pigments in Austria.Featured at ECS will be our line of Arctic® Infrared Reflective pigments.
Dynamix® is a second-generation “stir-in” product line. And our special effect pigments, the StarLight® product line developed using innovative MicroMirror® technology
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
PRECISE® Yellow 40P140
We are proud to introduce a new color into the PRECISE® product line of extremely durable pigments designed specifically for coloring fibers and films. Yellow 40P140, CI Pigment Yellow 53 is bright yellow in color. The new pigment meets approval for FDA 21CFR 170.39, FDA 21CFR 178.3297, CONEG, RoHS 2000/95/EC, WEEE 2002/96/EC, Toy Safety EN71.3, Council of Europe AP(89)1 and the French Positive List.Yellow 40P140 is also part of the Arctic® range and can be used to minimize heat build up and reduce overall energy costs. Shepherd’s Arctic® pigments reflect the infrared portion of the Sun’s light. Because IR light contributes greatly towards heat build up, items made with Arctic® pigments reduce the temperature of products that are exposed to the sun – without sacrificing color! This can extend product life, cool interior spaces or contents, retard degradation, or mimic the spectral properties of foliage for military camouflage. Arctic® Infrared Reflective Pigments mitigate solar-induced heat build-up and the destructive events associated with it. Cool products retain color, gloss, flexibility and mechanical properties. Cool products last longer! PRECISE® Arctic® pigments are an excellent choice for outdoor applications. Fiber uses include; awnings, tents, carpeting, and furniture textiles. Uses for outdoor opaque thin films include; profiles, windows, doors, siding, marine docks and agricultural films.
