Printcolor and H.W. Sands Corp., the company’s American partner in the card sector, end their cooperation by August 13, 2014. Printcolor will serve its customers in North and South America directly until further notice.
After a change in management, the American dye manufacturer H.W. Sands Corp. decided to not renew the contract with the Swiss printing inks manufacturer Printcolor after its expiration. They will assume direct responsibility for European sales in the future. For this reason H.W. Sands ended the partnership as of August 13, 2014.
Over the past five years, Printcolor has been the sole distributor for the IR-absorbing dyes of H.W. Sands in Europe with great success. At its headquarters in Berikon (Switzerland), Printcolor incorporated the IR dyes into a specially developed screen printing binder and supplied customers with print-ready IR Blocking Ink.
In return, H.W. Sands has been responsible for the exclusive distribution of the spectraCARD product range of Printcolor in North and South America. The extensive spectraCARD range offers manufacturers a large selection of decorative, functional and security-related printing inks for PVC and polycarbonate card systems.
Customers in North and South America who have previously obtained Printcolor products via H.W. Sands will now be supplied and served directly from Switzerland until further notice. For details and questions, please contact the Printcolor sales team by email at sales@printcolor.ch.
1st September, 2014