Progress in Radiation Curing Marketing AND Technology

By Jianwen Xu, Wenfang Shi

Over the past 30 years, radiation curing has achieved great progress in both market growth and technology. In 2000, the worldwide radiation curing market of coatings, inks, photoresists, adhesives, and others was estimated at over 158,000 tons with an average growth rate of over nine percent.

This paper gives a short overview of the present market and technology, and discusses market trends and technological development for radiation curable products.