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Jotun Group Partners with Datacolor® for Fast and Accurate Colour Formulation
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otun selects the powerful and accurate Datacolor Match Pigment Software in all production facilities worldwide. Datacolor®, a global leader in colour management solutions and colour communication technology, was awarded to provide colour matching solution to Jotun’s all 38 production facilities worldwide. For colour professionals in paints, pigments and plastics, Datacolor’s Match Pigment software offers superior firstshot matches with powerful tools to optimize the cost and quality of recipes. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of paint, coatings and powder coatings, the Jotun Group’s products are held to the highest standards, and this starts with the colour formulation. It is critical for Jotun, that their new formulation software delivers fast, accurate colour matching, minimizes batch corrections, and is also backwards compatible with their existing instruments. To ensure consistency and streamline colour process, Jotun also requires a centralized solution that will enable all sites to use the same database. “Datacolor was superior in current available functionality of Match Pigment software and superior in responses to Jotun’s specific requirements,” said Dr. Sebastian Schäfer, Jotun Project Manager Colour Matching.
“After 3 years of deep technical evaluation, we can say that Datacolor is offering the best software and instruments for our needs. Besides, Datacolor provides an excellent worldwide support, and has proven to be a reliable partner.” Key benefits Jotun is able to realize with the Match Pigment software: • Providing excellent correction results, also with Jotun legacy databases; • Optimizing formulas for cost and quality requirements; • Improving efficiency with centralized colour management; • Streamlining production with one complete solution for every step of the colour process. “We provide colour matching services to many decorative paint manufacturers, where time and matching quality is crucial.” said Rik Mertens, Global Application manager Datacolor, “we worked very close with the R&D department of Jotun to make sure the new functionality was meeting their needs. Datacolor colour matching algorithms provided reliable prediction of difficult shades resulting in formulas with small colour differences (Delta E), low metamerism and correct contrast ratio values.” For further information: www.jotun.com