PI's 45th ANNIVERSARY -- From Art To Science

* Aqueous coating and drying systems had grown in popularity with conventional printing, but UV also was getting attention because of improvements in its application.

1993-98

With the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer of earth's atmosphere still fresh in people's minds, environmental compliance remained a recurring topic of conversation in the early 1990s. Non-attainment areas and VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions had become part of the industry lexicon, as pollution control systems and alcohol-replacements were now standard in the printing plant. Recycled stocks—and the need to distinguish between pre- or post-consumer waste—became a hot button, before the realities of cost, quality and availability overwhelmed good intentions.