Fall '06 Fantasia eNewsletter (final)

Volume 2, Issue 4 - Tuesday, October 17, 2006

AURA® Debuts on Video, Shows Its Mettle, and Gives You the Most from Your Color
By Fantasia Effects Team at Bayer MaterialScience LLC

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Imagine the Possibilities – New AURA® Video Added to Web Site

Imagine a world not limited by color. Imagine the power to custom color on demand. Imagine the possibilities while you view the new AURA® Color Infusion Technology video that was just added to the Fantasia® Web site.

This video shows how the AURA infusion process helps you apply the latest color trends to your next project.

Check out the video here.

Innovative Technology Infuses Metal Components with a New AURA®

AURA Metallic Wheel The AURA® Color Infusion Technology process is showing its mettle. Traditionally used for infusing plastic parts with color, the cost-effective AURA infusion process can now be used to custom color metal substrates.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC recently colored aluminum wheels in a variety of hues, including gold, orange, blue and red. This application is already garnering interest from automotive and non-automotive OEMs, and their interest is really just the tip of the iceberg. The time may be near that consumers can purchase aftermarket aluminum wheels and have them dyed to match the body color of their vehicle.

Open the PDF version of this newsletter using the link on the right side of this page to learn more about metallic coloring using AURA infusion technology.

Getting the Most Color from Your Color
AURA® Infusion Technology Improves the Economics of Color Customization

AURA Machine Logo When a crayon wears down to its paper wrapper, you don’t throw away the crayon. You peel back the paper and wear the crayon down to a tiny nub until you can’t use it anymore.

A similar scenario is now part of the AURA® Color Infusion Technology process . A newly developed technology recycles spent solvent and allows unused dye to be reused during later applications, allowing most of the color to be used for actual coloring.

Learn how the process has become even more economical and environmentally friendly in the PDF version of this newsletter.

Leading a Colored Life

Fantasia Ciro Piermatteo Ask Ciro Piermatteo what he does for a living, and he’ll tell you he has led a colored life.

Check out the PDF version of this newsletter to see how Ciro’s career in color led from the fashion industry in 1980 to working with Fantasia® technologies today.

Time for a Glowing Review of LUNA™

This summer, we asked you to name the new peach-colored LUNA™ glow-in-the-dark effect in Fantasia’s LEDA® special effects for compounded resins family. After poring over nearly 1,000 creative entries, we chose Aeon, which is Latin and Greek for “forever” or “for eternity.”

Learn all about the LUNA glow-in-the-dark effects at the Fantasia® Web site .

Designers Gather for IDSA Conference Deep in the Heart of Texas

Fantasia IDSA Conference Innovative thinkers gathered with creative young minds in Austin, Texas, September 17-20 for the 2006 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) National Conference and Education Symposium. More than 700 industrial design professionals and students, as well as Fantasia® representatives, attended the event.

Read more about the event in the PDF version of this newsletter.

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