Ciba® METASHEEN® is a range of vacuum-metallized aluminum pigment products that deliver exceptional brilliance in metallic printing inks and coatings. Effects produced are comparable to foil blocking and metallized substrates. Under optimum application conditions the coated metallic effect produced is comparable to solid metal or vacuum-metallized surfaces and is often referred to as true "liquid metal" effect. Ranging in shade from unique dark chrome to a cleaner white, METASHEEN® products offer ink formulators maximum flexibility in providing metallic solutions to end users, specifiers and brand owners.

METASHEEN® metallic effect pigments compliment the Ciba range of effect pigments designed to offer access to new, spectacular and distinctive styling possibilities in a variety of end use applications, including:

1. Flexible packaging
   

2. Beer label printing
   

3. Cosmetic packaging
   

4. Gift wrapping
   

5. Metal can decoration
   

6. General label printing
   

7. In-mould decoration screen inks
   

8. Industrial coatings
   

9. Automotive coatings
   

10. Refinish coatings
    

11. General solventborne coatings
    

12. General waterborne coatings
    

The exceptional mirror like brilliance allows packaging designers to create extremely cost-effective and eye-catching images comparable with those obtained by printing on metallized substrates.

1. Ciba® XYMARA™ METASHEEN® for printing inks (Metasheen_Inks.pdf)
   

2. Further information on Ciba® XYMARA™ METASHEEN® metallic pigments
   

Ciba® XYMARA™ METASHEEN® may be seen visualized in 3-D in the Effect Explorer on www.xymara.com in the following stylings:

1. Clever Quicksilver 
   

2. Dynamic Pleasure 
   

3. High Grade Steel 

Award Details

1. Design Award Details
   

2. Design Brief
   

3. Ciba® XYMARA™ METASHEEN®
   

4. Ciba® XYMARA Nordic™
   

5. Ciba® IRGAZIN® DPP Cosmoray™ Orange
   

6. Judging Criteria, Prizes
   

7. Key Dates, Award Ceremony
   

8. What is XYMARA™