Arjowiggins and Technocell announce cross licensing contract for resin saving paper technology

OSNABRÜCK, Germany, June 10, 2009 (Press Release) - Arjowiggins and Technocell companies announce that they signed an exclusive cross licensing agreement on resin saving decorative papers for woodworking applications. This agreement, effective from end May 2009, grants Technocell access to the existing Arjowiggins resin saving papers patents and gives mutual access to any resin saving papers patent application pending from both companies. It confirms Arjowiggins and Technocell's ambition to bring customers, today and tomorrow, the best solutions to answer their needs.

As the pioneer in the resin saving papers technology Arjowiggins patented in 1997 the first method to reduce the amount of impregnation resin in the impregnation step of the manufacture of a decorative laminate.

Today Arjowiggins owns various patent applications and registered patent rights (EP 0 964 956, US 6 709 764, CA 2 279 395, PL 195 668, FR 2 771 759) regarding the above described technical field, namely the rights belonging to the patent family WO99/28554 as well as all parallel rights in further countries.

Technocell, in the mid 2000's, also engaged itself independently in designing a quite similar resin saving paper solution.

Technocell owns as well patent applications regarding the above described technical field, namely the rights belonging to the patent family PCT/EP/2008/060712 .

As both companies are convinced that the resin saving papers technology will provide a significant economical advantage to the entire decor industry, and in order to avoid a sterile patent law case, Arjowiggins and Technocell agreed to promote this high performance technology through a major cross licensing contract. This decision clearly opens today the market and gives customers all the security and serenity to use the latest innovation, advantages and added value offered by the resin saving papers technology.

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