Company Background

Functional Materials Inc. is devoted to developing and marketing specialty color effects and materials for use in merchandising consumer products. Functional Materials Inc. is asociated with FM Group Inc., which is responsible for the manufacture of the products.

Since 1985 Functional Materials' proprietary colorant technology has been used to help develop the brand identity for major consumer credit cards industry, including the Gold and Platinum programs for Visa, Mastercard / Europay, American Express, Citibank and other major national and international card issuers. Colors based on Lustre pigments are a major focal point for the company.

In 1991 Functional Materials developed a line of colorants that add "visual texture" to products. Tradenamed SPRINCOL, these products are used to create stone color effects main consumer products. The "visual texture" effect has gained widespread acceptance among many consumer products. This effect is particularly useful for products that have a tactile component that is subject to soiling as it is used. The development of the SPRINCOL product line moved the company into the plastic compounding and extrusion business and greatly expanded it's technical capabilities. FM manufactures custom compounds with functional and decorative properties.

In the mid 90's a line of screen printing inks was developed: SLINK Solventbased Inks, RINK Radiation Curable Inks and WINK Waterbased Inks. These inks were specifically designed for printing on plastic subtrates requiring special functional properties.

Further developments in the field of waterbased adhesives, and lamination technology helped establish the company as a technology leader in materials for credit card manufacturing.

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