ALVAR Inc. Information

ALVAR, Inc. is a privately owned company, founded in 1979 by Arthur Lersch Sr. with its headquarters located in Washburn, Illinois. Having served the graphic arts markets since 1979, ALVAR works with a wide array of printing ink and specialty coating manufacturers. ALVAR provides custom manufacturing and general supply to the ever changing markets associated with: Rosin based resins, alkyds and lithographic vehicles, carbon black and specialty color Dispersions for Paste and liquid ink packaging applications. Our new systems meets many applications such as natural resins, phenol free resins, polymers/alkyds for baking applications, microwave safe and specialty color dispersion. A broader product mix serving markets such as rubber, asphalt, concrete and adhesives has given us a better view of ideas to improve on our current products.