Compared to thermal curing, photo curing resin has achieved a significant shortening curing time and improving in production efficiency. It also requires little in the way of space for installing the equipment for curing. Furthermore, since curing is achieved at low temperature, it can also apply to the material (base material) that are heat sensitive.
In addition to these benefits, compared to thermal curing the burden in terms of energy needed for curing is extremely low, and the CO₂ generation has been reduced. It also contribute to creating a pleasant working environment on both environmental and hygienic point since organic solvents are not used.

What is more, ADEKA has not only developed photo curing technology, but also basic ingredients that are environmentally conscious product.
Antimony, with its high sensitivity on curing and good stability, has conventionally been used as a component in our photo-initiator, which is one of the basic ingredients for photo curing. However, there have been fears and concerns over its toxicity and carcinogenic properties, ADEKA OPTOMER SP-300 is a photo-initiator that exhibits effects identical to conventional photoinitiators but not containing antimony.
ADEKA's Photo curing resin is used for the firm hard coatings, adhesion and forming the optical elements etc. which are mainly used in displays for liquid crystal and plasma televisions, among others. Aside from these, it is also ideally suited for the hard coating on ID cards and camera lens, as well as for adhesion of electronic parts. It can be expected that it will expand out into a broad array of field in the future.