Tag: Inkjet inks

  • Fujifilm adds to ink capacity

    Fujifilm has invested a further $28 million into its Fujifilm Imaging colorants, or FFIC, plant in Newcastle, Delaware, USA to double the production capacity of its RxD pigment dispersions in the US for its inkjet inks. 

  • Canon opens new ink plant in Venlo

    Canon has opened a new 1500 sqm ink manufacturing plant at Venlo in the Netherlands to serve the growing demand for the water-based polymer inks used in its production inkjet presses, the ColorStream, ProStream and VarioPrint iX.

  • Ricoh to offer sustainable oil-based ink

    Ricoh has developed an oil-based inkjet ink for packaging and decor applications, which it calls Ricoh plant-based ink, that is said to offer a more sustainable alternative to other types of ink.

  • Fujifilm invests in inkjet plant

    Fujifilm’s Imaging Colorants subsidiary FFIC is to build a new production plant for pigment dispersions for its aqueous inkjet inks to expand its existing ink production facility in Newcastle, Delaware, USA.

  • The shape of water

    Last week I wrote about the Delta SPC 130 corrugated printer, developed by Durst and now sold through the Koenig and Bauer Durst joint venture. This week I am going to cover the Water Technology ink that Durst created for that printer. However, this story also illustrates how Durst itself is evolving, from mainly being…

  • Nazdar announces 708-series ink

    Nazdar Ink Technologies has introduced a new set of UV LED inks, the 708-series, that have been designed for use with Mimaki’s UCJV300 and UCJV150 large format printers.

  • Sun Chemical acquires Sensient Imaging

    Sensient Technologies Corporation announced last year that it was looking to sell off its inkjet division, Sensient Imaging Technologies, and it has now signed a definitive agreement with Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, which will acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies.

  • Inktec launches SubliNova G7 ink

    Inktec has expanded its range of after market SubliNova dye sublimation inks with a new SubliNova G7 ink, which is designed to work primarily with Epson DX7 printheads, though it’s said to also work with Epson DX5 and TFP heads,

  • Domino announces food-compliant UV inks

    Domino Digital Printing Solutions is to introduce a new seven-colour UV-curable inkset, UV95, as an option for use with its N610i inkjet press that’s said to be safe to use with food packaging. 

  • SwissQprint opens ink lab

    SwissQprint has set up an ink laboratory at its headquarters in Kriessern in the north of Switzerland to help it develop the inks for its wide format printers.

  • Fujifilm wins ink patent battle

    Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems (FSIS) has won a legal suit filed in a Regional Court in Düsseldorf, Germany, against Nazdar and its German distributor Zaro over infringement of patents relating to some of its UV inks.

  • New mineral oil-free ink for food packaging

    Xaar and Sunjet have collaborated to develop IK822, Black MOF – a new mineral oil-free (MOF) ink that addresses food contamination fears.