Canon opens new highly automated manufacturing plant to meet growing demand for water-based, polymer inks for its inkjet production presses
In response to the growing demand from the users of its high-volume inkjet production presses , Canon has opened a new state-of-the-art production facility for water-based, polymer inks at its site in Venlo, The Netherlands. With a focus on operational efficiency, the 1500 m 2 factory has been created from the shell of an existing building and fitted with the most up-to-date ink manufacturing equipment and levels of automation optimised to consistently deliver high-quality water-based, polymer CMYK inks and to minimise waste. At the same time, the plant has created new jobs, with its 30 employees being a mix of redeployed staff and new hires. As announced last year , Canon was named market leader for continuous feed and sheet-fed inkjet heavy production printing segments in EMEA by market research companies Infosource and Keypoint Intelligence. The ColorStream, ProStream and varioPRINT iX-series inkjet presses have proved to be compelling inves...