SGPrints’ digital ink factory in Boxmeer, Netherlands
To strengthen its commitment to making digital the mainstream printing technology for textile applications, SPGPrints has doubled the size of its digital ink production facility at its Boxmeer, Netherlands, headquarters for the second time in two years.
SPGPrints manufactures reactive, acid, disperse and sublimation inks for use with digital inkjet printers, covering the full range of textile applications.
Scheduled to open in the final quarter of 2017, the expanded 1000sqm production facility is part of an €8 million capital investment programme that includes a new Experience Centre dedicated digital textile printing.
The expanded facility is in close proximity to both SPGPrints’ research and development laboratories, and the corporate headquarters so that communication chains are short. When the facility is completed, at least ten new positions per shift will be created, providing an employment boost for the local economy.
‘The combination of research and development, printhead expertise, close relations with print head suppliers, and our ink manufacturing capability gives SPGPrints a unique position in the textile market,’ said Jos Notermans, commercial manager digital textiles at SPGPrints. ‘The increase in the volume of our ink production means that we will continue to be able to serve the expanding digital textile printing market that we have helped to build over the last three decades.’
