Canon has opened a new ink production facility at its site in Venlo, The Netherlands. The new 1500sqm facility, described by Canon as ‘state of the art’ will be devoted to the production of water-based, polymer inks.
The move has come in response to the growing demand from the users of its high-volume inkjet production presses, including the ColorStream, ProStream and VarioPrint iX-series. The new Venlo factory, which will employ 30 people including new hires, has been created from the shell of an existing building and fitted with the most up-to-date ink manufacturing equipment.
Rob Puts, vice president of manufacturing and logistics at Canon Production Printing, commented on the new site. ‘Our water-based, polymer inks were fully developed in-house and, as with all our in-house developed technologies, we piloted them here within our R&D facility,’ he said. ‘Once the inks had proved themselves in the market, as they clearly have, we invested in this new facility to meet the growing demand from existing customers as well as expected strong future demands. Dedicated to the production of water-based, polymer inks that can be used across our multiple inkjet production engines, the new, highly automated plant has been built to satisfy whatever level of growth our customers achieve.
‘The factory enables us to offer our customers the best high-volume inkjet production machines on the market. And with the new plant, we’re confident supporting the growth of our customers’ business and of enabling them to produce the highest quality output.’
