Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems wins Best Factory award

Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems' (FSIS) Kent plant has been awarded Best Process Plant at the Best Factory Awards.

Winners of the Cranfield School of Management and Works Management Magazine-run event were announced at a ceremony attended by 350 people at the Park Lane Hotel in London.

FSIS's site manufactures screen inks and digital UV inkjet inks for the screen and wide format printing sector.

Judges said that FSIS said that the transition from analogue screen inks to digital inkjet inks had resulted in a "dramatic" change in quality specifications.

They were also impressed with the Right First Time improvement that now stands at over 97% in digital ink manufacture. A Fujifilm spokeswoman told PrintWeek: "We’re thrilled to have won this award – it’s a fantastic recognition of Fujifilm's ongoing commitment to running a safe and highly productive plant, as well as the combined efforts of everyone working at the facility in Broadstairs.

"We worked very hard to successfully transition manufacturing operations from analogue screen inks to digital inkjet inks, and we've reaped the benefits with the vast improvements that we've achieved in our overall quality specifications."