Inks

Fujifilm has invested £3m in additional UV inkjet manufacturing capacity at its Broadstairs, Kent factory.

Fujifilm plans to drive the digitisation of corrugated board print market by improving the productivity and cost effectiveness of digital print for higher volume work with new ink and hardware.

Roland has launched Eco-Sol Max2 white and metallic silver inks for its Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printers.

Colorific will make the first deliveries of its UV Light ink technology, which it launched at EcoPrint, next week.

Sun Chemical Europe has announced a "high single digit" price increase across all of its product lines from 1 January 2013.

The consumables manufacturer has cited "a highly volatile raw materials market" in 2012 for a 2-6% increase on the price of its printing inks in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Printing ink suppliers are split over the need to raise their prices as they combat major increases in the costs of raw materials.

Xaar has signed up its first Asian ink partner in the form of Taiwanese supplier China Glaze Company and is optimising its digital ceramic inks for use with Xaar printheads.

QuadTech has launched a computer-controlled volume ink metering tool after acquiring the intellectual property from US-based Controls Group Inc.

SunChemical boasts that this inkset is a strong 'all-rounder' for sheetfed offset applications and delivers high-impact print