DIC Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BASFs global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE).
INX International Ink Company, the industry leader in metal decoration technology, has hired ink expert Shaun Thompson for the new position of Technical Services director at INX UK.
INX International Ink Co. will feature a complete line of ink and coating products when the inaugural PRINTING United is held October 23-25 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
GAMA International will launch its G1000 automatic ink quality control system at K 2019 in Dusseldorf, 16th-23rd October, at Hall 10, stand H26. For the company, the G1000 represents its top of the ink control systems line, fully customizable.
In the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2019, UV specialist and system manufacturer IST Metz has won the Red Dot in the category Packaging Design with its X-Press-U packaging concept, which combines printing technology and culinary delights.
Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, Epson) is opening a new collaborative inkjet laboratory at its Fujimi Plant in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Called the Fujimi Inkjet Innovation Lab, the facility will begin operations in October. Epson will use the Fujimi Inkjet Innovation Lab to conduct joint research with a wide range of research institutes and companies that are looking to apply inkjet technology in industrial processes.
At K 2019, Leonhard Kurz will be demonstrating the automated integration of touchscreen sensors into plastic parts. The sensors will be applied to a white goods control panel using Kurzs patent pending FFB (Functional Foil Bonding) process. The process was presented for the first time at Fakuma 2018 and is now being adopted in series production applications. A semi-rotary variant of FFB will be displayed at the Kurz booth for the first time.
