Nazdar Introduces UV Flexiform Ink

Nazdar has introduced its new 1500 Series UV Flexiform Screen Ink for three-dimensional vacuum or thermal forming on a wide variety of plastic substrates.
    
According to the company, the 1500 series is a one-part, 100% solids UV curable screen printing ink that exhibits excellent adhesion as well as superior flexibility for vacuum-formed displays in the point of purchase, beverage, recreational and specialty application markets. These inks exhibit excellent print and flow characteristics directly from the container, form without cracking and after curing, develop a very flexible elastic print film.
    
“Nazdar has taken extra care in the development and beta testing of the 1500 series in order to ensure that when this ink came to market, it would outperform the competition,” said Tom Keegan, Nazdar’s director of product management. “Our goal was to design an ink system that exhibits excellent high performance processing as well as post-vacuum forming.”
Xaar Reinforces R&D Operations in U.K.

Xaar plc has announced plans to reinforce its R&D activities at the company’s headquarters in Cambridge, U.K. An enhanced R&D Innovation Center will be dedicated to the continuous development of Xaar’s core ink jet technology with particular focus on next-generation systems.
    
U.K. manufacturing is being relocated to Xaar’s existing high-volume production facilities in Jarfalla, Sweden, freeing up more U.K.-based resources for technology development and rapid prototyping.
    
“Xaar already has an enviable reputation for pioneering ink jet technological developments that now lie at the heart of the most advanced printing systems in the world,” said Steve Temple, Xaar’s technical director. “Innovation is the benchmark by which we do business, and research and development of future jetting systems is an essential part of this recipe.”
    
The transfer of Xaar’s U.K. manufacturing line to its Swedish facility is a direct result of the rapidly increasing demand for Xaar’s XJ500 printhead. During the past two years, Xaar’s sales and manufacture of printhead products has grown rapidly from revenues of approximately $12 million in 1999 to more than $22 million in 2000.