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Alliances are Changing the Ink Jet Ink Industry

Partnerships between OEMs, printhead manufacturers and ink companies are among the important changes occurring in digital printing.

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Sean Milmo, Ink World European Editor10.21.05

By Sean Milmo
European Editor

Ink jet printing is poised to make big inroads into the European packaging sector after a period of rapid growth in the wide format market.

However, this push into a new area of commercial printing will depend on the effectiveness of partnerships between printing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), printhead makers and ink producers.

Alliances have become the driving force in Europe behind the expansion of digital printing beyond the small office and home (SoHo) segment into industrial sectors.

“The ink jet technologies have now become so demanding and complex that there is no alte

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