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Wednesday November 4, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conference Registration
2:00 p.m. Opening session
Introduction to 17th Annual European Ink Jet Conference
Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA & Director, IMI Europe, Cambridge, UK
Conference Chairs
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, UK
Debbie Thorp, VP EMEA Operations, iTi - imaging Technology international, Cambridge, UK
Session 1:
COMMERCIAL PRINTING – A MAJOR GROWTH SECTOR FOR INK JET
INK JET PRESSES: WHERE IS THE MARKET DEMAND?
Marco Boer, IT Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts, USA
• Market size forecast and context
• The role of new pioneering applications versus imprint/offset replacements versus migrating the mono installed base to colour
• Which sites are eligible, and how many are there?
• What do those sites need in terms of specification?
TRANSPROMO – WHAT DO MARKETEERS AND CONSUMERS ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT IT?
Ralf Schlözer, Director - European On Demand Printing & Publishing Services, InfoTrends, Luton, UK
• Transpromo and the rationale behind the concept – a quick introduction into the concept of transpromo and why this is a promising concept
• Enablers for Transpromo - the recent progress in hardware and software technology is enabling the deployment of transpromo
• Document owners’ view on Transpromo – how document owners and marketeers perceive transpromo and what are their plans and expectations
• Keeping the consumer in mind – results of InfoTrends research into the preferences of consumers and their readiness to accept the transpromo concept
• Recommendations for the industry – what stakeholders in the transpromo industry can learn from document owners and consumers to drive adoption
OFFSET CLASS INKJET
Donald Allred, Director, Business Development, Inkjet Printing Solutions, Graphic Communications Group, Eastman Kodak Company, Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Update on Kodak
• Defining offset class performance
• Continuous inkjet technology provides high print speed and expandable width capabilities for very high productivity for real production processes
- Direct mail printing
- Wood flooring & panelling
- Other industrial applications
• Stream inkjet technology
- Technology overview
- Product overview - Prosper S10 Imprinting System
Hewlett-Packard’s WEB PRESS
Bruno Trouvé, EMEA Business Development Manager, HP Inkjet High-speed Production Solutions, Paris, France
•HP Inkjet Web Press overview and update
- Production specification
- Beta testing
- Applications
• HP thermal inkjet technology inside
- Architecture
- Redundancy
S.M.A.R.T. ® COLORANTS FOR HIGH SPEED INKJET PRINTING
John Kane, General Manager, Sensient Technologies Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri , USA
• Advances in high speed inkjet presses pose challenges to inks and colorants
• Increased need for quick drying, highly stable, durable and vibrant inks
• Requirement for pigmented dispersions with smaller, narrower particle size distribution
• Need for formulation stability under extreme storage, shipping and usage conditions
• The challenge for ink formulators to provide greater durability and print quality with current available components
• Sensients’ development of S.M.A.R.T ® colorant solutions to address these needs
• An ink technologists ‘tool-kit’ of customised surface modification technologies
TECHNOLOGY INSIDE COLORQUBE 9200 AND BEYOND
Jim Larson, VP Marking Elements and Integration Laboratory, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York, USA
• Solid Ink performance attributes
• ColorQube architecture, technology, and performance
• Solid Ink beyond ColorQube
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Join us and enjoy local wines and beers, canapés, and of course good company!
Thursday November 5, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Session 2:
EMERGING APPLICATIONS & MARKETS FOR INK JET
DIGITAL PRINTING DEVELOPMENTS AT LABELEXPO EUROPE
Andy Thomas, Group Managing Editor, Labels & Labelling, London, UK
• Opportunities for digital printing in the labels market
• New developments in narrow web 4-colour inkjet
• Latest developments in toner and digital offset systems
• In-line and off-line finishing options
Inkjet Packaging Printing with Linoprint technology for different applications
Berthold Giess, Senior Product Manager, Linoprint: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kiel, Germany
• Linoprint, an innovation project at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
• Linoprint product portfolio and print applications
• Benefits using Linoprint DoD technology
• Linoflow, workflow and control software for Linoprint
• Variable data printing with Linoflow
• Connectivity with Linoflow
INK JET INKS FOR PACKAGING PRINTING APPLICATIONS
Marc Graindourze, Business Development Manager Integrated Inkjet Solutions, Agfa, Mortsel, Belgium
• Integrated Inkjet Solutions from Agfa
• Agfa ALTAMIRA® inkjet inks
• Label printing
• Printing on plastic packaging
• Indirect food packaging printing
• Pharmaceutical packaging printing
• Low odour UV-curable inkjet inks
• Low migration UV-curable inkjet inks
• Single pass printing ink solutions
TONEJET: MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY
Guy Newcombe, Chief Technical Officer, Tonejet Ltd, Cambridge, UK
• Packaging industry – huge digital printing opportunity
- But specialised needs and highly varied requirements
- Special demands on organisations seeking to provide solutions
• Tonejet technology – meeting demands of the packaging industry
- Technical
- Commercial
- Ecosystem to integrate components into customised solutions
• First installed systems
• Next generation Delta 2 systems
- Designed to address broad spectrum of packing substrates and formats
A NEW INKJET TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION LINE TEXTILE PRINTING
Dr. Alan Hudd, CEO, Xennia Technology Ltd, Letchworth, UK
• Review of the market opportunities for inkjet in different textile applications
• The inkjet proposition for functional material deposition & decoration of production textiles
• Current inkjet technology offerings - progress and limitations
• How to achieve productivity and reliability and overcome the inkjet compromise
• A new technology proposition for production line textile printing
• The importance of inkjet ink technology for success on different woven and non woven fabrics
• An outlook for the near future
1:00 p.m.
Luncheon
Join us for traditional and modern Spanish cuisine, plus some local wines
2:30 p.m.
Session 2 Continues:
EMERGING APPLICATIONS & MARKETS FOR INK JET
THE FUTURE OF INK JET INKS – WHERE NEXT?
Peter Walshe, Business Development Manager, SunJet, Bath, UK
• Evolution of jetting technology and formulation
• Is UV really a cure-all?
• Applications review
• Ink Jet and printed electronics
• The main challenges for ink formulation, heads and integration
THE TAMING OF THE PHOTON FOR CONSISTENT UV DIGITAL PRINTING PROCESSES
Dr. John J. Kuta, Director of Business Development, EXFO Life Sciences and Industrial Division, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
• Role of UV light sources on UV inkjet print quality
- Full cure
- Pinning
• Properties of UV light sources that influence print process consistency
- Types of sources and their properties
- Impact on process consistency
• Radiometry – why isn’t measuring light straight forward?
• Existing UV process control options for integrators and digital printers
FORESEE THE FUTURE WITH INKJET : RUNNING INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS PREPARE TOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS
Pascal Pierron, CEO, Ardeje, Valence, France
• What European industry is looking for?
• Inkjet in production
- From order to delivery: car plate equipment
- Pharmaceutical production process
- Inkjet in building industry
• From graphics to manufacturing processes: printed electronic opportunities
• From inks to jettable material: chemistry challenges
• Production of solar cells and modules: inkjet answers from conventional to organics
• Inkjet: a competitive solution for thin film production & patterning
• Smart textiles: highlight inkjet advantages with potential applications
EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL INKJET MARKETS THROUGH ADVANCED INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES
Clayton Sampson, Managing Director, Cyan UV Ltd, Oxford, UK
• Inkjet’s successful penetration of traditional print/industrial flat material processing markets
• Can multi-disciplined, process knowledgeable inkjet integrators take inkjet beyond flat-sheet and web markets?
• Combining advanced integration & inkjet capabilities
• Can advanced integration capabilities meet industrial inkjet’s technological challenges?
• Can advanced integration capabilities sell the advantages of inkjet technology to new industrial customer groups?
• Can advanced integration capabilities trigger new markets?
SUPPLIERS FORUM
5 minute presentations related to technology, capabilities, services, new product introductions etc. The Supplier’s Forum is open to all registrants.
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Join us and enjoy local wines and beers, canapés, and of course good company!
Friday November 6, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Session 3:
Printhead technologies - the engines for growth
THE PARADIGM SHIFT TO SINGLE PASS
Martin Schoeppler, CEO and President, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Santa Clara, California, USA
• Increase of development efforts during economic uncertainty
- Comprehensive roadmap - Spectra, Performa, Inspira, Endura product strategy
• More products released than at any other time in Dimatix storied history
- Sapphire, Polaris, ScanPAQ, VersaDrop, Electronics
• Performance today, single pass platforms for the future
- SAMBA matrix array printbar
THE EVOLUTION OF PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET – GOING FASTER!
Ramon Borrell, R&D Director, Xaar plc, Cambridge, UK
• Review of shared wall piezo technology
• Acoustic wave firing
• Approaches to single-cycle operation
• Imaging for applications
• Systems requirements
Toshiba TEC - HOW TO ACHIEVE HIGH QUALITY IMAGES WITH INKJET?
Mr. Erwin Kempeneers, Managing Director, Integration and Consultancy Services Bvba, Gent, Belgium
• What is the requirement for inkjet printheads to achieve high quality images?
• What is the advantage for high-quality single pass printing?
• Solutions from TTEC - technologies and examples
• What is the critical success factor for inkjet device development?
CUSTOMISING MEMS INKJET PRINTHEAD FOR TARGET APPLICATIONS
Dr. Jaewoo Joung, Group Leader of Inkjet Business, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Suwon, Korea
• SemJet®: Inkjet printing solution by Samsung
- Fabrication of MEMS based piezo inkjet printhead
- Synthesizing Nano-Cu inks
- Forging a printing solution combining the above
- SemJet® specifications
• Target applications in printed electronics
- Application example of printed metal lines for electronic circuitry
- Alternative fabrication techniques using inkjet printing solution
- Inkjet printing applications in next generation display devices
ACHIEVING GREYSCALE WITH THE Q-CLASS PRINTHEAD
Clive Ayling, The Technology Partnership plc, Cambridge, UK
• Background information on greyscale and binary printing, and on S-class and Q-class jetting assemblies from Dimatix
• New product announcement from TTP: MeteorTM driver cards for the Q-class
• A multi-pulse waveform development tool for Q-class
• Some results of waveform testing
ANALYSIS OF INKJET PROCESSES AND PRINT QUALITY FOR SOLAR AND OTHER PRINTED ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
Yair Kipman, President, ImageXpert, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
• JetXpert - a camera and strobe-based system for use in analysis of drops in flight using single strobe events, supporting fluid development and printing system optimization
• Camera and scanner-based systems to assess print quality and material interactions - flexible options for part and print inspection for many different materials
• Specialized camera options for functional testing and defect detection - systems can combine visible range cameras and IR cameras address a wide range of inspection needs
1:00 p.m. Adjournment
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