If you are interested in attending the IJA Practice course please follow the link and complete the on-line form. We will acknowledge your request and hold a place for you on the dates requested. Final confirmation, details and an invoice will be sent to you around 6 weeks before the course begins.

Courses are limited to groups of 12 with a minimum of 6

Introduction
The Ink Jet Academy ‘Practice of Ink Jet Technology’ offers the first dedicated practical ink jet course aimed at chemists and technologists looking to develop and enhance their ink jet experience. Covering all important aspects necessary in the development and formulation of reliable ink jet fluids and ink jet system configuration, the course provides the ideal platform for laboratory staff looking to improve their knowledge of ink jet for industrial applications.

The course draws upon Xennia’s extensive industrial ink jet experience of ink formulation and industrial ink jet integration. Combining in-depth classroom taught theory sessions with practical demonstrations and experiments, course attendees will have the opportunity to formulate and evaluate inks and perform jetting trials with a range of high tech industrial printing platforms at Xennia’s state-of-the-art ink jet laboratories located near Cambridge, UK.

The Practice course i s open to individuals from any company. Each attendee will be expected to understand the principles of ink jet printing, although a short introduction will be given. Therefore to gain maximum benefit, we recommend prior attendance at the Theory of Ink Jet Technology course.

Location
Xennia’s modern laboratories are located in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK. Letchworth is 35 minutes from London by train and equidistant with Cambridge. We will provide details of local hotel accommodation nearby and provide transport to and from Xennia at the start and end of each day.

Accommodation
Accommodation for the course is at the Letchworth Hall Hotel, close to Xennia's laboratories in Hertfordshire, UK. For the June and October course we have rooms reserved at GBP 85.00 including breakfast and VAT.

Tim is Product Manager at Xennia, the leading one stop ink jet solutions house, responsible for the R&D Contracts and Customised Solutions areas.  This requires a strong working knowledge of the latest ink jet technology, and brings him into contact with a wide range of clients working at the leading edge of new applications.  These include printed electronics, deposition of functional materials, and bio and medical applications as well as the latest graphics applications – anything that is at the forefront of this exciting technology.

Prior to joining Xennia, Tim has worked in a variety of industries in both technical and sales roles.  For four years, Tim worked on the physics and chemistry of liquid crystal and organic semiconductor materials for the UK Government Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, developing the basic science of these novel materials.  He then worked on compound semiconductor device physics at the Defence Evaluation & Research Agency and QinetiQ over a period of twelve years.  During this period, Tim published over 50 journal and conference papers and filed over 20 patents.  Tim’s background has given him a broad understanding of organic chemistry, molecular interactions, semiconductors and electronics, all of which are key areas of inkjet technology and its applications. 

Tim graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1991 with an MA Honours degree in Natural Sciences, and completed his PhD in liquid crystal physics and chemistry at the University of Bristol in 1994.  He is currently nearing completion of an Executive MBA at the University of Warwick.

Ian joined Xennia Technology in 1997 as an Inkjet Technician and now holds the role of Senior Inkjet Technologist, responsible for assisting and coordinating the development of inks.

Before Xennia, Ian worked for Domino Printing Sciences, also in an ink development role.

Ian has a degree in chemistry from the University of Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge.

Dr Olivier Morel joined Xennia Technology in 2006 and is Applications Development Manager, responsible for all aspects of Xennia’s ink jet ink and applications development programmes.

Dr Morel Graduated with a MSc in Chemistry from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille, France and has a PhD in Colour Chemistry from Heriot-Watt University, UK.

Olivier is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Dyers and Colourists.

Dr Simon Daplyn Joined Xennia Technology in 2008 and is the Ink Development Manager, responsible for new ink developments and R&D projects. 

Before joining Xennia Simon graduated with an MSc in Colour and Polymer Chemistry from the University of Leeds before gaining a PhD in Inkjet Printing onto Textiles from the same university. 

Simon then went on to work for Nanojet Ink, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was Technical Manager of textile ink developments.

Her inkjet experience covers UV, aqueous and solvent chemistries in graphics, packaging and textile applications and work on the deposition of different functional materials such as ceramics, biomaterials, conductive materials etc.

Natasha obtained a BSc in Organic Chemical Technology and Polymer Engineering from the University of Belgrade in Serbia and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; with her main focus on the field of heat and mass transfer in thin films.