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Yōkoso Yasushi!
ITL’s Japan office opens in Tokyo this March.
There is more on this exciting development in our next e-zine but meantime, welcome Yasushi Katsuta, Business Development Manager of Integration Technology Japan.
Osaka-born Yasushi holds a University Degree in Engineering and joins us from NEopt where for the past two years he has represented ITL interests in Japan.
He previously worked extensively for inkjet print head maker Xaar as development and sales Engineer.
Yasushi has been making the finishing touches to the new ITL office in Mitsugi Zyuhan Building, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo. Fact-finding missions in the first quarter of 2012 to ITL in the UK and to IST in Germany support his role in providing technical sales, parts stores and administration functions for the territory and its exclusive distributors.
ITL has operated in Japan since 2001 in conjunction with NEopt supporting its digital graphics market business and Finesensing handling a growing number of specialist industrial applications for ITL technology.
Meet Yasushi at the Printable Electronics exhibition from 15th to 17th February in Tokyo – NEopt has a booth to show ITL UV curing systems.
January 2012
UV LED emergent applications
ITL spreads the word at major industry events
On top of a healthy order sheet, ITL kept busy in Q4 of 2011 raising awareness of the potential of UV LED technology in a broadening range of applications and reinforcing an industry-led drive to define and establish user guidelines to help facilitate adoption.
Visitors to this month’s IdTechEx in Santa Clara, USA found the company showcasing conventional and UV LED curing systems for new applications in printed electronics and photovoltaics.
In addition to promoting conventional and UV LED curing systems within these emergent markets, ITL US general manager Jennifer Heathcote contributed a talk on the subject in the event’s photovoltaic manufacturing seminar.
The world’s largest conference dedicated to emerging trends and key developments in the fields, IDTechEx is a must-visit for professionals associated with these two most rapidly evolving technical fields.
“These are exciting times,” reflects Jennifer. “Applications in consumer goods, advertising, and general packaging as well as medical and military devices continue to emerge every day while recent innovations in thin film, organic, and printed cells are further advancing solar harvesting as an attractive alternative energy solution.”
She told attendees how various techniques for printing traditional electrical components are enabling numerous electrical devices to be produced in increasingly smaller form factors.
“Revolutionary manufacturing methods within these industries are also instrumental in driving down production costs and increasing production flexibility so that electrical devices can be more easily incorporated into a wider range of products,” says Jennifer.
ITL colleague CTO Jason Smith was in Portugal to launch the new UV LED Curing Association to visitors attending the AWA Label Conference at IMI Europe, in addition to giving a major presentation on the diversity of new applications available in digital label printing.
Jason reports a healthy appetite in the industry for clarity on UV LED’s future role. “The enthusiasm for what we are forging in technology terms is matched by the need for understanding how to make it work and answering these questions can only bridge ITL and prospective end users into thriving, long-term relationships,” says Jason.
December 2011