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Major air-cooled UV LED product roll-out at IMI USA
Hard on the heels of sustained product innovation during 2010, Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) steps up to the mark at this month’s IMI Ink Jet Technology Showcase (Sept 8-9 Baltimore, Maryland, USA) to unveil an unprecedented roll out of new UV LED products, including four air cooled models units due for product release over the next six months.
The global UV market’s most prominent innovator in inkjet applications, ITL has been a consistent investor in rolling-out ever more advanced technology to market.
The company has seen growing interest in potential applications for its LED Zero series products in many applications such as decorating, product packaging, printed electronics, and photovoltaics as well as wide format digital printing, where ITL has significant market share.
In response to this ITL are unveiling some 7 new air cooled UV LED’s, plus a further 3 new water cooled versions to compliment the existing Pincure and Solidcure products.
The company’s focus on market intelligence and education is further reflected by the expansion this summer with the opening of a new customer application development facility.
Unrivalled by any other UV LED equipment maker, the ITL Customer Centre, originally opened in December 2009, now additionally offers practical applications testing in addition to meeting facilities and marks the opening of the sixth building at ITL’s Heyford Park Campus near Oxford.
Full details on ITL’s next step product innovation are embargoed until IMI 2010 where they will be unveiled by US General Manager Jennifer Heathcote in an a Supplier showcase address.
Further information contact:
Jennifer Heathcote, General Manager
Integration Technology North America
1415 North Dayton Street
3rd Floor North
Chicago
IL 60642
T: +1 312 202 0394
F: +1 508 546 0200
August 2010
PDP day out sheds light on opportunity
Oxfordshire teachers saw new light shed on the county’s rich IT engineering resource after a PDP Day at Upper Heyford-based pioneer in ultra-violet LED solutions for ink jet printing and emerging applications, Integration Technology Ltd (ITL).
The visit, organised by OEBP and attended by teachers from schools in Abingdon, Witney, Carterton, Chipping Norton and Didcot, sought to develop curriculum links, enrichment activities and resources in Engineering, IT, Business and Modern Foreign Languages.
ITL is a rising star in the global development of UV LED technologies that afford more efficient and ecologically sound solutions to print curing. A presentation about the business was followed by discussion and development of curriculum related activity.
“In addition to outlining what we do here, we sought to provide a young person’s view on the world and compare expectations with the reality they encounter,” said ITL managing director, Adrian Lockwood who was amongst a cross-section of company personnel in both age and role, present on the day.
He cited a further key point in demonstrating how broad the workplace is as a life and work environment and in turn how multi-disciplined its staffing requirement can be.
The day, including a tour of the ITL campus, established possible future initiatives for the company to assist local schools, both as part of their standard and vocational curriculum or in careers guidance.
August 2010
UV LED print curing – Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) expands ‘unrivalled’ UK Customer Centre
A dedicated centre for showcasing and testing ground-breaking applications in high-output UV LED print curing has been expanded with the opening of a new customer application development facility.
British-based UV LED pioneer Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) has extended its Customer Centre to take in a range of printing and application machinery (Editor: see Notes below)
Unrivalled by any other UV LED equipment maker, the ITL Customer Centre, originally opened in December 2009, now offers practical applications testing in addition to meeting facilities and marks the opening of the sixth building at ITL’s Heyford Park Campus near Oxford.
For use by potential clients as well as ink and applications development partners, the £100,000 extension to the customer application development facility is primarily equipped to test and assist in the development of new LED inks for a variety of different market applications under actual printing conditions.
A pioneer in UV technology, ITL has seen growing interest in potential application for its products in product decorating, product packaging, printed electronics, and photovoltaics as well as wide format digital printing where the company has significant market share.
The company is a consistent investor in rolling out ever more advanced solutions to market.
“Despite the recent recession we have continued to invest over eighteen per cent of total overhead in R&D and applications development,” says managing director Adrian Lockwood.
“This latest development demonstrates our long term commitment to bringing cutting edge UV cure solutions to current and emerging markets.”
EDITOR’S NOTES:
Summary of printing and application machinery installed at new ITL application development facility at July 2010 as follows:
- 1.8 M flatbed and roll-to-roll UV inkjet printer, production capable with a 12 x RICOH print head engine complimented by full UV LED curing rated for maximum output speeds;
- Digital label web printer equipped with XAAR, HP and other print heads complemented with both UV LED pinning and final cure stations;
- Heidelberg QM 46-2 sheetfed offset printing press with built in UV LED curing for the testing / development of UV LED offset inks;
- RK Flexiproof 100 fitted with UV LED’s for the development of UV LED flexographic inks, and capable of producing sample prints at speeds of up to 100 metres / minute;
- Ink draw-down and coating facilities to accurately test varying ink films or thicknesses of coatings, which can then be cured either using a precision X axis table or by passing through a conveyor capable of accepting any of ITL products. This equipment has been custom manufactured by ITL especially to enable such testing.
July 2010