Fujifilm, Barberán to Develop Single Pass Inkjet to Sign and Display Market
October 20, 2022Fujifilm announces joint development with Barberán to bring high quality, single pass inkjet to the global sign and display market
The two companies are working together to bring a new digital press to market in late 2023. This press will print at speeds of up to 6,000 square meters per hour, and a number of major sign and display businesses have already signed agreements to take the first machines.
Barberán has established itself as a leader in high-end, high productivity industrial presses for the corrugated market over the last ten years, with 30 customers in North America alone. This new partnership combines Barberán’s manufacturing expertise with Fujifilm’s knowledge of inkjet integration, ink chemistry and its extensive experience in the sign and display market.
The new press will print with a bespoke new Fujifilm ink and primer, developed at its award-winning factory in Broadstairs, UK, making it suitable for printing on a range of substrates, including plastic and particleboard.
At 30 meters in length and with an excellent built-in print engine, the machine will be able to print on all typical sign and display substrates, up to a width of 1.6 meters, at speeds of 6,000 square meters per hour.
“We choose our partners carefully and Barberán is no exception,” said David Burton, business and commercial director at Fujifilm WFIJ HQ. “We’ve been in close talks with them for more than two years because they have a huge amount of expertise in industrial print manufacturing and we saw an opportunity for a mutually beneficial relationship. They already have a single pass product that is proven in the corrugated sector, and we have the expertise to help them adapt it for the very different requirements of the sign and display market.