Fujifilm Invests $28 Million to Add a New Facility for Inkjet Pigment Dispersions
March 30, 2022Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, Inc., an experienced
inkjet ink technology partner to equipment manufacturers, integrators and ink
formulators, today announced that it will invest $28 million to add a new
facility in New Castle, Delaware for the production of aqueous inkjet
dispersions.
The investment will double Fujifilm’s production capacity of pigment
dispersions in the US to cater to the fast-growing demand for inkjet printing
globally.
Construction of the new facility, which adds 11,000 square feet of plant to the
Delaware site, began in March 2022 and is expected to be operational by summer
2023.
To support the increase in manufacturing output across the site, FUJIFILM
Imaging Colorants, Inc. is adding 30 positions in quality, engineering,
production, and administrative roles by the end of 2023.
Fujifilm’s high purity RxD pigment dispersion products are important to the
development of aqueous inkjet inks for a variety of fast-growing inkjet
markets, including packaging, textile and commercial printing. They use a
proprietary cross-linking technology to lock each pigment particle in a secure
polymer cage, resulting in a highly stable dispersion that enables the design
of ink formulations that can meet demanding performance requirements. Fujifilm
supplies aqueous inks to digital printer OEMs (riginal Equipment Manufacturers)
and RxD pigment dispersions to ink formulators.