IMI Europe held its first Inkjet Ink Development Conference in April 2016, with technical talks aimed at an audience of developers. Building on last year’s successful new technical event, the conference returns with a fully curated programme of twenty high quality invited talks from industry and academia designed for inkjet ink development chemists.

The conference with theme ‘Materials, equipment and techniques for digital printing ink development and manufacturing’ will be held on March 15-16. Topics include a focus on inks for decorative and functional applications, as well as raw materials, analytical equipment and techniques. Presenting companies and institutions include Alchemie Technology, Amazon Filters, Armor Industrial Inks, ImageXpert, Malvern Instruments, Mexar, Promethean Particles, Ricoh Europe, SPG Prints, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Tiger Coatings, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, University of Manchester Graphene Centre and X-rite.

IMI Europe Inkjet Engineering Conference, the new one-day event with theme ‘Components and techniques for digital printing system development and production’ will be held on March 14. The event comprises ten technical presentations by invited experts from industry and academia, aimed at inkjet system developers and integrators. The topics range from practical overviews of the challenges of inkjet integration to theoretical modelling of printhead behaviour and inkjet processes, as well as overviews of key inkjet system components and introductions to new technology. The presenters will be from Ebeam Technologies, Edale, Exergen, Global Graphics Software, Global Inkjet Systems, Inca Digital Printers, Meteor Inkjet, Pall Filters, Reden and University of Twente.

“We had excellent attendance and feedback from our first technical conference event last year in Lausanne, with conference attendees enjoying the mix of technical talks from industry and academia,” comments Dr Tim Phillips, managing director IMI Europe. “This year we aim to build on this success with the addition of the Inkjet Engineering Conference, continuing our mission to enable collaboration and learning within the inkjet industry.” (RKS)

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