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Article: Ink jet ink report: as ink jet grows into new areas such as UV, textiles and corrugated, ink companies are finding new opportunities.
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- Ink World
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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The ink jet printing market is enjoying tremendous growth. As the technology moves away from its traditional roots in the SOHO market and toward wide format and other industrial applications, there is plenty of opportunity for ink companies to enter the field.
Some experts believe that the large format market, ranging from 24 inches to 72 inches in width, is a $1.5 billion segment. Wide format is where much research is being done.
For their part, ink manufacturers are putting in increasing amounts of effort into R&D, and many are partnering with equipment manufacturers, suppliers and end-users to develop new solutions.
The innovations that are ...