HP has announced the opening of a
new Centre of Excellence (CoE) and the expansion of an HP Indigo ink
manufacturing facility in Singapore. The facility aims to educate and inspire
printing companies and their customers - including brands, agencies and print
buyers - in Asia Pacific and Japan about new opportunities made possible by HP
digital printing solutions.
The new 226,000 square-foot
facility will provide customers with one-stop access to HP’s broad digital
printing portfolio and solutions, as well as a space to connect with experts
and share creative and technical best practices.
The new facility will further
support worldwide Indigo ink volume production by expanding local capabilities
from the current ink series to the fast-growing new generation of inks for the
HP Indigo 10000, 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses.
“Brand owners are facing
increased competition as consumer choice and expectations have exploded. As a
result, they’ve moved into the digital world to connect more powerfully with
their customers,” said Gido van Praag, vice president, Graphics Solutions
Business, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “The new HP Centre of Excellence aims to
give them the tools to compete, helping brands identify new ways to combine
their unique skills with the industry’s broadest portfolio of innovative
digital printing solutions, and its unparalleled application capabilities.”
HP Graphics Solutions Centre of Excellence Unlocks the Full Power of
Digital Printing
The complete graphics portfolio
and partner solutions along with an extensive gallery of applications – from
stamps to building wraps - are housed in the new facility to make it easier for
customers to unlock the full power of digital printing. Printing companies will be able
to benchmark and conduct end-to-end application testing of their HP digital
printing equipment. Brands and agencies will be able to see inspirational ideas
and work on pilot projects in a real-world production environment. In addition, a training center
will help increase operator proficiency and expedite return on investment of HP
Indigo Digital Presses, HP Scitex Industrial Presses, HP Latex and HP Designjet
Printers.
HP Ink Manufacturing Facility to Answer Fast Growth of New Generation
HP Indigo Digital Presses
The increase in ink manufacturing
capabilities supports the growing demand of Indigo next-generation presses,
which are reaching 150 installations worldwide. These installations are in
addition to more than 6,000 HP Indigo Presses now in 120 countries.
The 10,000 square meter expansion
to the ink manufacturing plant will support global production of specialized HP
Indigo ElectroInks for the new generation of HP Indigo 10000, 20000 and 30000
Digital Presses. The Indigo 10000, the first B2-format digital press with
offset quality, enables print service providers, photo specialty shops and book
printers to provide high value, high productivity applications. The Indigo
20000 and the Indigo 30000 Digital Presses, released to the market earlier this
year, are the first digital presses designed to meet the needs of label &
flexible packaging and folding carton converters.
To allow HP Indigo customers in
the region to order and receive more than 3,000 specially mixed ink colors
within short lead times, the plant will also manufacture Pantone-licensed spot
color inks.
Substrate testing and
certification capabilities will be built into the plant to enable substrate
manufacturers, suppliers and HP Indigo press owners from Asia Pacific and Japan
and Europe, the Middle East and Africa to evaluate substrate compatibility with
HP Indigo Digital Presses. The new ink manufacturing facility is scheduled to
open in 2015.
