Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, Inc., a global inkjet ink technology partner to equipment manufacturers, integrators and ink formulators, has announced that its parent company, Fujifilm, will invest $28 million to add a new facility in New Castle, DE, USA, for the production of aqueous inkjet dispersions.
The investment will double Fujifilm’s production capacity of pigment dispersions in the US to meet the fast-growing demand for inkjet printing globally.
Construction of the new facility, which adds 11,000 square feet of new operational space to the Delaware site, began this month and is expected to be operational by summer 2023. Last year, Fujifilm announced the construction of its first dispersion manufacturing facility in the US, which is on schedule to be commissioned by spring 2022. This will expand the company’s existing Europe-based production to the US.
The new announcement brings Fujifilm’s total investment to over $47 million in new production capacity of pigment dispersions at the Delaware site. To support the increase in manufacturing output across the site, Fujifilm Imaging Colorants is adding 30 positions in quality, engineering, production, and administrative roles by the end of 2023 to support operations across both facilities. read more here
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