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A cooperative alliance between ALTANA AG and the Landa Group will ensure a sustainable, cost effective technology for the printing industry. This comes following ALTANA’s acquisition of Landa’s Metallography technology, first unveiled by Landa at the drupa last year.

Der Spezialchemiekonzern Altana hat eine neuartige Metallografie-Technologie von der israelischen Landa Gruppe erworben. Die neuartige Technologie ermöglicht metallische Effekte auf Druckerzeugnissen und spart bis zu 50 Prozent der Kosten herkömmlicher Verfahren wie dem Folientransfer.

På sidste års Drupa præsenterede Landa for første gang den helt nye teknologi til produktion af metalliseret grafik som et prisbilligt alternativ til de mere kostbare folieringsløsninger.

Landa Group announced on February 21 that Germany-based ALTANA AG has acquired its metallography technology, which Landa first showed at drupa 2016. The deal thus links Landa with a company well positioned to commercialize Landa’s digital foiling concept.

L’annuncio è di qualche giorno fa. Rivelata da Landa a drupa a giugno 2016, adesso il restante sviluppo e l’ingegnerizzazione della tecnologia chiamata «metallography», verrà trasferita alla divisione Actega Coatings & Sealants di Altana, che ha detto di voler portare al mercato questa promettente tecnologia nei prossimi anni.

Impossible to overlook at the Landa Nanographic stand at drupa 2016 was the towering pile of glittering scrap foil put there to dramatize the difference between conventional foiling and a new method that Landa was then in the process of inventing.

Der Weseler Spezialchemiekonzern Altana mit Sitz an der Abelstraße, hat eine neuartige Metallografie-Technologie von der israelischen Landa-Gruppe erworben. Die erstmals auf der Druckmesse Drupa im Juni vorgestellte Technologie ermöglicht metallische Effekte auf Druckerzeugnissen und spart bis zu 50 Prozent der Kosten herkömmlicher Verfahren wie dem Folientransfer, heißt es. Landa werde, so teilte Altana gestern mit, die noch erforderlichen Entwicklungs- und Konstruktionsarbeiten sukzessive auf den Geschäftsbereich Actega Coatings & Sealants übertragen, der die Technologie in den kommenden Jahren zur Marktreife führen werde.

I feel very privileged to have been able to interview two very significant people within Landa’s senior ranks: Nachum Korman, and Gilad Tzori. They not only answered my questions, but shared very real and candid details with me, including the exclusive scoop that the first beta site is confirmed, and it is in North America.

Selling off metallography patents and IP to German partner Altana frees up the Israeli company to focus on delivering its groundbreaking Nanography presses to market this northern summer.

Landa Digital Printing (LDP) investor Altana has acquired the Landa Metallography technology that was previewed at Drupa last year.