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Until the ‘digital natives’ start setting the cultural agenda, there will be a relatively thriving printing industry that can provide good business not only for printers but for equipment suppliers and, yes, even inventors of new forms of printing. The horizon is 20 years away and you can only plan and work as far as that. That’s what Landa is doing and it should be the blueprint for our printing industry.

The Altana news is clear evidence that Landa is a going concern and that it inspires confidence in some of the market’s most well informed manufacturers. In the opinion of InfoTrends’ Color Digital Label and Packaging (CDLP) service, Landa continues to be a company with exciting potential.

German speciality chemical group Altana has stepped into the future of Nanography, the water-based digital printing process being developed by the Israeli-based ‘father of digital printing.’

Ambas compañías consideran el acuerdo no solamente como una inversión financiera, sino también como un punto de partida hacia una colaboración estratégica a largo plazo para aportar soluciones de impresión digital a los mercados de impresión comercial, de envases y de publicaciones.

ALTANA is expected to be an active partner, drawing on print industry expertise gained from its divisions including BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants.

Die von Altana eingebrachten finanziellen Mittel sollen für den letzten Entwicklungsschritt der Nanography-Technologie verwendet werden – dem von Landa entwickelten wasserbasierter Digitaldruckprozess. Konkret fließen die Mittel in den Bau und Produktionsstart von Landa Nanographic Printing-Druckmaschinen sowie in den Aufbau von Produktionskapazitäten für Landa NanoInk-Tinten.

Gli investimenti serviranno per completare lo sviluppo di Nanography, il processo di stampa digitale a base acqua di Landa, tra cui la progettazione e l’aumento di produzione delle macchine da stampa Landa Nanographic Printing e la costruzione degli impianti di produzione dei coloranti Landa NanoInk.

Beide Unternehmen sehen laut eigenen Angaben den Schritt nicht nur als Finanzinvestment, sondern als Startpunkt für eine langfristige strategische Partnerschaft, um Lösungen für den Digitaldruck in den Verpackungs- und kommerziellen Druckmarkt einzuführen.

Calling Altana’s investment a “strong vote of confidence in nanography” and a recognition of how Lando Nanography is a “game changer for the print industry”

While Landa digital printing has continued to work on and improve the quality, reliability and user experience of the nanographic presses, the new money will accelerate the completion of the development phase, will enable production to be ramped up and will pave the way to build manufacturing units for the nano ink colorants.