June 2018 Ink APPPEXPO at Pablo M. Lee 2018
2018 II Contents After-market Inks 1 Apollo 2 A.T. Inks 2 Digitex 2 Inks Companyes Exhibited 2017-2018 3 Hicolour 4 Hongsam 4 Fortuna Imatek 4 Inkbank 5 Ink Eco 5 Inkwin 6 Inxwo 6 J-Teck 6 Limei Jetink 7 Companies by Ink Market 8 Print-Rite 9 Shiny Color 9 Saven 9 * All items on this page are hotlinks.
After-market Inks 2018 1 After-market Inks I always thought of China as a country of much mysticism, magic and tradition, where despite being a country with a lot of technology the traditions are always current, sharing cultural spaces complementing each other and never competing against each. This year I had the opportunity to travel to China again and this time I could not miss the opportunity to visit an art museum. There is something that hypnotizes me about the art of painting and writing with Chinese ink. The simple but precise strokes combined with the skill of the artist manage to achieve an unmatched style. Commonly its attributed to the China the invention of the ink, they manufacture ink 2500 years before Christ. Currently there are a lot of types of ink for different purposes and types of printing. FLAAR REPORTS is dedicated just to the review of ink for wide format digital printers, so we do not cover other types of printing. But although being focused just on digital printing, we are completely available to evaluate other types of ink for alternative printing styles by request. APPPEXPO is one of the biggest trade shows in Asia, so it is no surprise that year after year a lot of inkjet ink companies exhibit at this expo. It is important to ask before buying ink for what specific print head it is compatible, since there is a wide range of print head brands at the wide format printing market, and not every ink is compatible with all kinds of print heads. Ink quality can be tested in several ways, but we also need to compare the product with all the competitors out on the market. Please realize that until we visit a factory and get to know end-users who use the ink, we do not give evaluations or recommendations. We can only provide a list. Once we can visit a factory and get to know a specific brand, then we can provide review evaluations and recommendations.
2018 2 www.apolloink.net Apollo www.atinks.com A.T. Inks www.digitex.hk Digitex
Inks Companyes Exhibited 2017-2018 INK Companies Exhibited 2018 2017 at APPPEXPO *All the data on the charts is based on the information made available to us during the exhibition. 2018 3 40 45 25 China 2 Hong Kong 1 India 1 Italy 4 Korea 5 Taiwan 2 USA 29 China 1 Hong Kong 1 Indonesia 6 Korea 1 Singapore 5 Taiwan 2 USA 2018 2017
2018 4 www.hicolor.en.china.cn Hicolour bj.imatek.com.cn Fortuna Imatek www.ink4you.com Hongsam An additional advantage of the ink booths at APPPEXPO is that in most cases these are the factories that actually make the ink. So you can meet the CEO, president, top managers. And in some cases the ink chemists.
2018 5 www.inkeco.kr Ink Eco Environment Uses Indoor Outdoor Ink Type Textile Reactive Dye Dye Sublimation Printhead Epson Ricoh Substrate Flexible Container Bottle www.inkbank.com.cn Inkbank
2018 6 www.inkwin.cn Inkwin www.inxwo.com Inxwo www.j-teck3.it J-Teck
2018 7 www.lmink.com Limei Jetink Another reason why you can t just say OEM ink is automatically better than after-market ink is because most OEM ink is made by the same companies who also make after-market ink! Hardly any printer factories have their own ink factory; the printer factories are buying ink on the open market. Obviously they are providing the ink factory with the specs of what kind of ink they prefer. But, there are plenty of capable ink companies with years of experience making good ink. Besides, if your outside banners of billboards only need to be used during a trade show, you don t need even 10 months of outside longevity. Environment Uses Ink Type Printhead Substrate Container Indoor Outdoor UV Solvent Waterbased Eco-Solvent Dye Sublimation Pigment Epson Fujifilm HP Konica M. Novajet Seiko Flexible Bottle
Companies by Ink Market 22 Textile Companies 2018 8 25 UV / UV-LED Companies 16 Water Based Companies 33 25 22 16 Companies Companies Companies Companies 33 Solvent / Eco-Solvent Companies Solvent UV Textile Water Based Companies INK by Market **All the data on the charts is based on the information made available to us during the exhibition.
2018 9 www.shinycolor.com Shiny Color www.print-rite.com Print-Rite www.jetcmyk.com Saven Environment Uses Indoor Outdoor Ink Type UV Solvent Eco-Solvent Printhead Fujifilm Konica M. Substrate Flexible Container Bottle
2018 10 We look forward to seeing you at APPPEXPO 2019 March 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2019 www.apppexpo.com/index/2/en Venue National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) No.333 Songze Avenue, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China
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