Epson sets up in the canton of Fribourg thanks to collaboration with the iPrint Institute
iPrint is an internationally renowned institute and competence center for everything to do with 3D printing. Seeking to strengthen its printhead sales business in Europe, Epson Europe B.V. has opened a sales office at the Marly Innovation Center (MIC), within the inkjet ecosystem that iPrint is developing. The site has a long tradition of printing technology, dating back to the making of paper in the Middle Ages.
Through this inkjet ecosystem, iPrint's vision is to offer any interested company the opportunity to receive the necessary support for its inkjet and digital printing developments. On the one hand, innovative technologies will be developed with equipment suppliers. On the other hand, new inkjet applications will be developed thanks to the wide range of equipment and materials that members of the inkjet ecosystem can offer and create. iPrint connects people and knowledge to create innovations that contribute to valuable products for the inkjet ecosystem and to the well-being of society in a sustainable way.
They can count on a highly multidisciplinary, talented and international team, well-equipped laboratories with numerous research printers and measuring devices, solid national and international industrial and university networks, and excellent engineers, all of whom are constantly trained in iPrint. Informal exchanges within the ecosystem foster innovation and co-creation.
About iPrint
iPrint is an institute and competence center of the University of Engineering and Architecture Fribourg (HEIA-FR), a member of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO). iPrint is an internationally recognized center for the development of innovative inkjet technologies and applied research projects in the fields of graphic printing, printing for electronics, biomedical printing and advanced manufacturing. They improve and apply inkjet technology to print and produce high-value products in a more sustainable way. iPrint currently has numerous R&D projects where they are developing inkjet-based processes to meet industry expectations for digitization and on-demand production. In addition to research activities, iPrint's inkjet training center offers continuing education courses. Over 240 participants from more than 105 companies and 25 countries have already attended the basic hands-on course and advanced masterclasses on inkjet.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, precision and digital technologies to connect people, things and information. The company focuses on solving societal problems through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visuals and lifestyle. Epson will become carbon negative and eliminate the use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050. Headed by Japan's Seiko Epson Corporation, the global Epson Group has annual sales of around 1,000 billion yen.
Source : iPrint
