With expected growing demand for inkjet printers in key markets including home, office, and commercial and industrial printing, Epson is making a major investment in a new factory that will quadruple its inkjet printhead production capacity.
Epson also pointed to a technology shift from analogue to digital in sectors where the printing media is not paper, such as digital textile printing. Not only that, the firm also highlighted the potential for other emerging applications in electronics and bioprinting. “Epson expects further growth in the use of PrecisionCore printheads in commercial and industrial printers as well as in inkjet multifunction printers with high-speed lineheads,” the firm stated as it looks to collaborate with partners with new ideas and technologies to expand the possibilities of PrecisionCore technology.
With expected growing demand for inkjet printers in key markets including home, office, and commercial and industrial printing, Epson is making a major investment in a new factory that will quadruple its inkjet printhead production capacity.
Epson also pointed to a technology shift from analogue to digital in sectors where the printing media is not paper, such as digital textile printing. Not only that, the firm also highlighted the potential for other emerging applications in electronics and bioprinting. “Epson expects further growth in the use of PrecisionCore printheads in commercial and industrial printers as well as in inkjet multifunction printers with high-speed lineheads,” the firm stated as it looks to collaborate with partners with new ideas and technologies to expand the possibilities of PrecisionCore technology.
With construction already on and completion expected in September 2025, the factory will have a total floor space of 11,191sqm over two floors, and is being constructed on space that is already available at Tohoku Epson’s 540,000sqm site.
Though around 70 new jobs will be created, the company said the new factory would employ a newly engineered process that will save manpower and space where in-process inventory will be minimised, and the use of automated transfer robots and an efficient layout will reduce the workload on personnel. Accordingly; “We will respond to the challenges faced by the manufacturing industry, and realise a factory of the future that is both more efficient and easier to work in.”
