New HP ink plant to supply next-gen Indigo presses

- First industrial building in Israel and first HP manufacturing facility worldwide built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards

 

- Indigo expanding its facilities in Israel due to strong growth resulting from market transformation from analog to digital printing

 

HP has opened a new 11,000 sq m ink manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, which will produce ink for the new generation of HP Indigo digital presses announced at Drupa in May.

 

As part of HP’s commitment to environmental responsibility, the new HP Indigo plant is the first industrial building in Israel and first HP manufacturing facility worldwide built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

 

It was designed to achieve a high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

 

HP said its Indigo division is expanding its facilities in Israel to accommodate strong growth, driven by an accelerating market transformation from analog to digital printing. HP Indigo achieved record revenue in the final uarter of the 2012 financial year, and continued its two-year-plus track record of consistently growing quarterly page volume by about 20 per cent over the previous year.

 

With the addition of the new facility, HP Indigo’s Kiryat Gat campus now includes 56,000 sq m of building space with room to expand for future growth. The campus also serves as the center for training and for final application testing and qualification of each press before shipment.

 

HP Indigo also manufactures ink at its facility in Singapore.

 

Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager of HP’s Indigo division, said: ‘HP Indigo’s customers constantly demand that we push the boundaries and innovate in our product portfolio as well as in our manufacturing operations.

 

‘With an additional plant supplying ink for the rapid ramp-up of our new family of Indigo presses, we can support our customers in growing their businesses and increasing their

profitability in the highly competitive printing market.’

 

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